Mail and signatures, acting strange

Hi Folks
Not sure when this started, but recently.
In 10.6.8 OS X Mail, tying near a signature has become unpredictable.  I type, hit return (as expected), new paragraph (as expected) then return and my cursor ends up below the signature.
OR - I try to paste things in and it will put it below the sig, not where the cursor is.
I'm not a noob, I'm not on crack - This isn't user error, it can be replicated in any number of messages and on both my tower (with 33 sigs) and MBP (which has 3).
Any one else have this problem?  Any fix?

Hi ILM.
I don't have a clear fix for you, but I note that no one has got back to you. 
I found this thread (on another site) which discusses the issue you appear to have.  Perhaps there is something in this thread that will assist?
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-1413726.html

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