Aw!!! Thank you Charles.

Yes infamous was the correct word, and you're right. Prison and Viktor Franklin were the two turning points in your life. And what a life it has been!

As for Queenie, crushing her keeper under her foot was her ultimate revenge when she'd a) had some respite from his thuggery, and b) when she could no longer go on.

The other elephant story happened at a holiday camp in England, where I was working as a student. Same story for this elephant, paraded 7 days a week, always porting children, and one day she fell into the pool and died. I was standing there. Reportedly she'd had a heart attack. Some of us think it was her ultimate suicide. She had nothing to look forward to, I'm sticking with that one!

Always good to hear from you. :)