P.S. I always appreciate your posts. I am sorry that sometimes it gets a little rough for you here on FR. There are many, many of us who are glad to hear from you and learn from your input. I make it a point to read your posts and that of Mad Ivan, Michael81dus, BritishBullDog, just to name of few. It gives me a better idea of what is going on in the world.
Aw, shucks, thanks, Asp, it's nothing.
With a very few exceptions, even the "rough posts" were sent in a gentlemanlike manner. It's a good thing we can talk freely and spill our guts to each other, because every time we do that we realize the other guy/gal is someone we can actually do serious business with. Sometimes I may be right, more often I'm probably wrong, but hey, we all live and learn !
I've never harbored bad feelings after even the roughest discussion here - while I did when I was just a lurker. Basically, the only thing that angers me is that we (and I mean the Western nations here) seem to like nothing more than our in-fighting and bickering and slef-righteousness one-upmanship, even though there are people out there who will be more than happy to take us down, one by one.
And I'm sure we'll get over it, eventually, and set our sights on more credible targets.
Many thanks for your wishes. I really look forward spending the rest of my days with the angel that cast a spell on me, and tell our future kids they have a much bigger family than they think, on both sides of the ocean.