Thanks for the sentiments and suggestions.

I am now the proud owner of my very own router, and the Activity light on my DSL isn't blinking a thousand times a nano-second anylonger.

Thank goodness, they didn't invade my address book, as no one that I know has received any unsolicited e-mails from my address.

Maybe when they saw that my contacts are mostly uncles, Miskairals, and people who have "kids" in their addresses, they thought I don't have enough of a life to bother with.  Tee-Hee. ;o)

Seriously, though, I was directed to a Web site that was created by a local computer geek, of the finest kind.  He has a segment once a week on a local news station and writes occasionally in our largest newspaper.

His site is www.Securitytango.com, and it is a real life (and computer) saver for many people.

My computer is now fairing better than my gups. I hate to say it, but I think its time to give the final curtain call for the remaining two, and concentrate on the six fry that I have for now.

Seeing that the remaining two are almost two years old, I think they've had a nice long life with me, and shouldn't be left to suffer at this point.  I tried adding some Maracyn, but I fear that even that change in their water caused two to kick off during the night.

Well I'll be off to the LFS later to get some supplies to clean things up a bit, and then hope for the best.  

Thanks again guys and gals,

gg
:o)