Nup...sticking to my thoughts.
And its not the first time which I have suggested than PAN can speed things up a bit (or disclose what is happening)...
Like I said before, he may well have it in hand, but as @ACEMINER pointed out, where it matters...underground...it has still been wallpapered over.
Check out this post 56103787
Nickel got a tickle last night. Nice.