he is generous almost to a fault. No, not that, exactly.. you have to be devious to rilly do that. :-)

That is a phrase taught at my mater's knee.. took many years of liff to recognize it as quite more than a mere indictment of the faux 'generosity' of the expected-Xmas-'gift'. Yes, I know - praising parents is an oft tedious affair, so I try to give the occasional example which has lasted beyond the personality. Evens out, though - her mother was My Gramma\ufffd :-/

Thanks again, Scott! - the Compaq continues to meet my every demand
[what shall we boot today, Memsahib? Er, *cough* are you Sure you want the Red screen-that-means-Root??] and is twice more fasterer than the boring but indestructible daily webnet driver.