You said others were welcome on this thread.

And no I didn't answer for my bf in therapy.

GGB IMHO is WAY beyond the beginner level.

You've put me in my place. Proceed with your agenda at your pace.

BTW the expression is "my tack" not "my tact." Tact is diplomacy; maybe you should look that one up, too.

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tack1 /tæk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[tak] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation,
–noun 1. a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
2. Nautical. a. a rope for extending the lower forward corner of a course.
b. the lower forward corner of a course or fore-and-aft sail.
c. the heading of a sailing vessel, when sailing close-hauled, with reference to the wind direction.
d. a course run obliquely against the wind.
e. one of the series of straight runs that make up the zigzag course of a ship proceeding to windward.

3. a course of action or conduct, esp. one differing from some preceding or other course.
4. one of the movements of a zigzag course on land.
5. a stitch, esp. a long stitch used in fastening seams, preparatory to a more thorough sewing.
6. a fastening, esp. of a temporary kind.
7. stickiness, as of nearly dry paint or glue or of a printing ink or gummed tape; adhesiveness.
8. the gear used in equipping a horse, including saddle, bridle, martingale, etc.
–verb (used with object) 9. to fasten by a tack or tacks: to tack a rug to the floor.
10. to secure by some slight or temporary fastening.
11. to join together; unite; combine.
12. to attach as something supplementary; append; annex (often fol. by on or onto).
13. Nautical. a. to change the course of (a sailing vessel) to the opposite tack.
b. to navigate (a sailing vessel) by a series of tacks.

14. to equip (a horse) with tack.
–verb (used without object) 15. Nautical. a. to change the course of a sailing vessel by bringing the head into the wind and then causing it to fall off on the other side: He ordered us to tack at once.
b. (of a sailing vessel) to change course in this way.
c. to proceed to windward by a series of courses as close to the wind as the vessel will sail.

16. to take or follow a zigzag course or route.
17. to change one's course of action, conduct, ideas, etc.
18. to equip a horse with tack (usually fol. by up): Please tack up quickly.
—Idiom19. on the wrong tack, under a misapprehension; in error; astray: His line of questioning began on the wrong tack.