Although I thought the usage of the word is a tad odd (but who am I to decide how those north of the border should use words form the English language?), I took the phrase "exasperates the effects" to be intended to mean "gets in the way of" or "confounds" the effects. Having just looked at my dictionary, I now see that there is a usage of the word which means "to increase the intensity of".

In other words, Stephanie is right (as was DaveL in his original usage) and I was wrong. I apologise for the wasted bandwidth.

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Stephen



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