"… “”you sound just like a bunch of my friends here at the SPL.””” "
"Still getting mixed legal advice from a lawyer and a barrister as to that comment being libelous or laudatory. "
Ahhh it's a thin line....
And it sounds like you are happy with the purchase in spite of its shortcomings.
In the end that's all that really matters.
ps: I have a few friends here at the SPL that wouldn't even take it out of the plastic wrap. When they meet their maker and the kids unwrap Dad's collection, I hope it's not Government Mule that starts playing at pop's funeral.