James Michael, you said:
"Could you please assist me by prefacing your posts "transmitting blind"."
You've picked it up quicker than a lot of prior posters here. Dick is certainly an intelligent and tricky customer. If he can see an opportunity to re-state his case, then he might reply to you .. however, if there's nothing in it for him ... silence. Most of us know that, and we just accept it and work around it. A very clever debating ploy.
Not a dig, just an observation.