Hi Tim,

The other thing is having had someone in to do the worst rotten bits in the roof of this house. Every body is saying the whole roof is rotten so we are having all the brandering and plastic replaced.

Surely you know [can see] if it's rotten. And why ? Is it these 'metal-sheet tiled type ? And water gets in ? Be careful of falling, at our age. We fracture bones easily. My class-mate told of his father in law who, while changing a light bulb, fell from the chair and fractured his hip, and died of pneumonia in hospital. I thought it far fetched, by my med-research re. my fractured femur from a gently push off my bike, needing breaking and going over the handle-bars, explained that the forced 'lying on your back' is dangerous re. pneumonia.

Anyway I try to keep busy as Diana is always wanting this or that to be done.

Reminds me of Mary: as an outside observer I can see that her hospital & clinic visits give structure and meaning to her life. It's quiet a challenge/an-outing for her to use the public transport and navigate the african-circus admin of the hospital/s. == Chris Glur.