Danny how good you can go to your keyboard and give us a poignant whiff of the loss of mobility and what a wrench it must be to have to swallow this virtual grounding. Age and loss of privilege . . . every case is different and most cases have a common thread.
The fact that your mind is very much alive has been shown here right from the first day you tripped onto the PP stage ready for anything the crowd . . including the silent majority . . might dish up in response.
From an antipodean angle . . for every one of your anecdotes there are a similar number told and sadly not told lodged in men and womens' grey stuff all round Australia . A sense of history. . .a sense of belonging to a culture an ethos and at root the human race . . that is the cement that holds the mosaic in place. You have carried a brilliant torch and continue to do so. Tend that flame, Sir. .
..and "always look on the bright side of life .. "