Hey, Rickey, lighten up a bit -

I must agree with wise Count Florida that the error in Rickey-ness was both innocent and understandable. You must bear in mind that this board, unlike CC, is a "nice" board, where contentious attacks seldom occur (despite my earnest efforts to the contrary).

Further, how is it a major insult to be accused of being either a TA or an employee of Oceania, both of which occupations seem to be honorable, certainly better than being accused of being a TSA inspector or prison camp guard (which seems to be the model of the behavior of many TSA inspectors, no??)?

So you see from my post that it is quite acceptable on LCT to be incoherent as long as one is at least moderately polite and does not excessively use "shouting" fonts in messages, not to suggest that you were incoherent (as I regularly tend to be).

Thanks again for your enlightenment about the wretched fees that our banks are piling on for foreign transactions, irrespective of the currency in which those transactions occur. Do you have any insight regarding why our credit card issuer (Chase) sometimes charges the fees and sometimes does not? Is it some sort of whacky luck of the draw?

Cheers, Fred