We've been waiting for a buddhist perspective on all of this.....I have plenty of them, and I've been back a few days Ed but waiting for the right time to make that spectacularly shitty entry back on to the board that only I can pull off - curmudgeon that I am. I noticed in a thread below Pat and Al talking about BBC programmes, I'd recommend 'One foot in the grave' to Pat if I was a nicer guy than I am. We veer from political cynicism to separation and loss at the drop of a hat so I get confused about what is an appropriate emotional response to a...dog...ahem...