My firewood comment was very tongue in cheek... Do intend to take the whole process seriously... Some excellent points RouterD... In fact I'm going to need to go over all the responses so far and make some notes... in an old fashioned pencil and notebook way... of key points and advice.
I cannot believe the amazing responses compared to the FB pages... which essentially have been non existent.
Yep... like the idea of a radio... My garage (not big) doubles as workshop and gym... have a discarded (by one of my sons) 32" HD tv with usb and hdmi inputs... been thinking of wall mounting that as a sort of extra monitor...can also access radio thru it... far less distracting than tv