OK OK OK. I'm convinced about the Pen Tool and it is obviously worth exploring. I suppose that I have become too set in my ways and while the other selection tools were doing everything I wanted, there didn't seem much point in trying anything else even though it might work better.

Again thanks to everyone for taking part. I hope that it has been of value to all the other Photoshoppers who couldn't see the advantages of using the more complex selection methods
Jack