"I simply asserted that I'm taking akenaton on over his fatuous claim that he's the prime mover behind threads-of-thousands."

With all due respect, apart from you two no-one gives a shit about Ake's claim and it's no relevant to the thread, just another episode in your ongoing spat. Start a "Steve's Spat Thread".

Now I'm in a spat. Shine on.


"He did it in your thread so why didn't YOU pick him up?"

I don't care about it being my thread, just I didn't intend it to turn into a Ake/Shaw lovefest which it is in danger of doing.


" Every thread I start here gets waylaid but I don't moan and groan about it like you do"

You're obviously a far better man than I.