"IIRC, we sort of settled on the 6 months to a year time frame as reasonable." - Toad.
Sure - that works for me. Like I said, I don't win unless you lose... if that makes any sense.
You have to be comfortable with what constitutes that loss - so if it takes 6 months or more, it takes six months or more.
As far as posting it here, I can't remember if that was literally part of the bet or not (maybe I just always envisioned that without putting it into words). I can't recall. So I'm asking you as a personal favour. I'm sure there are others here besides myself that would be interested and may have something to gain by your insight and hearing what you say about the matter. I sure as heck would appreciate it.