Good gracious! Haven't looked at this thread for a while, but whatever has been going on? Talk about losing the thread. This was an innocent topic I put forward in all humility, wondering what others' opinions might be, about a REAL situation reported in the paper (and two or three others I'd noticed over the last few weeks) and some people appear to have veered off into yet another vituperative row. So many threads on Mudcat end up like this - such a pity!