<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Before you ask .... "base strings" are = strings with really low moral character, or it was a dumb mistake on my part. Take = your pick.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan "Oops" Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>