as someone new to the forum, I've followed this thread, initially with interest in the pertinent comments, but subsequently with the kind of painful doggedness one reserves for scratching a mosquito bite - you wished you hadn't but you just had to. I can almost understand why people waste their lives watching reality tv.

The ego-jousting has been incredible; read the thread back, you guys and blush! You have added not one jot to the discussion, but have shown yourselves up embarrassingly.