thanks very much, Dud. My dear Mum still misses him so much, they were married about 63 years.

thankyou, Gary. I miss him.

thanks, my friend. Yes, he was. In his last days, in hospital, just a frail shell of the man he had been, I printed out one of his younger "RN days" pics and tacked it at the head of his bed, so that staff could see Dad in happier/healthier times. Everyone loved the photo.