Just had to respond - there are other women besides Andrea that regularly take an active interest in this message board. She is just probably the most vocal. I am generally reluctant to make comments - being Australian, I find a lot of the US political references go straight over my head. Also, the majority males on this board can be quite scathing at times if they disagree with you - I'm a wuss!

Dont worry about that I could start on that topic but some people like to make a simple topic complicated and it need not be. I try to stay away from those topics because what I'm here for is the music and storytelling

Anyway, thanks Dan, and congratulations on the 5th anniversary. I too have developed some great email (now telephone) contacts with people off this board, and music is flying between the US and Australia on a regular basis.

That is great to hear we do have a great and  very interesting  crew of poeple up here.