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AC....had never looked at your profile page before, so did so today....first off, for some reason, I never realized you were an Englishman...

My son lived in England for almost a year, living in London, while he attended school at Imperial College for his third year of college...he loved living in England, tho his main complaint was the food, I guess...just did not care for English fare...but the Safeway store, near his lodgings kept him in full supply of American foods(especially his beloved Chips Ahoy Chocolate Chip cookies), so he was ok with that...

But he traveled as much as he could in England and the British Isles, and found the whole area to be quite delightful....even the weather did not bother him much, as its so much like our weather here in the Pacific Northwest...it was much like being 'home', weatherwise...he spent a good deal of time in England, Ireland, and Scotland(his favorite being the Isle of Skye)...

He has been back to England several times since then, on business when he was working for a company here in the states, so it was almost like coming 'home' to return there...he met many wonderful fellow students at Imperial College, and to this day is still good friends with them, they putting him up for a few weeks at the end of his world trip....

He even convinced a few of them to come to America for a visit...they said they had never thought of visiting America, but after meeting Andy, with his tales of America, they felt they should visit....so a band of about 4 of them flew out to the west coast, Los Angeles, and slowly made their way up to Washington, sightseeing along the way...one of their favorite places was Las Vegas...oh, they loved Vegas...

On their trip up this way, for some reason or another they lost Andys phone number up in Seattle, but they had our phone number down here in Olympia, so they gave me a call for Andys info, and we had a wonderful chat...they were so sweet, and enthused about being in America, and had nothing but kind things to say about America and Americans....they said, it was solely because of Andy that they came here, and were sure glad they did...they said they would not like to live here, as England was their home, but that they would have regretted it always, if they had not made the trip....

They stayed with Andy up in Seattle for about a week, and to hear Andy tell it, they had a grand time, and Andy was thrilled to show off his hometown area....

Seeing as your screenname is ACNielsenguy, I dont why I never mentionned this before, my BigDoms uncle worked all his life for ACNielsen....first in Chicago, and then in 1972, he was transfered to Florida, where he worked until he retired, and still resides in Florida....ACNielsen provided him with a wonderful living, and he always loved working for them...

As to your quote on your website, about always having questions in life, always seeking....that so reminds me of my dad....when he took ill, and died, it was up to me, to go through his things....he was so interested in life, in everything, and had so many projects started, but never got finished because of his illness..I had mentioned to Andy, that how sad, that 'Pop-Pop', as the boys called him, never had time to finish those projects...Andy just looked at me and said, "Ah, you know Pop-Pop, he could have lived to be 100 yrs old, and he would have still had projects going, books left to read, questions left to be answered"...it was only severe illness and death that stopped him from enjoying lifes adventures...