hey and welcome to the site mate. Did wonder from some of your posts if you were a driving instructor of some sort.
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- if noted the moderators and admin will try to correct it as best as we can.
the smiles can be found by going advanced rather than in the quick reply. again we try to encourage these as you cannot tell the tone of the voice in a forum so cannot tell if it is a direct dig or tongue in cheek
thank you for putting up your knowledge and getting involved in the debates