I was, then re-employed at £15K less, 27% pay cut really hurt!!

That is bullSh*t You should have turned them down. They couldn't survive without you. Then you could tell them you'd only come back if they gave you a raise < vbg >.

MAke-work to appear busy so they don't make me redundant again.

I hope you are looking at other possibilities. Make them redundant first!

Because we are not doing VFP. I am not sure if I'll go again.

.NET? I like ASP.NET. But I do not see any benefit in moving my line of business applications out of VFP.

We're just starting on the administration of my father's estate. He died 8th October and it's taken this long to find most of the bank accounts and stuff. Looks like we owe Inland Revenue (dept of thieving bastards) around 138K, which hurts.

Well, like the IRS here, they take a fair chunk, but they don't take it all < s >.