Yes, I know I'm missing.  What's happening can be explained in part by the fact that I haven't finished digging my way out of a last-minute work-related crisis yet.  At 1:50 am on a Tuesday I'm still at the keyboard.  String will be back ASAP, once this new bit of chaos is beat into submission.  And after I catch up on sleep. 

One hint of what's coming:  it's a "gang aft agley" moment on my flash project.