My ticket outa here

On my desk is my parents' marriage certificate. This is the last official piece of paper I need to send to the British High Commission for my passport application.

I think about my parents in 1965 and it is hard to believe. My father was 26 and my mother 21. I don't even remember being 21.

My father's status was "bachelor" and my mother's, officially, was "spinster."

Bet they don't use that term any more!