I understand it's my problem -- I didn't say in my op it was their problem. Or, more accurately, it is I who must figure out the solution to the problem. The problem is not my 'fault' -- or theirs -- it just "is."

The responsibility for finding a solution to the problem is mine (only) -- I get that.

One way of finding a solution is to (first) rant a little -- which is what my op was, basically. There was a twinge of blame, but mostly I was trying to outline the problem. It's a fence or hurdle -- and I must find a way to get around or under it somehow.

-- TW