"Alan Lothian" <alanlothian@mac.com> wrote in message news:170820061121577849%%alanlothian@mac.com... Given that there's a lot of it about, almost (but not entirely: the worst are the best, and all that) all of it off-topic,.I thought I'd provide a silly-season vent. So here's a few (unaimed) flames to get it started. You useless tosser, you wouldn't understand a reference