Thank you everyone for the kind thoughts. He was a distant relative of Jen's clan so I only knew him from family chatter. It is more upsetting for Jen's mum (93 not out) and Jen is staying with her to make sure she is OK. I love the way everyone asks me if I am looking after myself OK with Jen away and if I am eating properly. Having lived a solo life for 30 years seems to have flown their minds and I have to tell them I evolved from beans on toast many years ago.. Lol. John fossil@xxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerry Winskill Sent: 01 November 2013 10:33 To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jhb] Re: Absence of duty John, My sincere condolences to you both and hope you are soon back to normality. Gerry Winskill On 01/11/2013 09:12, pentalverjohn@xxxxxxx wrote: > Echoing the same thoughts as the others John > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Woodside <bones@xxxxxxx> > To: jhb <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:22 > Subject: [jhb] Absence of duty > > > > I regret I won’t be around much over the next couple of days owing to a > bereavement in Jen’s family. > > With apologies, > > John Woodside > > bones@xxxxxxx > > > >