Sorry for your trouble, Nathan / Amergin: knowing that someone hurts worse than you, doesn't necessarily make your own hurt any less...

What did I get? I got through Christmas Day, and had some laughs with my children. Mudcatters will understand- peeling veggies in the morning, all round the kitchen table, listening to 'Simon & Garfunkel Greatest Hits', singing along but changing a few relevant words:

I am a Sprout, I am a Ca-a-a-rrot
(And a sprout feels no pain.
And a carrot ne-ver cries.)

I'd Rather be a Carrot Than a Sprout...

OK, but it was funny at the time.

Noreen