Nancy -

I rather thought that this thread was the result of Bobert being unable to leave any complaint unanswered, and was his response to the complaint about "too many BS threads."

We seem also to have had fewer "copycat threads" recently; but examined closely this thread quite likely is a somewhat more sophisticated use of that genre. Some may not understand that the copy cat thread that appears to be a mere bit of nonsense actually is (sometimes) a fairly advanced method of changing the apparent subject in order to subtly address an original topic "a little slantwise." Of course, sometimes a copycat thread is just a bit of nonsense; but the difference is easily recognized in most cases.

As our resident master of lurking, scheming, and warped, bent, and twisted argument, Bobert has led us in his usual fashion (or at least in one of the styles he sometimes assumes) into what could be a more rational discussion - since here the topic title is a sensible question rather than an obvious complaint.

Of course, I could be wrong.

John