Good Lord another visitor to my abode. Yes I'd like to meet up, so let us know which hotel you're in nearer the time and I'll also email you my phone nos. I will recommend gettimg your limbs done, only if mine actually repairs. Wandering around with a pair of crutches is not much fun, and I've a date with mine for about another two weeks min!! Its also snowed recently which makes for zero crutch mobility so if anyone wants to have a laugh, laugh now while you have the chance. As for Stu's inference that my injury is age related, fuck you, its injuries I picked up playing sport as a sprog, which thru the ardious nature of squash have been agrivated. Now on to joniess questions 1) No 2-5) difficult to answer 6-7) Easy to get cabs; yes they are yellow, and checkered, generaly driven by people who don't understand English, or at least use this as an excuse to drive in completely the opposite direction to which you want to go. 8) Yes 9) No 10)Yes. Any more daft questions regarding Chicago will be answered honestly and directly. Later Chris