Steve, > I would have said true, only because -- not having been privy to your > lectures -- I would assume less of the surrounding scene would be a > different prospective. I agree wholeheartedly that absence from the lectures/discussions makes some of the questions more problematic to answer. That is why I said something like "for your amusement"!! :) although hoping also that maybe they might spark some thought and useful discussion. Which it seems they did. maybe I should provide my take on what the answers might be? andy