Cathy (cdayflorida) could be Connie (cjcorner) did it best when to her attention came the subject of misunderstandings, mis-interpretation when all we have between us is words and our tone and facial expressions are non existant.

In the many occasions i have thought oops or sorry with certain written posts causing seemingly bad feeling only to find its all down to our mood at the time.

So easily done Igor but usually easy to rectify in a short space of time. Often it causes increased tension as we e try to xplain or justify what we wrote but atleast the 2 people playing text tennis wrap it up quickly.

You can hijack my thread anytime Maura, I know you love my cell phone pics really!!!??.

As for the American English british english thing, wouldnt have a clue, have to squint to see the keys on my keyboard hence mistakes.

No offence, no problems. Doesnt the saying ' u say tomarto I say tomaayto derive from US - UK english difference???? Im definetly informal, couldnt even dress formal. I bet Maura that you often wished 'discipline by the cane' was still legal when you practiced teaching - can imagine a few sore knuckles.