What's the range of a mandolin? Thirty yards if you have a good arm. If you throw a banjo an accordian aand a set of pipes off the Empire State Bldg at exactly the same time what happens? Thunderous applause. A man goes into a pawnshop in Chinatown and sees a golden rat on a shelf. He asks the price and is told "$25 or $100 with the story". He says "FOr $75 you can keep the story" and buys the statue. He walks out and soon becomes aware of a faint scurrying sound behind him. As it starts to get louder he looks over his shoulder to see five and then ten and soon every rat in the city following him. The faster he runs the faster they chase and soon, in desperation, he throws the statue off of Fisherman's Wharf. The rats all follow it into the water and drown. THe man returns to the pawnshop and the proprieter say's " I bet you're here to pay me for the story now". The man replies "No, I'd like to buy that golden accordian"! Well, that's my $.02 worth. Thanks to Hagbard for the $50 Slan agat, Rich