Naw, wasn't thinking critical.

You know how newbies are, tons of data right in front of them, but "easier" to ask again (and again and again) than to look. It seems that an American phenomenon over the past decade or so is that somehow unless the data is directly in response to their questions or comments it is somehow less relevant, or perhaps they feel if they ask the question in a different way, that they'll get the answer that they want.

Come on Americans, be Caldwells - buck up and take responsibility for your own narcisizm.

Ya know, I don't think that I've ever met a thin-skinned Caldwell....

Then again, when all you've known is fantasy, sometimes it's hard to accept reality. A prime example was my 91 year-old uncle who passed earlier this year. I wasn't going to explain to him the time and space that makes the whole Pirate story crap. Why? he'd believed it for about ever, so why change it at his age. Probably would have just pissed him off, to tell you the truth. His son, on the other hand, at 60 enjoyed hearing about it.

Anyway, I've got to get all of my stuff here fixed within the week, and my time is starting to free up a bit, too.

: Thanks John
: Wasn't being critical - its just a pity to have to repeat
: the serious long-winded stuff. I managed to hard copy
: a lot of David Andrew's stuff but go a bit slack after
: a while. Problem is I am not sure if I hard copied my
: own contributions.
: Same questions come up over and over again. Same
: Barbarossa Pirate material gets regurgitated - don't
: have to explain ...
: Whenever you are ready we really appreciate your efforts.
: Tom