""Well personally, I dont see how anyone could confuse Ian with an obsolete smoothbore firearm?.... :0)""

Well, my half asleep friend, you may be the only person on Mudcat too inattentive to have noticed Ian posting as Musket!

And what is a musket?.......An obsolete smoothbore......need I go on?

Mind you, inattention would seem to explain much of your input.

e.g. your overlooking the latest position on HIV according to specialists who have spent years researching and devising treatments, eventually reducing it to ""a manageable condition which should not significantly reduce life expectancy"", which puts it within the realms of incurables like diabetes, cirrhosis and COPD.

Don T.