PAUL L.. wonderful funny stuff there... never was a truer saying than 'much truth is spoken in jest' :)

PERICLES.. thank you for that timely reminder. (about quotes) I must have been infected by the Frazier episode where Frazier becomes haunted/stalked by this new friend in a wheel chair who always used his fingers to signify quotes :)

I'll try to fix that. Your criticism is welcome.

Boaz, it's my pleasure.

>>PERICLES.. thank you for that timely reminder. (about quotes)... I'll try to fix that. Your criticism is welcome<<

But it wasn't really criticism as such, so please don't stop on my account.

The usage of quotes in this manner says a great deal about the writer, and the responsibility - or otherwise - that they take for the clarity of the content of their utterings.

If you do decide to do away with them, I suspect you are going to find posting considerably more difficult, as you will have to express your thoughts more precisely, with less margin for interpretation, or misinterpretation.

Enjoy.