Things people wont talk about

[YNWaN]

I don't think saying 'I'm a doctor' or 'I'm a binman' is really going to help out a Nigerian fraudster but then what do I know?

No, I shouldn't think so either - but then that wasn't really what I was trying to say.

[Mr Kipling]

You more or less answered the question. Damn if you do, and damn if you don't talk about it.

I had a funny experience on the 1st of Jan. My brother in law passed by for our traditional beginning of the year family dinner. Very few people in the family know what I actually do for a living. Most still think that I still work for my previous employer, and I never bothered to update them. Anyhow, we were playing some music and my brother in law noticed that I had a Caiman DAC and a Capella headphone amp. So he commented that I had treated myself to one of each as a Christmas present. But then he saw the name Beresford and it sort of hit him that there might be a connection somewhere. He was quite shocked that I was the same person that he had seen mentioned on forums and on ebay from time to time. I had never made it an issue to let my in-laws know what I do for a living these days.

Was your brother-in-law not in awe? And did you not feel just a trifle smug, and wallow in the moment?