I just posted over there in what I can only hope is decypherable to German speakers. Most likely I've butchered the German language and I may have confused more people than my earlier English post did. I suppose at least I've tried.
P.S. If someone who understands German happens to read it, please do me the favour of telling me whether it's somewhat understandable, or whether it's complete gobbledegook, and most importantly, whether or not it says what I meant it to say.