[billyjapan]

KyleGoetz,

Thanks - just forgot to put in the です
Got it about the しまった...I guess it's impossible to get the absolute nuance in any written sentence. Can't read minds and all that.

Thanks again Masaegu.
I get it if it's a different verb form...so much to try and understand!

It is cut in the middle. The second half was easy to understand - about being unable to do something. And it makes sense with the idea of even if/no matter how much as you explained.
OK, I see where it's confusing. She used her own name and does it a lot too - sounds odd to me but that's different languages, cultures etc, I suppose.

Anyway, thanks for the help.