“Here, come and look at this thing on the Parkinson’s UK website,” I say to ActorLaddie.  “They want volunteers for a drugs trial.”

“I can’t – I’m stirring the soup.  Give me the highlights,” says ActorLaddie.  We’re big on soup in our house.

“Well, they want people who live in London, recently diagnosed, in their 50s.  You have to mail for details.  It might be good to feel that you’re part of the solution rather than part of the problem, don’t you think?”

“Don’t you mean as well as part of the problem?” grunts YoungLochinvar.  He has a way with words.

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