[gren]I read this comment differently. I think the propriety was in whether one should ask a personal question, some people prefer their privacy.

Tsuwm was kind enough to point out to me that I had probably misread shanks'(s?) comment. When I posted my rant, I had been up some 15 minutes, after a broken sleep that was far too short. I hope that shanks does not take my rant as a personal attack, which was never my intention. Mea culpa.