From: Brian Schroeder Date: 2004-07-14T10:03:08+09:00 Subject: [OT] Perennial. Was: Re: Ruby quickies and useful idioms > This is a perennial favorite :-) I still pull in my home-made > version fairly often. wow, I learned a new word. perennial. Had to look it up in the dictionary, but it sounds good ;) From Merriam-Webster: Etymology: Latin perennis, from per- throughout + annus year -- Brian Schr�der http://www.brian-schroeder.de/