Thanks to everybody who replied to this rather unusual thread. I appreciate all of your comments, support, and very silly jokes. Even thirty-odd years (pun intended) of performance, entertaining, and travel have still not prepared me for all of life's surprises, and it's good to know that my variations don't discount me as the person I've been and still am. On a similar note, I've discovered the song "The Female Highwayman" in the digitrad database. It's now officially part of my repertoire.
Cheers.
Mart.