like an insult compared what people have done and do every day. When I parachute into an enemy-occupied country, or charge onto a mined beach, you can call me brave. They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. (Ode of Remembrance by Laurence Binyon, in honour of Remembrance Sunday just passed) 5) "I'll tell you later"... "oh, I forgot." Oh, for... 6) "How do your hearing-aids work?" Do I look like a technician? All I know is; Microphone -- delicate electronics -- amplifier -- earmould. There's no magic. That really is all a hearing-aid is. And no, you cannot take it apart to find out. 7) "Can you read their lips and tell me what they're saying?" *pointing to someone fifty feet away* Oddly enough, no. Nor can I see through clothes, or be repelled by Kryptonite. I have enough trouble with people ten feet away. 8) "Oh, hello." *turn to computer and mumble unintelligibly. Look up* "well?" (Receptionists in audiology departments should be trained out of doing this with electroshock therapy) Well, what? 9) "It doesn't matter." Oh, my lord. You did NOT just say that to me. You did not just repeat something a mere three times before giving up and saying it doesn't matter. If it didn't matter why say it to me in the first place? Now that's