Hello Shrike,
This is becoming tiresome...read my 61, para 1 10th word and elsewhere.
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Your comment about my 'decent from my lofty perch where you and others might attempt 'to remove (your imagined) chips' appeared to be something else...an attack of sorts...a challange perhaps? I'm long past the' see you behind the bicycle sheds' variety and it was to this that I referred...in all probability that may have been a difficult task, an ambitious one, and was the ambition to which I referred, coupled, of course with the, perhaps, justified, but unalterable, moan about your situation.
When things cannot be changed it is useless wasting time on them and other avenues should be sought. I had the same problem many years ago which is why I moved...you and others might not want to, or even approve, of this course (I seemed to be attacked for that)...that is your choice...many SA accents on the airwaves in the Gulf, the Far East and Europe...even amongst the national carriers. Different laws apply in the US however...
NC43