First of all may I join everyone else in extending my sympathies to the Senior Member of the Board - we can ill afford to lose someone of her undoubted experience but family comes first.
The prospect of having to go through another CM if this one is dissolved is too awful to contemplate. A second chance to "get things right this time" (from certain quarters) springs to mind. I'd like to think that a second CM would be unbiased but feel that, with all the publicity there's been over the last three weeks, that would be difficult to achieve. Let's hope this one runs it's course as the outcome is inevitable.
By the time you read this Spot I'll be in Ireland, and where I'm going doesn't sport an Internet Cafe let alone a real one! I'll keep in touch through Dick as long as there's enough cover for the mobile. Keep your pecker up and, no, Walter doesn't shave his legs; I know as I shared a room with him last week.
Love to you both,
Al & Diane