This is not a question. Thanks to Snookerman I clicked on a reference he suggested and then onto 2 additional very helpful, if not downright entertaining explanations of CSS Specificity, i.e. rules about which codes take precedence over others or ?Why didn't that work?

1st from "Smashing Magazine" look at:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007...u-should-know/

2nd and and even better, use this analogy with star wars:

http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/ar...city_wars.html

Beware of the Dark Side a comparison between class selectors and Darth Vador. This definitely brings the stuff down to an understandable level!