In a message dated 99-08-24 21:43:08 EDT, you write: << BTW, the word 'amputee' first came into use in the early 1900s. What were we called before that?? Simply 'one legged' or 'one armed'?? >> Slot machines used to be called "one-armed bandits" Now they might be simply called......"amputee bandits" Kevin