whb -

No, willy, it was my own comment about "my proclivity for terse and brief comments" that I meant was sarcastic. I should, in fact, have thanked you for sticking with it long enough to have found something useful, and I do appreciate your comments.

I like to blame my "writing style" on my half-century of writing technical specifications; but in fact a lot of it comes from my experience trying to make technical stuff comprehensible to "managers in large corporations." (Some of the ones I've worked with could overcome anyone's uncertainty about their own personal competence.)

My sister has claimed since I was about twelve that it's just because I "neglected to develop a personality."

John