I'm out of here June 20, can't wait to leave.

Good luck with that, SB. I was booed out of China. It was decided by the doctor and my family that I couldn't/shouldn't lift a suitcase and that the wife had to do it. On the shuttle bus at Beijing I suffered all sorts of derision for watching my wife manhandle. The thing is this, they wanted to believe that I was a wife-abuser, it made them feel good about themselves.

I am back home now. I have managed to get the air out of the cooker gas but not further on down the pipe which serves the hot water. Do that tomorrow.

\esther shattered, after the journey home, she has fallen asleep on a case....but just been scooped up for a flannel wash.