Thank you all for your good wishes , had a lovely relaxing day , out for brunch with Mrs Nomoney , followed by visits from the family and buffet tea. It has been a taxing 12 months having lost six close friends/family members , including my dear old mum at 96! since reaching my 70th. Events led me to retire in january as I was struggling to deal with cumulative disasters , in particular my wife getting over major cancer surgery and our 8 yr old grandaughter suffering a brain tumour and very aggressive form of cancer. I am pleased to say that she is currently "clear" and appears to be making good progress . I took a very brief look at Dr Google and decided that I did not want to delve too deeply into the prognosis . In turn, I have tried to make a positive assumption that an intensive course of radio and chemotherapy have "worked" , and have switched off from issues that I cannot impact upon. On reflection , my mum had Alzheimers for the last 4/5 years of her life and three days after going in to "try out" a care home she died of a heart attack , so in some ways a blessing in disguise. So I guess what I am trying to say is, make the most of today and every day , because tomorrow is not guaranteed!