thank you all - I know this isn't funny but I appreciate the help laughing about it - not to mention shared reverence for Ye Compost Pile. Ronnie, I hear ya - thank you. Rick, I have had some relatives who were uber-neatniks and policed their neighborhood; I guess my short-comings in that department might have been what psychologists call reactionary formation.
Well, may their Karma catch up with them