""Don may think that the feckless gang don't bother him nowadays because of his reaching out to them on a balmy summer's evening. More likely they were frightened he would come out to the wall with a ghetto-blaster playing Beethoven at full volume.""

Thank you for that erudite and fair minded comment Mayomick. I'm sure it has added something to the topic, relevant or not.

Kind of makes my point about those who stereotype others.

Don T.