John_from_Hull,
You have also just illustrated what I was saying in my posting before last. Why do people have to be so serious all the while and read malice into every posting ?

I agree that 53BOB seems to have a lot of problems, but if you look though his postings, many of them are much more caustic than mine was.

The beginning of this thread didn't specifically refer to BOB - his "Retirement" is the subject of another thread, but this one now seems to have been hijacked. My last posting was meant to be light-hearted (rather like "as the bishop said to the actress") - your reaction was much more "bitter". Perhaps it would help BOB if people sent him private messages, rather than just discuss him openly - I'd be surprised if he's not having a peek at the site - it would only be human nature after all.

Anyway, if anyone was offended (BOB ?) - I render abject apologies. Perhaps we should have a thread designation for "This thread contains sarcasm, bad humour etc. and is not suitable for people of a touchy or over-serious disposition" !