AntoniaTiger - it would be an appropriate tribute if it could be done, cause that's where my copy stays! thefixer - that wasn't it, but you are right, sometimes it is the simplest little things so thanks for the thought. :O) DaleB had it right. If you wait long enough the cycle runs its course, doing each bit of hair as he described. So it is normal and I only thought I had a problem, which sort of leads back to AntoniaTiger and his comment.