Bernard, The recent posting about the F word reminded me of my experience years ago at Hurricane Island Outward Bound. This was before females were allowed to go so it was all 16 to 18 year old youths. It was pretty much carpet f-bombing all round. It grew tiresome and we came up with a sentence in response, “That f***ing f***er is f***ing well f***ed”. As far as I’m concerned your books are better without that word. Thanks for your time. Tom