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My sitch was lengthy and not always easy to follow. I came briefly to this forum near the start but didn't go to the proper page (newcomers), quickly gave up, and didn't come back for several weeks. I tried to make it easier for folks by summarizing at the beginning of each new thread, but these ended up getting pretty lengthy. There were/are 16 or 17 threads in all.
And this the beginning, if you are so inclined. It is kind of interesting to see the change in demeanor from then to now. Alot of important stuff happened during that several week gap, though, that doesn't show up in real time:
