Another example of something to avoid, aka things textMate really wasn't designed for. 
-- Open a large file  (mine was > 7000 lines)
-- Select the entire file 
-- Edit each line in selection
-- start typing. 
This brought the computer to its knees.
My bad. Just thought y'all could have a laugh at my expense. 
There are, of course, at least a dozen other ways to do what I started to do: Filter through command, Command, Search and replace ( $ with [replacement value]), etc
Tschuss,
Brad Tittle
Tech Support