BEagle,
Don't get me wrong, I am still in love with the F4 and saddened only that I didn't get more time on type. My reason for posting was that this is a superb environment for a closer association with the things that seemed to matter then.
I concede your point about the secret squirrel aspect, I probably suffered from it as well, considering my subsequent postings.
If you consider the topic worthy of further investigation - great - if not, it will die a natural death. It's called democracy, or voting with your keyboard.