For the record, I have no personal investment in the idea I advanced, it was more a way of fleshing out in my own mind the dynamic I thought I might be seeing, and the feedback has been generally affirming of that view.

Of this thread, I have most enjoyed the PMs that resulted from it. Jim Dixon and I seem to be off to an excellent and thoughtful discussion. I find it kind of interesting that the more fruitful discussion occurred there instead of in the open. More and more I feel like I am writing here at the Mudcat to specific people, not into a vast void, and that is an odd shift for me personally. I dunno what it means.

CarolC, I don't really know who you are addressing but you are making so much sense out of what you obviously perceive that it sounds like a lot of truth to me. I'd love to get to know you sometime, and I note we have been passing each other in the hall here quite a bit. I like how you wrote ewhat you see, is what I am trying to say.

I see real thought evolving in this thread. It's nice to see.

~Susan