[TxMt] regex problem

[Dameron Midgette]

Hi there!
     Using 1.1b5 on PBG4/867, 10.3.8, 512M RAM
searching this one line:
Sue	Xxxxxxx								1244 Xxxx Street	Bath	ME	04530	USA
(it's wrapping-8 tabs between last name and street)
for this pattern:
^(*[^\t])\t(*[^\t]){8}\t
replacing with this:
$1\t$2\t
searching selection only, regex on, hit replace and find
1)spinning pizza wheel of death						
2)swapping hard drive of death
3)watch swap go from 1 to 2 gig in less than a minute...
4)page faults between 2,000 and 20,000 every 2 seconds, cpu about 
50-60% textmate
5)get scared, force quit
6)repeat....
Any thoughts? I'm guessing it's a stupid regex mistake on my part, but 
I can't find it. Thanks for your help.

											Cheers,

											Dameron