<html> At 06:06 PM 07/26/2000 -0500, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>>Why is everyone so afraid to get a license or pass a state mandated test to >have a license to provide services?  I guess I cut a bit too far into the >blue collar of this profession. Dear Mr. Rorschach, Is all this an easy, quick and cheap way to gather information for a Doctoral Thesis on the reactions of a group of independent business people confronted with a sampling of typically unimaginative, non functional, and destructive suggestions given from the viewpoint of the relentlessly bureaucratic mind? If that's the case, I must say I think you're doing a remarkable job, and are a cinch to breeze through the review committee. I'm very impressed. Keep up the good work. The Shadow, Ron N </blockquote> Ron, Don't forget, your poetic license is up for renewal at the end of the month. I have been appointed the agent for this, please send the $50 fee directly to me. Your certificate will be sent within 24 hours of receipt of payment. Cordially Yours, Jon Page, BS (Bureau of Standards) </html>