I have NEVER, in just under four years on this splendid forum, made an effort to simply pad my post count. I don't even look to see what it is. On the rare occasions when I notice it, I'm kind of bewildered that it has gotten so high.

Fact is, I'm an opinionated old man and a writer by avocation, with too much time on his hands. But I'm trying to do better, so please bear with me.

Onward, upward, and hang a right at the old Murphy place.

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Oh well, what the hell.