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To: TechTrader42 who wrote (12734)2/26/2001 5:46:15 PM
From: John Megert  Respond to of 17977
 
vagaries - from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:

Main Entry: va·ga·ry

Pronunciation: 'vA-g&-rE; v&-'ger-E, -'gar-, vA-; also 'va-g&-rE

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural -ries

Etymology: probably from Latin vagari to wander, from vagus wandering

Date: 1579
: an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion

synonym see CAPRICE

Thank you Brookelise for increasing my vocabulary and the word is an appropriate description of the situation.