Thank you Benji's Dad, both for your kind comments on my comments, and for my riding. My performances are a shadow of my past efforts, but I still quite like to wring the neck off a bike without a speed camera facing me!
As for the starting order, it is time the Powers that Be came out of their huts and stood watching a race, (or at least receive advice from people they respect).
However, I must add that the best news over the Manx Grand Prix period, plus the Classic TT was that nobody's injuries were life threatening, and thus it COULD be argued that the new arrangement has made racing safer. It actually hasn't, but with that statistic to use as an argument, I cannot see any change in the near future.