[Nick Beale]

For Christ's sake John, give us a break. I was just trying, in the simplest way possible, to separate out an interesting discussion of a new topic from what had started—lest we forget—as a question about a book on the Halifax. And if I had nothing else going on in my life then yes, I might have devoted time to editing or annotating the various posts to achieve seamless continuity.

P.S. Anyone who wants to edit their own posts to reflect the new thread, please feel free to do so.