For the attention of Phil and BB 1. , I would dearly love to know if / how I have insulted you. The rest of this diatribe does not demand a similarly demeaning response.
I am very happy to confirm that never (as far as I know) have I been insulted by you, intentionally or otherwise. I fear that George may have inadvertently associated you with one or more of the messages that preceded yours in the thread -- easily done, given the insults that /have/ been thrown around on here today (and in the past).
Incidentally, as I have an analytical balance that resolves down to 0,1mg, I will publish my recipes in two formats in future : one that uses teaspoons, tablespoons, pints and so on (no mention will be made as to how full the spoons were), and one that specifies quantities in grammes with three places of decimals (e.g., 5,237gm), thereby avoiding any possible accusations of my living in the past, failing to fully espouse the metric system (bless