Reply #8: That was nothing more than gratuitous snark on your part. It made no sense, either

[MADem]

Bet it made you feel superior for a brief and shining moment, too.

I know the region. I know that there's often an old deaf or blind (macular degeneration is common in that part of the world) granny living in the house. They don't dump grandma at the nursing home like westerners do. They keep her at home, even if all she can do is make the tea and pee on the floor every now and again.

But hey, now you feel cool, because you got to make a halfassed little remark that obliquely and falsely suggests that I'm without compassion or I'm happy about what transpired.

Whoopeee for you--you're just so "hip."