Steffi:

I expect the reason that no-one objected to "bugger" is that few of us over here know what it means - I do, but I am not going to explain it here

Actually, the only thing I couldn't translate into Americanese is "whingeing". I used to think that it was an alternate spelling of "whining", but since that word is next in the list, whingeing must mean someting else. A combination of "whining" and "cringing", perhaps?

I had noticed that you are in a much better place this year - I was really quite concerned last year - what do you think the curative factor was? Time? Meds? Counseling? Braintalk? Staying away from all of these?

How is your recovery from your stint as Frankenstein's monster? Sounds really painful, though you haven't said much about any pain.