MaryLou - parents are doing the same, thanks for asking.  as the weather warms up Daddy will start getting out more and puttering around in his shop.  <br /><br />In fact that is what hubby and I did yesterday,  replaced several Florescent lights in his shop that had burned out over the winter and also had to replace a couple of ballast in the lights, electricians out there, am i talking about the correct part? it is  the black power thingie....<br />as you all have probably figured out by now all I did in this job was hold the extension ladder, handle the bulbs, lubricate them, fetch parts, etc...and get yelled at  when I didn&#39;t manage to throw something up and put it in his hand without him dropping it&#33;<br /><br />But I solved that problem, my parents have several of those &quot;grabber&quot; things that you can use to reach or grab things out of reach or off the floor. so I went and got that and used it as my &quot;extension&quot; arm&#33;  <br /><br />good morning Joey....I read a lot of mysteries set in England