>Which poses a question: Where does the phrase "You're nicked, Cobber" (as >seen in The Bill) come from? Hmmm... my understanding is that 'nicked' means stolen or filtched... my favorite word being 'spanner' for wrench :> Charmaine R. Taylor Elk River Press & Taylor Publishing PO Box 6985 Eureka CA 95502 1-888-307-7650 'Books for people who want to build it themselves' http://www.northcoast.com/~tms/elkriver.html