It's been a full and interesting life.
If the free-flowing socialising and travelling have come to an end, so be it.
But if they haven't, and things pick up again, drinks are on me!
Possibly, but the line that follows is also interesting.
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be; / For loan oft loses both itself and friend."
I've used the full quote when people have asked me for a loan.
It confuses them at least, until they realise they have no chance.
Somebody said on a thread yesterday that these floods draw the contents of septic tanks out into the floodwater.
So, although you have a nice idea, probably not good in practice.
Although Mersey Trout fishing could become popular.