we're the only ones propping up the telsta share price!! Ha ha no we use the internet alot and skype so it's not too bad, we speak at least twice a week and it drives my DH mad too! I shudder to think what it was like 50/100 years ago when it would have meant never seeing your family ever again - or even 30 years ago when a flight was about 2 months wages so you went back maximum every few years. They must have been so brave. Now all I need to do is organise my MIL .....