I bet the cats laughed. They always do. And yeah, I've busily shucked clothes to get rid of hot tea when thoughtfully spilt on me too... which is worse if you're in PJs and are hence commando.
Yup, I'm thinking of having two small hard drives, one to back up to weekly that lives in the drawer beside my sofa where it can't be catted.... as we don't hace a wonderwoman of the quanta at our fingertips.... friends have rallied round marvellously with copies of recent work they've been reading through. I haven't heard anything so I hope no news is good news....