Thank you, Martin. I hesitated but then threw caution to the winds.
Closeish, fletcher, if you're talking about me several decades ago. Currently, I am possibly old enough to be your grandmother, had I spawned early and borne a child who followed my bad example. And I barely read at all because of aged eyes and a weary brain. It is true that I wear a lot of black, but that's because when one holds on to one's clothes for years, the stains do tend to pile up; black is simply the sensible choice.