kieran
I liked your penultimate post very much-such a lot of good sense!
Knowing that one of my greatest literary heroes was Dr Samuel Johnson you can readily see how and why I post as I do-straight from the hip without a thought as to what I am posting!
I have always enjoyed his quote about Americans "Sir, they are a race of convicts and should be grateful for anything they get short of hanging" Not ALL Americans, of course, just the majority of them!
Apologies in advance to any Yanks on the board!