Please do not put words into my mouth. I didn't agree it was necessary to thank the speaker for the info (fwiw - I thought the speaker was regurgitating a bunch of stuff, but hey he got paid $10,000 to regurgitate. Also I was not the individual who thanked him). I provided the story of someone wanting to be thanked for thanking someone as an example opposite of what you & jackal seem to think I was saying & as back-up of how the like thing could run amok.

Cheers.