I am sure he will not thank me-in fact entirely the opposite -but I think it is important to note that Les will be retiring tomorrow -and we wish him well. Those of us in Hull particularly wish him well because his salary alone has been responsible for the outrageous council tax that we have been paying over the last few years. Not looking a day over 75, Les will be taking things quietly from now on (yes we've removed all the strings from his bouzouki) and no doubt will be travelling from folk venue to folk venue with the aid of a bellow assisted zimmer frame and that smug look of complacency that people retiring early have. A health to you me old mucker, from John and I, and as I have thought all along -your a lucky lucky ba***rd!!