I'm a 'take the problems of the world on your shoulders' kind of person too. I tie up wandering dogs and track down their owners, look after strangers who have had an accident or a fall, that kind of thing. It really does come down to wishing everyone cared that much - eg if it was my dog I'd hope someone did that for me, or if I or a loved one had an accident or fall...

Once going down Punt Road we saw a car in front of us hit a dog - Dad had to grab me to stop my initial reaction, which was to leap out of the car in the middle of traffic! Dad stopped the car, grabbed the injured dog and took it to a nearby service station and handed it over to them... we couldn't do any more as we were on our way to a concert he was performing in. I hope the 7/11 guy was just as caring as us!

I don't watch the news on TV, it's too painful. Radio updates and newspaper online is all I can deal with, and I have to make an effort to cut myself off emotionally from it all, especially when it involves kids. The problem with today is that it is so immediate - 40 years ago people just didn't have the world's strifes in their face. And of course the media concentrates mostly on the bad stuff...

It's quite amusing how many guys are clueless when it comes to women coming onto them :) I apologise for deriving amusement from it!