What do you want me to say?

(Chalky) You OK these days? I get the impression you are. :-)

[Rosie] H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y!
[and yes, thanks, I'm definitely on the mend]

[Chalky] Good to hear.

[Rosie] Happy Birthday, young man :o)
[Chalks] Pleased to hear it - and thank you for doing the run-down. What I actually meant was 'what's the state of play in everyone's lives?' Mine's OK, Paris was great but came back with a rotten cold which has made this week miserable. I'm looking forward to a weekend at home, most of it spent lounging in bed with my laptop, and the rest perhaps grappling with some severe pruning in the garden. I am going to roast a chicken too. All welcome.