Patience, grasshoppers.
Well, my patience has, indeed, been tested.
Apparently, I started this thread on July 5, 2015, which is, to me a surprise, since I am pretty sure I posted it much more recently than that.
All of my posts have disappeared since July 5, 2015 except the one I posted earlier today. My guess it will be gone by tomorrow.
I hate to complain, and for all I know, this could be a fault at my end, but it is very frustrating and takes much of the fun out of using the forum. I do hope that someone can help me fix this problem.