Just so 404 does not think I copied her, when I typed that last one in the word was on a pretty diagonal, but it just came out vertical on the post.

w
i
n
n
i
n
g

.w . . . . . . .
. i .
. n .
. n .
. i .
. n .
. . . . . . g .

that's so annoying.. it is ignoring the spaces and the nice shapes don't show.

w
..i
....n
......n
........i
..........n
............g

but I want to be able to do that with spaces
. . . . . . . . .
. w . . . . . . .
. . i . . . . . .
. . . n . . . . .
. . . . n . . . .
. . . . . i . . .
. . . . . . n . .
. . . . . . . g .
. . . . . . . . .

TWELVE HUNDRED! (an important number for me PhD-wise - can't say why...)

in that case, congratulations for the 1200th post

And congratulations to you for the 1201st post.

ok, please accept my congratulations for writing the 1202nd post

Awww, and well done, you got the 1203rd post! I love this forum, because everybody's a winner here

Everyone's a winner, baby, that's the truth

(wasn't referring to coastman as 'baby' BTW )

Sniff...nobody ever does...sniff

I would .