Everything I've picked up along the way since I first saw and heard the first shots fired *to whom it may concern* that came my way has come either as a result of hard-won trial and error experience that is quite literally priceless, or, more often, the distillation of that shared to me by others balanced against what I've found from experience to have worked okay for me and that which has not. Beyond that, I've filled in a few blanks from historical accounts, some of which are pretty well generally known, and some of which may not be.
But those who gave me some advice, both general and some specific, that kept me from having to learn the lessons and reach the conclusions they did the hard way never put a price on it, save that I gave it good consideration whether it meshed with that else I'd observed or not, and that I pass it along to those others it might help out.
So any time my background as a *reasonabli knowledgadble individual* RKI, if not *expert*, in such things can be shared, imparted, or passed along, then I remain glad to do so. And I need no payment or fee for that, other than the same consideration and condition via which I'vev picked it up: pay attention to it and see how it fits in, and pass it along to those it might help, so they don't have to learn the same lessons the hard way. Anybody with questions within my areas of experience or expertise is welcome to pass 'em my way, and if I can answer 'em easy, swell. If not, and I have to dig a little, I've been around long enough that I generally have a pretty good idea about where to at least begin looking, and by so researching material for another, I generally pick up a few more tidbits for myself too, so I profit by the inquiry as well.
So no charge. But if I can help out by filling in the blanks or recalling some odd detail here or there, dandy, and it helps me pay off the bet to others who shoed me the way when I was a younger pilgrim.
Any time you think I might be the one to come up with an answer, just shake my tree a little, and I'll try not to fall out of it, and come up with some kind of answer. When I can document it or give a fairly concrete or absolute *yes or no in most every case* response, then I'm happiest, but that's very often not the case.
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