tbh, that it hasn't gotten out of hand says a lot about the nature of this forum. It's a good thing. He's under no doubt that fobbing gmml off will result in isolation, but he also knows that he's welcome to stick around while he acknowledges his responsibilities. It's easy to instantly take the moral high ground and rally round the person owed while isolating the person owing, but none of us here know his financial situation, we can only make assumptions. The fact gmml is happy with recent communication hints heavily that there are indeed private issues which are impacting on his immediate finances. It's probably a little naive of me, but I prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt. I'm glad to be part of a forum where that's the general consensus.