Thank you for your wise advise The Schmile,
I have chosen this time around to take this a bit more seriously and to see how far I can go.
I do like your Chinese proverb - all that and persistant patience. The hardest thing is trawling through the archives... there are some great lessons to be learnt here... and I am sure my maths will improve, given time.

So once more thank you and best of best wishes.