It took nearly a week to respond to that large thread on Russia invading Ukraine, even after I started a NEW thread to do so because the original was so hopelessly old. And now it is nearly 5AM, so I need to take my sniffly butt to bed so I can be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed to accompany my wife and daughter to the formers doctors appointment and watch the latter. Who apparently heard me typing, because she immediately began abortive wails when I mentioned going to bed. Life is interesting these days, as Zhuang Zhou would say.

Rest assured, that, as always, I WILL (eventually) respond in full to your reply (consider that promise or threat, as seems most appropriate. )