Not since I've had my AF! I probably read a couple of novels a month, I'm a big reader! Maybe once I get my life back (soon!) I probably won't have as much time but that's ok, I'll b back in my flower beds!
Do you think they'll ever find a cure for cancer? My conspiracy theorist 16 yr old thinks they've always had it but r holding back for population control.

Answer (of sorts):
Part of this issue is semantics and taxonomy: 'cancer' covers a vast range of diseases in which cells grow inappropriately. Needless to say we need cell growth and multiplication to live (and we also need to have spontaneous mutation in order to develop species). There are also many, many, factors which can contribute to causing cancer - most of which are NON-genetic (tobacco, diet, obesity, infections, radiation etc.) and our genetics also contribute.
So all in all I don't foresee a eureka moment when we suddenly say that we have a single cure for all cancers. We can say that, to some extent, with a single clear viral disease when we find an effective inoculation, but not with a family of disorders as wide as cancer I suspect.

Some cancers we can already treat most effectively, and all the time we're doing better by advances in one or another area. These will continue as we develop better epidemiology and bioinformatics and my guess is that cancer will slowly become less and less of a problem. We will educate and socially engineer people to avoid the risky behaviours and develop more sophisticated ways of attacking cancerous cells whilst leaving almost identical cells close by, relatively untouched, and we will develop gene therapies to lessen some of the genetic factors.
Your 16 year-old has an overactive imagination. There is no cure for cancer that is being held back. All research is published as the results come through, and given that a footballer can't even have an affair with a slapper without everyone knowing about it, then in this internet age I am utterly confident there is no cure for cancer that anyone is hiding!
And if you think for a moment then using a disease which primarily attacks old people - long after they have had, and raised, their children - is a pretty stupid way of controlling population! If you want to limit the size of the population try a sexually transmitted virus, educating people, or putting bromide into fizzy drinks.
Question:
What's you view on the advantages and disadvantages of royalty (in general - in any and all countries)?

Good answer, Stephen!
I think royalty is overblown, but I did like Princess Di and couldn't believe how she met her early demise. Not a big fan of Prince Charles. Don't know much about royalty in other countries!
What is your most fav sport to watch on TV or in person?

Bull riding. It's just a sport, not a game. Games seem to prolong the agony of winning and losing for so long. I love the appeal of 8 seconds to victory.
Question: What is your favorite couples activity (keep it clean!)
Alternate question: What is/was your nickname?

Ok ... If I must keep things clean, then I'll say that I like to shoot pool with my hubby :)
We also like to take our telescopes to dark sky sites and look at interesting deep sky objects (the Orion Nebula is my favourite) ... or if the conditions aren't good enough for that, we look at planets and explore the moon. It's fun.
If you could go anywhere in the world that you haven't visited yet, where would you go?

My first choice WAS Egypt, now I'd b afraid I think. Now it's New Orleans, which used to b a close second. But I also want to go to Brazil and south Africa, I don't get out much...
If you could choose your career, snap your fingers and you would have the necessary knowledge and skill, would you still do what your doing now or what would you choose?

I want to answer the previous question! Switzerland, which is where my grandmother was born.
I'm retired, so another person can answer the "career" question.

Switzerland would be a wonderful place to visit!
I think elphie's question is a really good one - it's actually difficult to answer, but I think I would like to be an astrophysicist - I could play with big telescopes and arrays and I would have the brains to understand black holes and string theory! As it is, that stuff goes right over my head, so I just enjoy looking at the sky with my telescope and marveling at how I am looking at objects as they were millions of years ago. So kewl :)
if you had an opportunity to learn any language, which one would it be?

German. And I wouldn't tell anybody then I could understand when my husbands family talks about me...
Did you watch the big wedding on tv today and if so, what did you think?

I didn't watch it, but viewed some of the pictures on the internet. One person I know arose at 3:30 a.m. our time to watch it!! I think the bride is very cute!!
Do you think that spring has sprung?