> from this astute group...Answer this
> question please: Can common sense be
> 'taught' or are you 'born with it' and thus
> you either have it or you don't?...Look
> forward to your replies....Rooster

Well Rooster, I'll have to say you know how to create an interesting thread. I think growing up on a farm certainly helped develop common sense, just because of all the basic "have to figure it out for yourself" problems & projects that are involved when you deal with equipment, livestock, crops, bugs, weather,etc. When dealing with "real" world things like that, it seems I might have a fair amount of CS. Other times I wonder if I have any, like when my son is trying to explain some deep computer thing or when I'm trying to sort thru all the marketing hype on the web to find a good biz op. Bottom line (just my opinion) life experiences can "teach" it if you let them sink in. Some folks learn from their mistakes, some never do. I don't think it's something one person can "teach" another really, but I do try and teach my son to be sensible and he is. Must be the student, 'cause I'm pretty sure it's not the teacher. 'Nuff said. I sure enjoy the wisdom from folks on some of these boards. Thanks Rooster and everyone, Dave