In a message dated 12/16/2006 3:07:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, edisone1 at verizon.net writes: > > You're quite welcome, Joan. Here's a couple of fun ones for you... > check out patent nos. 460492 > ========== This one (and others like it) is pictured and explained in PHP. The "announcement" feature was more to keep the clerks honest... as it kept them on their toes, as the amounts they rang up were enunciated. Allen