An offhand remark expanded the conversation into a wider arena of environmentalism.Though he attributed the activity to his family, he spoke of conser...ation and promotion of green solutions with such passion that she knew he was hardly divorced from such concerns himself. Like her, he felt the umbrella of global climate change was doing more harm than good by creating divisiveness where a lot of consensus could be found on contributing issues. The chat came full circle in time, returning to. Now that he was declared redundant and unemployed, he liked to classify himself as "retired" to avoid the onus of being without verifiable employment. It was quite embarrassing for him but he did his best to muddle through and find something to occupy his mind and his hands. The self-help scheme at the council office had issued him a cell phone to assist him in locating and securing gainful employment. He was given a number of minutes he could use each week and he tried his best to use it only. Sometimes they cause it themselves. Those kind weput away real quick because they take care of themselves in the bighouse. Others it seems just sort of fall into it. A lot of timesthey're victims, not necessarily innocent, but victims nonetheless whoalways eventually end up in some alley with their dead eyes staring upat the sky. Finally, there are those that go looking for it. They diveright in thinking they can handle anything that comes up. In the endsomething shows up that's bigger than. When she entered the house, her mom was waiting for her and asked how it went.“I had a good time. Mike is such a gentleman and the guys were very surprised to see him there with me. I think they all thought he still lived out of state and they would not see him again.”“I am glad it went well, sweetheart. What happens from here?”“We just talked about that and do want to see each other again and will just have to work at it to make it work since we are so far apart. I do think I could fall in.