Ron----Ya don't get down from a soapbox. You get down from a goose!!

Bob----I'm really doing well here. As I've said in other threads, "The more things change, the more they get different." It just takes mental working-through-it to get to where it don't matter any more. And what you were hearing from me is some of the stages, arguments I had with myself, and sundry ruminations I muddled through to get from there to here. It's all a glorious adventure. Humor sure does help. (And having the American election over helps a ton as well.) I'm thinking of changing my name here at Mudcat to Larry Derrol (however that's spelled)! He was one of my favorite fictional characters---from Somerset Maugham's novel "The Razor's Edge". And your comments were all taken seriously by me. I fully understand what you were saying. I only wanted to say fairly clearly where I was coming from---and why! Writing it out helps me see stuff clearer. These days, I never can say the right thing off the top of my head. MS has real cognitive aspects to it. Recent memory etc. I feel like that fish, Dory, in Finding Nemo.

Anyhow, I'm tired. G'night---as I suspect they say in Australia. ;-)

Art