Fair enough. Sorry if I misinterpreted what you said and I would agree that it is definitely easier to do a progression and maybe better also. It is definitely faster to do a synthetic progression than a full ark progression. Sometimes I know I do things for the sake of seeing if it can be done. Whether it is/was a fad or not I don't know but I have toyed with the one stone method "because it was there" as George Mallory would say.

Also, sorry to have highjacked your thread Jerry.