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You are correct and I meant to acknowledge that in my comment. I took them to mean "here" as U.S.

He is in Australia as per his website.

Yep, spot on. Sorry I thought it was clear from the context that I was contrasting the US practice.

To be clear, not trying to say one is superior to the other. I don’t have any experience with, or specific training in, the US method.