Doodledog
Just acknowledging your last post to me (in response to my reply to yours), but will not take it further as I don't want to create one of those interminable dialogues that stretch for cyber pages where each poster is at pains to emphasise their POV. Especially one which is, basically, about another member who is live on this thread.
I appreciate the points you have made.
On a side - technical - note, I wish GN had a 'nesting' format which I've seen on a couple of other sites where you can comment under a specific post and where others, who aren't interested in it, can easily scroll past. The 'quote' facility we have is useful, but can really disrupt a thread.