Why? Because he would be here anyway as a Guest, and because as a member we can have delightful offthread discussions in PMs that I, for one, would really miss now that I am getting to know him a bit. When I see his flamier posts now they seem different, in the context of who I am coming to know offthread.

He's not the first unreconstructed sort to find a community here. Mudcatters-- well, we are capable of getting along with just about anybody, cuz all musician's are a bit, um, different!

And who among us does not have some characeteristic that makes us hard to accept easily???? No stones in MY pocket!

~S~