Hey thanks guys, you have made a believer out of me.
It's done, over 200 lines of code, and working perfectly. Now I have to build the circuit. That should be easy.... I hope. The only thing I haven't tested fully is the EEPROM, but I'm assuming it's working. I'll soon find out anyway. I'm using the code as debugged here so I keep my fingers crossed.
You can't imagine the feeling.... It's like winning an oscar, and being there thanking everybody including the butler... (she was very helpful...)
Congrats' Robert. Believe me, we all know that feeling. Wait until you look at this same program two years from now and realize that you can re-write it using only 100 lines of code (grin).