Understandable - had I known, I would have joined much sooner. I have not had anything to contribute until now.
Someone asked about reducing the dead hashes on P2Pool - I've done it (PM me for solution)
"Local dead on arrival: ~2.8% (1-6%) Expected time to share: 20.9 minutes"
Another asked what the best settings are for P2Pool - using Phoenix 1.7 - after weeks of playing with different command line options I found decent solution.
PM me (for now) - I will find the posts and reply (as soon as I am allowed to post)
Thanks to all who got me up and running, again. I have donated to those who really helped me.