Ahh Pericles, you feel for sad for me... because I have the freedom to be a beachbum (amongst many other pursuits) and to travel up and down the coast between north Qld and Vic and across to WA and indulge in my passions of all things botanical, geological and ‘birdological’ and not work for living for a couple of years and to be single and to suit myself entirely as to what I do, with no one else to be concerned about.

Hmmm. Yes, that’s really something to feel sad for me about!

Oh hold on. Of course, how silly of me. You feel sad for me because I don’t get a regular dose of HT…. and nothing else about my lifestyle matters to you.

Oh no… no that’s still not right.

Ahh. I’ve got it this time…. you don’t actually feel sad for me at all. You’re just saying that because….well because that sort of a negative person.

I think the truth is that you feel envy rather than sadness….. not least because you’re couped up right in the guts of that enormous horrible ‘clogmire’ of Sydney!! ( :>)

Not exactly, Ludwig.

>>You feel sad for me because I don’t get a regular dose of HT<<

I feel sorry for you because you prefer it to be that way.

>>I’d rather be a single, free, non-HTist,<<

I find it difficult even to contemplate such a preference, myself.