I added too many add-ons at one time and had to disable them all.
In doing so the menu and toolbar were removed.
I was left with the harley-davidson theme and one tab.
I could add a tab, book mark a tab, that's about it.
so, i tried re-installing. no change
i uninstalled, lost all my plugins, oh well... this time i'll be more conservative with my plug-ins
apparently multiple menu and toolbar plugins did me in
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