Personally I had to take a break for a while, I went off the rails and my life became unmanageable. I felt my postings were self indulgent and I was blaming others for my own problems and I disliked what I was posting so I decided to stop, sit back and ride the wave until such a time as I was back to a more even keel. I am not a bad person but I was not giving a good impression in my postings. So I am truly sorry if I offended people by what I was posting, I am not like that at all but I am mentally challenged and do often see the world with blinkers on and can suffer from lack of objectivity and balance. So stepping back and not posting until I was in a better frame of mind was the proper solution in my mind. I am glad to report that after a wonderful christmas at home with family and friends and the wonderful wedding of my brother that I have found myself again. I hope to play a more active role in PC now and be less patronising and more supportive to all my friends. I lost two friends it seems but the 73 odd others have stuck by me and I am truly grateful for this.

Thank you Peg for this thread it is a valuable discussion.

Paddy