I've only got one last comment here (for today). I'm already late for my birthday party, celebrating my antiquity.
This entire conversation reminds me, speaking of my advanced age, of an incident some years ago. I was trying to advise Charles the Great (or Charlemagne, if you prefer). of an impending battle. I was young then.
There was an obvious language barrier, of course. I couldn't make him understand what I was saying. It all turned out well, and we won the Battle of Tours. Maybe there's hope here.
