ok, so our new dishwasher asked me if i was my partner's mother...........an old joke, as i am older than my partner's mother, and will be older still at the end of the month.......february, for the last 2 years,,,has been bad for birthdays....as it rollsa round after the visa bill comes....containing the latest rental car problem......last year the benzene rather than the diesel ($400) and this year the scraped right back rear panel ($620) which means that my renting a car in europe has a direct impact on my birthday tributes........of course.......going to europe most years should be birthday gift enough, but that is beside the point.....next trip i will not , i repeat not, rent a car.......