I agree with you davo. (Happy Birthday, by the way)
I was thinking that forums like this have opened the doors to monster fish keeping for a lot of people who would have been intimidated by the requirements...but being able to talk to experienced aquarists helps quite a bit.
I have to agree with SILICONE, the advent of really good adhesives and sealaallowed us to get away from the old steel framed tanks (remember those?) and led to bigger tanks being made.