Just to establish that I am not a "pettifogging (whatever the hell that means), humorless (why do Canadians always insist on misspelling that word? Brits, too?) scoundrel (I am greatly loved by multitudes)."

Now, with that firmly established, step aside, Little Hawk. I have some bloodletting to do, and you don't want to get in the way.

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Actually, however, unless something new and startling manifests itself, I have said about all I care to say (several times and well-documented), so I see little point in continuing to try to educate the ineducable. That doesn't mean that I'm necessarily going to retire from this thread, but I'm really getting tired of pointing out the obvious, documenting it thoroughly, only to hear the same old superstitious nonsense repeated back to me yet again, still being presented as if it were sensible argument.

Don Firth