Thanks much for your advice...it is true, I was very happy when I heard that he had asked for my phone number. Fortunately I'm not really expecting anything at all...to spare myself the disappointment. I would be very happy to have him as a friend and go from there - which of course is very difficult considering the fact that he lives in another country, and in addition to that cannot be reached via email or fax... but where there's a will, there's a way!!