Just to clear something up here, my referring to PPL's as somehow to stupid to understand these PDM issues was meant to be tounge in cheek and not to belittle PPL's .
Nevermind hey Chuck, I'm pretty sure most people who browse this thread will know what you were getting at, I know I do.
Right decision if you ask me, you obviously know or knew the aircraft and location you were in very well and took time and made decent decision and walked away. I definately think that 'doing it by the book' isn't always the best idea, no two situations are ever the same and hence the book cannot always be right. Talking or reading about something is very different to actually doing it.