Dear Jim,
Firstly I would like to unreservedly apologise for my post last night.
The post was made with the best of intentions but in the light of day could have been worded better to avoid any misunderstanding.
There was never any intention to suggest that there was anything underhand or done for personal gain, and i am sorry that it appears to read that way.
The reference to cencorship was to do with the suggestion I should have run it by you before posting which I found suprising as the post was only intended to open a debate on the subject, to which your PM was a valid reply. Under those circumstances it is difficult to know what subjects a person is allowed to post on without running it past an admin beforehand.
I would also like to thank you for the loan of the equipment, something I consider to be a generous an unselfish offer that is much appreciated. I will work out some way of returning it at the earliest opportunity.
Its a shame that what in my opinion could have been a good discussion thread has degenerated into a character assasination, but i suppose that is one of the problems of posting threads at 2am.
I hope you can find it within yourself to accept this sincere apology.
regards
Dave
A little bit late in posting this due to problems getting on the site over the last few days, but still as heartfelt now as when first written.