was I 'allowed' to cut/paste Stuart's stuff from there onto here?
Stuart can answer that best, but quoting ideally should be done with the author's permission, though it's good that you acknowledged the source and that there's a linkto Stuart's site. However, the source page is often best, in this case collinwood.net's news page.
Here's the forum policy regarding copying from here:
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