OK.

There are one or two here to whom I've recommended a *certain* valve amp
designer/parts supplier. Well, after reeling out enough rope to hang even
someone with the head the size of a planet (where TF did that come from....?
;-) I've got to say I hereby retract my recommendations.

The person in question (no names, no pack drill - those involved will know
*exactly* who I mean) is a nice enough geezer and certainly knows his stuff,
but he's so damned unreliable even Job got fed up and went to Angela's! One
poor little sod I recommended to him got jacked around for 6 months by
well-meaning favours (and BS) which ended up nowhere and he had to spend
unbudgetted funds to buy his way out of a 'going nowhere' situation! (Not
good.)

I think part of the guy's problem is that, in his case, 'out of puff' has
got bugger-all to do with running up a flight of stairs.....

;-)