Rip up a bill, lead a haka are words to live by

In an action-packed week I received an award for a lifetime of public service and watched some top class theatrics and thuggery

I cannot stop grabbing people by the lapels, or shoulders, or similar, and raving at them about the tiny miracles in my ears.

I can hear again! There could not be a more satisfied customer in all the world.

In a noisy cafe I am even catching words that Karren cannot, she says.

Let me grab you again by the lapels to describe what I was  hearing as I drove d…