Purpletoenails, Thanks for the ups, I guess I was blessed to have friends who I stayed with for a while and took me couple of trials to get into the habit, but I dont think its too far fetched, I was the most carnivoric of my family before I gave up meat, I remember one of my uncles who was/is a big time in outdoor barbecues, tailgate, kinds of meat- you name it, was so aghast when he learned that I went Veggie that he told people around "Tyoo mulaa taa Kukurr koo masu Panu Kahnthyoo", cause I was the one to pick up the first meat off the grill and clean off the grill in the end as well. So its not really far fetched, if you want to do it give it couple more tries. But there are shades of grays, there are these Jain folks, who sweep while they walk so they dont step on bugs and wrap mouth piece around so they dont inhale- thats an extreme but just as little helps as well, I guess cutting it down a bit rather than going for the long haul with the thought that you are in some ways helping do count.