Everything was in its place. Then I went and changed everything (again). My therapist says this is a character defect and a sign of subliminal procrastination.
Hard reset Palm Pilot. Download Thunderbird extension to sync address book. Doesn’t work.
So now my Contacts are in Thunderbird (periodic manual export/import) and I am using the Palm for Calendar and Tasks. If it’s good enough for Dave Allen, then it’s good enough for me.
Next Action: Wait for Thunderbird/Sunbird to fully support Palm synchronisation.