It's not a question I typically ask, so I'm afraid I can't say for certain. Of course as you know they would not have had any memory of the event, so what benefit could there be to my asking about it? It would only serve, in most cases, to alienate my correspondents and put them on the defensive.

I did have one gentleman early on tell me quite a bit about his... unfortunate exploits, I suppose one could say, but in retrospect I believe he was only trying to shock me.

I hope nothing happened over Christmas. If there's anything I can do—

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