I agree with the good sense of Marianna and Bingley. As for the general drift of digression, we have long established that as our forté!

I think what USns have to bear in mind is that those of our group based in many other territories have to connect via slower, flakier and paid-for-by-the-second modems, so the click-through of redundant threads is a real issue.

However, in the general run of things it's one we all cheerfully subscribe to out of interest in where a discussion may lead next. Anyone who knows me at all by now knows my intention is not in the least to inhibit any topic of discussion under the sun. Just warn me if you're going into an obsessive Raindance huddle over who's on third base!