yes i know.. its having such long legs that exasperbates this problem.. i need a pair of battery powered heated socks (in addition to new pairs of tights, which I'm also in need of).

ps, i haven't forgotten about your reply to my SuSe question the other day.. i wasn't able to begin installing, and on top of that i bought a neww 160gb hard drive, so i have to figure out how to rearrange the other drives. I have a 20gig in this pc, which is to be my SuSe experiement.. but I may put an 80gig in it now.