interesting what you say about privatization, wilms. and like, good question! my instincts are to draw the curtains and turn off all the lights, but perhaps we should give the world the benefit of our riveting dribble?. besides, you wonder how the old bat and her ilk would find us .. what with our new monikers and so forth. and the possibility of new (sentient) blood is noice. and yes, I WAS looking for you :p btw ... I chuckled at your boy being soothed by the dulcet tones of man-snoring. maybe males are programed to accept snoring as part of the fabric of the night ... preparing them for their own rumblings down the track.