Sorcha my dear I am not suggesting for one minute that any of these activities ARE gender-specific, I was just observing that the circumstances of my life to date have been such that I have not been required to acquire these skills.

I have always lived with a woman who would do these things for me. Heaven forfend I should advocate that is the way things SHOULD be, but that is the way things HAVE been for me. At least up until now.

Not to worry, she will be back at the weekend.

Murray