"sorry about the "sir" :)"
heh, no problem! It's usually better to assume male anyway. Since women are so much more stable and capable of shrugging off being called "he", wheras, men are deeply, emotionally, and psychologically wounded at being mistaken for someone of the fairer gender! In other words...boys are wusses! (ok...now I'M being sarcastic! (mostly) *wink*)
haha!