Snodderly - I remember you Rip van Winkle postings very well (I have been at this a long time!)

I realised that he thought about me when he mentioned a book that he had read and had meant to bring along for me. He wanted to know all about our lives. To be honest it felt a little strange. It really was as if he had been on another planet, and to some extent still is. He actually alluded to the extent to which he had neglected his children, and how he wanted to put that right. Hmmm. Well we shall see. Fortunately we are none of us holding our breath on this one!

The sad thing is that by the time most of them start to wake up the play has moved on, and they are trying to understand Act One and the rest of us are in Act 3!!

Poor old thing.