When a topic changes mid thread its polite on the web to start a new thread title. that's just good manners. so if a thread is titled "rasta conference in western mass" and three posts down people start discussing rasta in french west indies, its polite to pull that new digression out of the original and start a new thread called "rastas in the FWI" This is for all online messgae boards and newsgroups its not MY rule or way it's a standard netiquite. ras a