Owen wrote[QUOTE] On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:36:29 -0000, "Anne Welsh Jackson" snip Wotcha been getting up to? Well, just then I nipped downstairs to drink to your good health, Waitrose Port Barrelled Highland Malt :-) I'm still panel beating, enjoying it, never seem to have enough hours to do all the things I want to (usual story), Marina says I spend too much time reading, my son now knows that I'm his natural father and we're getting on great, little sister got married - fantastic day - very moving, Grandma died at 98 yrs - very moving day - not fantastic, lost a few friends, met a few new people, the wheel continues to turn and I love the autumn colours. Oh, and everyday I find something that makes me laugh and I find something that makes me cry... Marina is play grouping with kids (its the only legal way you can beat them these days - Scottish law may be different) We baby sit a friends baby every so often - 1 yr old and *so* cute, M still sports the odd dodgy haircut and I still tease her in the morning about the way it looks, she mostly enjoys her work, opens the door with a happy smile (except when she's being a grumpy er, um, I did'nt start to say that, er no, definitely not Sir... um....) and her cooking is improving! Gosh, I am on rocky ground here aren't I... We really are very happy, most of the time. Probably me more than Marina, but then I'm not in as much pain as Marina is, couple of cripples us... all things considered we do rather well. You an' He, Still a "We"? PS: I should have put this in an e-mail really, but I'm not sure as to how I move it without losing it... I'm still crap at driving this thing... bloody technology... People keep telling me that I should upgrade my 'phone - the mobile (I still have a 3 year old one the size of a mars bar) Why? Because you could get one with games... vox activated dailling... send pictures... zip, wap, G3, smart, Greek for advanced level...blah blah blah... All I want is a 'phone that I switch on when I want to make a call. But what if we want to reach you, at the mo' we can't? Exactly, I have control, my free time is free, 'phone home and leave a message on the answering machine or send an e-mail... Choose a mobile, choose technology, choose 37 games and a 5 mega glitch sim card, choose a colour screen with infra red sonic booster and enough generated radiation to fry your consumer fixated banal little brain, choose something that you probably don't even need and make sure that its shinier and better than anyone elses piece of shiny purile crap with its cnut logo emblazioned across you rear window to advertise your total lack of imagination... You might as well have choosen heroin... Me? I choose Life.....[/QUOTE] So good you had to post it twice? That is really up to us to judge.