Something like that. [it's a start, anyway. a way to get the pieces in order, much as he hates to admit to thinking of it in those terms.] We're here because we have no choice and there's no love loss from me, much less anyone else, in how ALASTAIR conducts their affairs even if I agree with what they're doing, but if nothing else, figuring out what's going on and how it applies to us is a more sensible goal than ALASTAIR's.