Oh and it was... just restarted hehe ... sorry too much coffee !!!!
Still would like to know the font you use mr .... this is a fantastic message style !

yeah and one more thing.. might just be my adium but it won't show the smily icon for " ;) " ..... but will show the smily icon for a plane smile " :) "
Again it may just be my program !!

Please tell me what font you are using in the message window ... I can't bloody find it ;)

Ok I thought that was it but even though I have it selected it still makes that sound - so I thought you were talking about something else !!!
I have tried uninstalling it (the time zone plugin) - then installing it again - have the newest version of adium and haven't had any problems with anything what so ever in the past so I'm lost :(

Thank You for answering my "silly" question though !!!!

Ehhh .... no I still don't get what you mean by "is adium the selected application". I still get the failure sound when I click on a contact and select the 'edit time zone' .... WHAT am I doing wrong ?

:(