It seems it is always the simple things that get forgotten!
I needed to be able to access the value and the text of the selection from a list.
This was the simple result:
Code:
<select id="Select1" name="D1" onchange="alert(this.value + ' ' + this.options[this.selectedIndex].text);">
<option value="1">one</option>
<option value="2">two</option>
<option value="3">three</option>
</select>
Javascript exposes the text very nicely.