Pete, you really have some issues to work out, I have never met you but your charm and intellect on this forum are enticing to say the least.
I have just gone through my posts and can't find anything in them that could in any way be interpreted as a "rant" and upon review its clear that I was simply making a contribution to the topic which by the way is about the cost of F18's. My responses have been directly related to the topic, unlike your (how do you say it?).... Rant?
He really likes you, it's his way of flirting. He really, really wants a boat named after you.It all makes sense. Jake could say it with big words and sciencey descriptions, I just give the insight.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White