but I cant remember him saying
anything longer term.

Tonight will be key then.:-)

Of course, my fear is, as Will Hand et al. have all so often done
before, *if* this is off, then Paul will just brush it under the
carpet, so to speak, and pretend like nothing has ever happened, and
that he never actually said it in the very first place.

Let's sincerely hope not.:-(

By the way, he reads these forums, doesn't he?

D.