I investigated further and the author's bio said he was in that part of the world, strange! On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 01:20:25 +0000 "D C Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com> writes: > Jim, I believe that is an Arab or Turk proverb, but maybe not. > In any event, it's been around a long time! > > Mac, K2GKK/5