Thanks Chief,
Interesting take, let's agree to disagree. As for strangers in your woodpile, another great kilted Scotsman, George Bernard Shaw once said “If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.”
There is a venerable gentleman in Galway, Bill King, former Commander, submarines, round the world sailor, crack shot, etc. You may know about him already, if not http://9livesproductions.com/ His book is well worth a read, The Stick and the Stars.
K.