I've rather got used to the time-out breaks. I almost feel the Mudcat wouldn't be the Mudcat without them. They punctuate things.

Mind, I could probably live happily with a Mudcat that never went wakabout, but I'm not holding my breath in imminent expectation. And in the meantime I think some tweaking on the lines suggested would be handy. For any newcomer it must be pretty hard to follow things at times.