Curiouser and curiouser. Yes you can - thanks for pointing that out.
But now I have deleted the 8 save files I could find in the game save directory, the 100 or so (yes, that many!) saves that were there are gone... The 8 saves that were there were the first 8 saved, not the newest ones recycled - I could tell that from the date of the files... Perhaps now it does not matter.
Thanks for your input anyhow Caradoc!
wilson