"a bit of love and friendship would help here"

Alice, beyond that - everyone should check out the Secret Santa threads - that had to have been one of Mudcat's finest hours! 7 mian threads and at least 3 other sub threads also means that it really involved those who took part. Also, you mention alison in Australia. I'll probably never meet her either, but I had the honor of being her Secret Santa and soon afterwards there was a thread about bush fires in the Syney area. I probably wouldn't have checked the thread out, but I now had a personal connection with alison.

I love the fact that I regularly enter conversations with people in Australia, Iceland, Ireland and everywhere else.

The Mudcat is a wonderful (albeit imperfect) place!

pax yall