So, after a longer than expected hiatus, I am back coding perl. It is amazing what happens when you don't touch something for a year or so. Killing brain cells doesn't help either :) Well, going back thru my family-o-camel books is helping. Was disappointed in myself that I couldn't solve a stupid data question at work, realized I had been staring at sniffer data too long, and stayed too far away from perl. Oh well, here goes...