Meg, it is so good to know you opened up to "a random stranger on the phone" for you see, strangers are no more once communication has begun. That person with whom you have opened up is in your sphere of the known. It is why those lines of comm are there when it is foggy and your aircraft needs to be talked to ground or...... when NT is down.

So glad you called, so glad you called.
Mark56 PJ