... with a proviso that I'd like to keep the Observations & Speculation thread running for back-and-forth banter, raw or working stats and ongoing discussion in one place, separate from Conclusions.

What say? We'd each of us end up with one "LC Proj V1.2 Conclusions" and an Observations & Speculations Thread that could go on for a time (perhaps until V2.1 starts up).

I know, I know, it's that root word of Analyst again. I'll gladly go along with a consensus but wanted to make the suggestion.