Oh dear Ockham, if it were only so! What has happened is that everything is now a "superstore" i.e., it is part of a soulless corporation or worldwide conglomerate. Well in that sense we are returning to feudal times when everything was owned by a few, and everyone else was dependent on the mercy, goodwill, or lack thereof of those few. It is the downside of capitalism, which word with its implications of "Money is God, God is Money" still gives me the shivers. Love your Razor btw, and I use it often... (teehee)