On Sun, 17 Oct 1999 21:23:55 +0100 Scottie Bowman <rbowman@indigo.ie> wrote: > > dear craig, > you must, of course, call yourself whatever you like. > > But why should Franny, Zooey & Professor Tupper > (fictional creations, for Christ's sake) all be graced > with their proper initials whilst I & the BBC are > relegated to lower case in a completely unwarranted > familiarity? > > I am NOT loveable will hochman > > Scottie B. > > Dear Scottie B., oh my, protocol catches me out. i assure you, the lower case lettering was entirely due to forgetfulness in the writing of the letter and that of habit. f, z and prof. t all garnered the upper-case beginning probably because i was looking at them on the page just before i wrote the letter. so my apologies and promises of a much taller beginning to your name in future. as for the bbc, it has sat in the corner of various rooms of mine for the past twenty three years and i now feel elligible in the future to skip the upper case and resort to the familiar low so i shan't apologise for that but pat it fondly on the head like an old dog. Bye Bye and Here's To Ye, craig