Well, shit, if you want to fly over here, I am guessing we can get you your own television show. Don't get hung up on the whole "qualification" thing. It's so elitist!

OK, back to the topic. Tom, I am pretty inattentive, but I just wasn't getting the gist of this thread. Apology? Seriously, I am still not getting it. I hope that some of the subsequent comments I have read here reassure you that you shouldn't spend any more time dwelling on that.

And, yes, I have to echo Jeff's observation of the awkward monthly conversation where I try to explain "well, I was following this discussion...about quantum mechanics...well, actually on this bulletin board...about an MP3 player...you see, there were this bunch of madmen in Cambridge...."

If it helps even a little, can I provide a time-honoured, proof-of-concept EmpegBBS thread-jacking contribution?:

Hey, has anybody ever walked down the Danube?