I will be sending mail too. I am really grateful for the excellent letter in German, above. Though I live here in Germany, I am anything but fluent in the language yet, and was asking my husband to draft something that we could send. Many many thanks again, Kosmokrat for your help!! Good to see you here too, Schlabber! P.S. I love that here in Germany, every letter, no matter how unpleasant the matter it deals with, ends with friendly greetings!!