Aw shucks...

[GulPlum]

Thanks to everyone who said such kind things about me both on the list and 
by email. Regrettably, I can't get around to replying to them individually 
and I apologise for that.

Incidentally, I wasn't fishing for compliments (or even sympathy) with my 
comments; I was seriously wondering whether there was any point in my 
continuing to post.

In any event, the issue has become moot. For reasons completely and utterly 
unrelated to this list, but solely related to real life (what's that?) I'm 
not going to have time for the foreseeable future to participate here, not 
even to respond to several posts I *really* would like to deal with.

In this instance, "foreseeable future" means at least until the end of 
July. I *might* get a chance to read some posts and perhaps even to post 
the odd reply, as I won't be leaving base for any length of time (although 
there will be some short absences), and when at home my internet connection 
will remain available. It's just that several other things have got to take 
priority for my time and energy, and HP is one of several enjoyable 
activities which will have to take a back seat.

Please don't clog up the list or my inbox with replies to this... (For the 
record, before anyone asks; nothing's wrong, I'm just going to be very busy 
with millions of things, some of which have come out of the blue and most 
of which will be beneficial to me either in the short or long term.)

--
GulPlum AKA Richard, over but not (quite) out