tapis - tapestry according to Wiktionary. I knew of Tapis crude (oil), but that's a new word for me. On the tablecloth, I assume. Btw, seeing 9/9/17 reminded me of the significance of next Wednesday. It's 12/12/12. It's the last of a dodecade of palindromic dates, afaik. We started at 01/01/01 and progressed through the memorable 11/11/11. But as far as I can tell, this will be the last one for the rest of this millennium. We can't have 13/13/13 or 30/30/30 or anything like it until 3001. Am I right? It'll also be the last date where you Yanks fall in line with the rest of us in showing dates - DD/MM/YY for us, MM/DD/YY you. Some European countries use YY/MM/DD, I know.