Chugalug,
...I was lucky, and for most of us that's what it all boils down to in the end. As I asked a friend's son just starting out as a brand new airline pilot, "Are you lucky?". He didn't understand the question, but his Dad did!...
It is recorded somewhere that Napoleon was being buttonholed by a courtier, who was extolling the virtues and military prowess of some General of his acquaintance.
"Yes, yes !", said Napoleon testily, "But is he
lucky ?"
Danny.