It looks like i will be hugely indebted to Darren Budd, a fellow employee of BASF albeit within a different company at a different site. Darren has most generously volunteered to support Jacobs fund when undertaking a sponsored weight loss for which he has set himself a 2 month target to shift 18 lbs. After only 48 hours Darren has already raised a tremendous amount of money. If you are able to offer him any more support then please find his page at Virgin money giving. Many, many thanks to Darren.