Steve,
As indeed do you prattling on interminably about this

I do not.
I just defend myself from false accusations.
I will stop rebutting the accusations the very instant Jim stops making them.

It is always prattling Jim who dredges this up, and prattling Jim who then spreads it to concurrent threads.
This time you, Dave and Rag chose to join in so again do not blame me for any of this.

Why don't you have a quiet word with your friend?
Ask him to stop "prattling on interminably about this."