This is the script I now use as a result of the above thread.
There is the first 'echo' line,
The apt-get - y install ('LINE' is one line all though it may be on two
lines.)
Then the last 'echo' line.

Cut and paste, replacing my apts with your apts.

#!/bin/bash

echo "**Installing software
***********************************************"
apt-get -y install arduino cheese g++ flashplugin-installer idle k3b
mysql-client-core-5.1 mysql-cluster-client-5.1 php5 python3 qcad gimp
sound-juicer synaptic
echo "**Software installation complete ************************************"

I finally figured this out. Makes re-installing Ubuntu not so much a
pain-in-the-a--. Just couldn't figured where to place the 'y' to force it
down apt-get's throat.