I suppose I'm just indulging in the best (and worst) of American impulses: to try to fix a problem when it is presented to me. Am I being culturally insensitive? Speaking with the authority of the under-or-mis-informed?

Quite likely some of both. If Jerome and Colman, and whichever FP person wishes to call it quits, then let me say now that it has been a priviledge being here, and thank you all for that.

"It Can't Be Just About Us"
--Frank Schnittger, ETian Extraordinaire