I don't think that saying "quite likely by yours" implies any undue assumption on my part about Guest All's income, which is neither my concern nor my business.  He or She's comment, "Many don't have that luxury or wealth" to which I was replying, does, however, seem to make an assumption about mine.  He or she has apparantly allowed themself the expensive indulgence of having children, which is one of the things I have foregone because I chose instead the relative freedom (and the considerable risk) of living outside the framework of conventional employment, which I did in no small part because I did not trust the employer class, having, for example, seen what they did to my father.  That implies no superiority on Guest All's part or on mine; simply that we have elected to follow different paths in life.  As I have said, we have to accept responsibility for our actions, and for their consequences, or we surrender the right to have our opinions taken seriously in the first place.  Most of us are not so significant in the scheme of things that we need to conceal our identities in order to express ordinary opinions in a public forum, though I accept that G(All) may have good reasons for doing so of which I am unaware.  It's a bit difficult to refer to her, or to him, in anything other than the third person without being able to tell whether any particular message comes from him/her or not, though; I would genuinely welcome a more open dialogue, and would appreciate the courtesy of at least a consistent name which I might address.

Malcolm