you are probably right for a quick and dirty solution...but
if i do that and delete
<div id="menu">
<ul>
<!--{%menu_start=1%}-->
.....
i think i lose all the nice formatting that is hidden in the .css file(s) in my pub_html dir ???
i have tons to figure out about How the hell .css filles work.... i guess i have a lot of trial / error in my future
thanx again for tryng to help
-ALF out...