Might I ask you why you think this piece was written for you specifically?

Yes, I am quite old. The values that I live according to are the values that I grew up with - that were part and parcel of society. There would hardly be idioms in use if these things weren't part of the way we lived.

In those days, one didn't need a contract. One shook hands on a deal, and that was it. One's word was one's bond. If one said something, it wasn't a lie - either black or white. It meant that it could be relied on 100%.

I still have those values. I'm sorry that you think that I wrote this piece specifically for you.