I hear their gentle voices [fellow forumers] calling, "Poor *old Joe" (I know you *AIN'T ... even tho' you do not deign to reveal your true vintage!)

Footnote: Words attributed to an Afro-American (I think) lyric from the
'Dark Ages' that were my schooldays.


Seriously, though, our once-Great Empire - of which our forefathers were so justifiably proud - has rapidly degenerated into a mess, thanks to the s elected to govern it! I rest my case.