----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Rod, I'm sorry, but I do not see how eating alone in one's room affects other peoples' utilities in any meaningful way whatsoever other than in a general "everything is connected to everything else" sort of way, that is not very useful for any kind of analysis, even if it is "ultimately" true. You mean this in the sense that if somebody eats in their room it has an effect on other peoples' utilities because it is not inducing nausea in pregnant women whom might otherwise observe the person eating? Barkley Rosser ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]