Sycamore,

To me at least in this reference "LA" is what we "worker bees" called: "Detached service" in Latin America, as we were ordered to NOT even identify the country where were working. - I have for nearly 2 decades kept that promise, if few other promises.

SORRY that that was evidently confusing to at least a FEW members. - It wasn't confusing to me or I think to most people.
(Also, sometimes, even at 72YO, my fingers work/type slower than my mind does.)

yours, tex