Please don't be offended

I'm not :)

The bulk of that code sample was written somewhere between 8 and 10 years ago...perhaps I should really go back and tidy/improve it so that is closer to my current standards. I am sure current standards are nothing like the quality of many here but coding for me is a sideline - it is not my profession. I code partly for enjoyment but mostly to create tools for the company I run which has nothing to do with IT.

I was once told that everyone should look back at code they wrote years ago and see something poor - that way they know they are making progress...kind of makes sense to me...