And a happy new year to all of you also, Am hoping 2009 is a lot better for me and trude, so far so good, am off ta sunny Port Vincent tomorrow for 4 days of boat fishin, drinkin, and general R & R...then on the 20th of January it's back into hospital for my 6th lot of Spinal Surgery a new radical approach where they burn the nerves in my low back that supply the pain receptors,. they grow back eventually and can give you up to 2 years of pain relief.....fingers and toes crossed that it works.....