Rory,
The only reason I posted after you was because there was no new information or reason IMO for your post. I made a simple comment for the benefit of a newcomer to VB. You ended your post with "valid point". Just thought I would explain.
Ooble,
I already knew you would respond. What else is new?
Pizentios,
Thank you for your intelligent synopsis. I hadn't realized that we don't particularly care if we are teaching the correct methods and that bloating code for no apparent reason is a good skill to pursue. My post wasn't meant to be offensive nor was it an attack against you. I just pointed out an obvious observation as anyone else at this forum would do in any other post.
Good day to you all.