Sorry I didn’t say hello when you previously commented. A sporadic internet connection doesn’t really help me to keep on top of things. Welcome!

Femme, yes alive, well(ish) – I burned my hand in a rather un-fetching way whilst ironing my hospital scrubs. Pathetic I know! Truly being able to go off on a tangent mid-sentence is a sure sign of intelligence, or a aspect of a psychotic illness according to DSM-IV…(sigh)

Good to hear that you are alive and well…(and still have an amusing turn of phrase). The random tangent of the Orange oompa loompas makes me feel much at home – I couldn’t keep a conversation on track if it were fitted with heavy duty stabilizers…I surmise that it is symptomatic of an intelligent mind!