Thanks. I missed that in phrase.php.....
It is getting more complicated than I hoped, so I think it is better to shift gears and do this with a PHP Global instead of changing phrases, as you first suggested and I suspected.
--------------- Added [DATE]1260143196[/DATE] at [TIME]1260143196[/TIME] ---------------
OK, this code is done using plugin code:
[PHP] Server Check and Failover Code
In case you need something like this .....