My sister has turned up at a friends house, they had a late one and blew off work today. My mother says they found out late last night but nobody thought of telling me, which is typical.
As for my father, his views are pretty rigid he can be pacified but he's too into what he reads in the papers and sees on the news so within 24 hours he's back to his old position.
mw84, is everything ok with you?