I discovered Ortolans in Thomas Harris' great book "Hannibal Rising" as for getting thrown off any more boards, not quite sure how to respond to that. Perhaps my "razor sharp wit" is not a good fit on those boards--fortunately, our host Dave W. is a bit more tolerant and broad minded- I have never met him, so cannot say for certain. There are a fair number of good guys on this BBS- most of them tend to post in the German gun column-

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..