"It's no problem ignoring a personal attack from a stranger - after all, it doesn't hurt."

Ah McGrath - if only we were all so thick skinned.

Having been the victim of one of these personal attacks from a stranger, I can say, it does hurt. It can hurt a lot. But as Wysi said, it doesn't hurt as much as the lack of defence from people you counted as friends.

WLD - I don't have an excercise book - it's a nice filofax, neither do I sing 'Sheath and Knife' - although if I could find a tune I might, it looks interesting, but I do cross stitch, and have spent many an hour in sessions, stitching away and getting cross at having to fend off people who come over and ask every 10 minutes 'what are you doing?'

LTS