Geri (#10846),
..."The far side of the world is a bit far to travel even for this thread"...
No it isn't ! - our cybercrewroom stretches round the globe !
..."but in the meantime Kookabat tells me that he has Mr Hendrick's postal address and will contact him with a view to telling us his story"...
Just show the young lad this Thread, and how to get on to it, and his story will come tumbling out without further prompting ! We haven't got so many "Gainers" here that we can afford to let another slip off the hook.
Danny.