>Donald will forgive me for holding out for precision in technical
language.
>It is considered a torture to raise an arm vertical on a prone
figure.
>I expect the Red Cross was encouraging a supine Donald to hold up
his arm.
Brian is quite correct. I have never been tortured while giving blood.
While I may be prone to not satisfying Brian's desire for precision in
technical language, I have never been supine about prostrating myself before
superior knowledge.