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xmetman writes
Apologies for the earlier post which I hopefully deleted!

Not in time, I fear. I've just had to go and delete from my outbox my
reply to your first post, which I made because it came as such a
surprise given the quite sharp frost that we had here in Cranleigh.
--
John Hall
"Honest criticism is hard to take,
particularly from a relative, a friend,
an acquaintance, or a stranger." Franklin P Jones