Quest: Thank you! You've reminded me of so many things I've done and seen, even though they are not the same things as you. I'm often staggered at what the 'youth of today' DON'T know and what they haven't seen though that is no fault of theirs. The first time I came to NY, the 1st thing I saw was the Twin Towers. I always wanted to go there but never got the time. I DID go up the Empire State building and that was one of my greatest experiances. I went to Isreal with 2000 Jews mainly from the USA, to celebrate the 25th Anniversery of that county's independance/birth of a nation, only to discover on my return to the UK that the ship I was crew on, the QE2, was being shadowed by an arab submarine rumoured to have nuclear torpedos on board. We wouldn't have even seen the flash! I've circumnavigated the globe 3 times. Been most every where. Done lots of things that nearly got me killed and had adventures and done stuff that other people only get to dream about. But as I grow older and as we have done here, start to look back on life, I realise that the greatest thing I've seen was the birth of my first child. And after that, becoming a Grandparent - five times! I've seen people suffer and die and like the rest of us, stood witness to some of the worst humanity can offer. But even now I think 'Earth - It's a wonderful world' - even if I do live in Mars.

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All the Woes of a World by Jonathan Icknield aka The Bryster

And in my final hours - I would cling rather to the tattooed hand of kindness - than the unblemished hand of hate...