Like Bill, I read this thread all the way through and enjoyed it. A few bittersweet thoughts for the losses we have suffered in the interim. (You suppose they are aware of this thread, Bill?:)

Steve Shaw: "If you exist at all on this planet, you are a winner thousands of times beyond any millionaire lottery winner."

I have a different view of that, Steve. Even though I don't quite understand my own hypothesis, here it is: If I had not been born, I would still be I, I would just be in a different body.

Somehow, it makes sense to me.