OK i understand now what you were talking about, sorry it took such a long time for me to see the solution, the good thing about it is that I am learning tons.
I will probably post soon again once I hit a wall on my next exercise. Thanks a million for your help (also Kent and John - I will try to rewrite your poem/exercise once I get a minute, thanks)
Regards JC
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