Dear Belly,

My operation is on my left eye. It's for
laser-assisted cataract surgery.
It's now been delayed until the end of May.
I'm not looking forward to the op at all.
I'm hoping that they can put me under
during the procedure. But we'll have to wait
and see.

Anyway, Thanks for your good wishes.

Dear Hasbeen,

I feel that a 3 year old and a 5 year old should
not go unsupervised near a large body of
water. I think that we've learned a great deal
over the years - of what not to allow our kids
to do.

Foxy goes without saying we all hope for the best
That seems like my surgery and if it is be comforted it will go well
In fact I remember seeing part of the op as it took place, not much but some
And my first one saw me very very jumpy
BUT on laying down for my second the fella putting me under said * we had trouble getting you under last time,you fought to stay awake*
I have zero memory of that, so it is all good

Dear Foxy,

Thanks for getting back to the topic. Yes, a body of flowing water. A body of rushing, tumbling, crazy-bastard water, full of mud and rocks and branches an god-knows-what. A river in flood: Lane's Law proposes that the force of a current is proportional to the cube of the amount flowing per second: so if the flow doubles, then the force increases eight times; if the flow of a little creek increases by ten times, the force increases ten cubed, or a thousand times; if the flow increases a hundred times, not so difficult for a piddly stream turning into a flood, then the force is a hundred cubed, or a million times as strong. A flow a thousand times larger ? A billion times as powerful, give or take.

How could any 'mother' be so negligent as to allow her kids out of her sight in such circumstances ?

I suppose we'll see what the court decides.

Much love and best wishes for your recovery,

Joe