thank you Avindian, very much appreciated. Its been an odd AAR (to be honest rather self-indulgent) that seems to have attracted relatively few comments but a lot of kudos, so not sure how to interpret that ... and for my alter-ego, Harry, its now his third character award so I may have to invent something else for him to muck up when Venezuela reaches its inevitable demise at his hands. Since I can't sustain a plot and my characters appear and disappear on a regular basis - with no coherent logic - compared to others on these forums I feel I don't really use characters properly.
On the other hand, its time to see another crocodile made into a handbag and, yet again, update my signature ...