Marc, I don't feel there's a point being missed, the post you are referring to was indeed out of order in my opinion but Ben had already stated he was off, I think at the same time as the post was being written because he then responded to that post as if to confirm he was off. Whatever, it has never been the way to deal with things in my opinion, solves nothing. I am probably also bias to the fact that the most brilliant and respected people I know are people who just do things, not announce that they are doing things for effect, they just get on with it. Anyway, it's fine that we think differently, whether Ben returns or not will not be down to what I say and rightly so.
Mat