Thanks to everyone for the "welcome" messages! (I sort of feel like I shouldn't be writing about myself in a thread about someone else, but this probably falls under the heading of "BS." BS is good - makes things grow.)

I'm 44, single w/no kids, and recently retired from the Air Force (Public Health Technician,) bought a house in NH and haven't started seriously looking for another job yet. I'm trying to convert the back yard from a landfill to a space for parties and a garden. I play fiddle and sing and own several banjos, pennywhistles, a hammered and a mountain dulcimer on which I mess around. My favorite type of condom is the kind without the spermicide and lubricant, because they taste funny when you blow them up to make balloons.

I've been reading past contributions from Catspaw, trying to get to know him better. Wit and wisdom - if Sandy can have a crush on all the womenfolk in his family, I can have a crush on him, can't I? I can't wait until the doctors let him have his laptop, but if they're trying to keep his blood pressure down...