to answer the hobbyists rudimentary question:

“Can anyone give me the times to develope(sic) FB paper in Ilford Multigrade paper developer. Ilford Ilfostop and Ilford rapid fixer? Thank you!”

in the land of time and temperature, it helps to be able to take the temperature of the room.

The direct answer is: https://www.ilfordphoto.com/amfile/file/download/file/1828/product/709/

Multigrade Paper Developer diluted 1+9	2 minutes	1.5 to 3 min useable range
Multigrade Paper Developer diluted 1+14	3 minutes	2 to 5 minutes range
Ilford Stop bath 1+19	10 seconds	up to 30 seconds
Ilford Rapid Fixer 1+4	1 minute	up to 5 minutes

… after more than 300 posts in the topic, it continues. Although, they no longer even try to answer the question, instead they answer each other — address each other as adversaries in a game of King of the Mountain. Among some, it seems they are playing Liars Dice, a popular game among the barstool photographers.

The simpler the question, the longer, more convoluted the answer. After enough time, we get into our deeper selfishness — pull out our basics.

Sadly, Mr. Bill gives credit to the vainglorious, and in doing so, takes it from himself. I wonder where he worked that he managed their color systems and is unable to see the errors Wiley makes.

The large portrait chains were called Kidnappers, since they offered free, or loss leader photos, then charged increasing amounts for reprints. The largest of the chain studios was Olan Mills, doing $475million (est) in 1993. Other studios: Varden, CPI in Sears, PCA in K-Marts, American Studios in WalMarts. Approximately $5B business in portraits in the US.