Thanks for the replies!

Mother-in-law passed away 45 minutes after we got to the hospital. We drove through the night after I posted last and made it just in time - if that's the right expression. Everybody has been so kind but it was a blessed relief to all concerned. We have to clear out her house now and help do all the things you do when a relative dies. On top of that, I just found out that my brother's MIL - it was his wife that died suddenly in August - passed on 2 weeks ago.

 I haven't even started to re-build my pc and now I have a laptop to load-up with software because I'm damned if I'm going to move my pc again; It's just too cantankerous.  My mp3 collection of music survived because it was copied to a removable hdd, but I really don't know what else is backed-up...mainly progs and instalation files I routinely copy to RW-DVD.

I thank Danamo for his generous suggestions and in the spirit of 'the show must go on', I'll announce when I'm able to start again. The research pics I'd collected off the net shouldn't be too hard to find again.

Sorry to disappoint those of you who were taking an interest in this challenge, but perhaps this just makes things more interesting.

Thanks once again.

The Bryster

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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...