Heather, I will stipulate that it is not "politcally correct", and I can see why you would take offense, but it was meant descriptively. All I had was her age and her picture by which to assess her. Please note that I was more circumspect in my note to Henn Sarv. Anyway, wrong as I may be, the request disturbed me; what are the consequences of "collaborating" with someone we do not know who means mischief? I received a request to collaborate from a 12 year old in England; I deleted that request. I may misunderstand this whole "pool" thing. I was under the impression that we are all already connected somehow; is this pool the universe of Genie users?