wow. that was quite a thread! And I never posted on it once!

Shooting star, a lot of us have tried hard to get to meet and get to know other TE'ers. Some relationships have started here.

What you're saying is true, we can't really tell what you are like, but most of us advice givers are very much in earnest, so we pipe in here with advice, which we think you want because you asked for it.

I was sorry to hear you missed out on an opportunity to work in the Arctic.
good luck.