How so I unreserve orphaned exponents

[cheesehead]

Originally Posted by KingKurly

All true, yes. I wasn't picking on you, just clarifying.

It never occurred to me that you intended anything other than being helpful.

Perhaps I clouded your point by focusing on a sidebar discussion instead of the main point

Be at ease. Veterans of this forum know that I'm quite capable (and overly fond) of clouding my own points!

Hopefully I didn't add to any confusion that may exist; my intent was to decrease confusion!

That's okay. My intent was the opposite of yours in that regard, so as not to upset the delicate balance in here. :-)