""I do despair of politics in the USA, Don, and that's no lie.

I'm not suggesting you should, however. You're an American, aren't you?""

You see LH, that goes straight to what I was saying about dipping into threads without reading what has gone before.

I've been a member since Nov '03, and have mentioned my nationality some dozens of times, and you are unaware that I am English, living in England.

Don T.