anotheoldgit, i have read countless of your posts , agreeing with very few, as they always are bordering on the word nobody really wants to be associated with. honestly, just in purely reading, you come across as the staunch "british empire,gunga din era type of ignorant , we rule the world we can do no wrong kind of brit"., although it is painfully obvious you would be preferred to be thought of as ' english' i would like to remind you that your whole tiny island, including scotland , ireland and wales isn't much larger in size than vancouver island. so apparently you've lived long enough to see the chickens come home to roost so to speak, as painfull as that may be for you, such is life.so get over yourself and except the fact that you live on an insignificant little island and the rest of the world is moving on whether you like it or not, as it always has. i used to have to sing god save the queen every day, thank god my daughter doesn't even know the words! apologies for any spelling errors. cheers!