Wrote a song fooling around a few years ago... each verse started pretty much the same... "You know you're getting old when you start to say, I wonder what's the matter with kids today." Remember how much you hated it when your parents said that? How about, "You know you're getting old when you start to say, I wonder what's the matter with the music, today? Or people today, who don't want to work any more? Think up a generality of your own and the song could go on for hours. I wonder what's the matter with Mudcat today? I've only been on here a little over a year, and there is an initial fascination that we've all probably had that is very addictive. Very few things remain as exciting as they were when you first discovered them. But Mudcat will continue to re-invent itself. Mudchat was a great discovery, and I still enjoy stopping in for awhile almost every day. I've met many great people in there who I rarely run across in threads (inerestingly.) They'll remain friends, even if Mudcat passes into that great cyberspace in the sky.

There are times when I skim through the threads and find nothing of interest. Sometimes, like the thread about finding Mum's old love in America, are beautiful. They bring out the best in us. I don't see any postings in there of the chronic bitchers, though. I've often been tempted to start a Thread that said, "And another thing I Can't Stand.." It would probably hit a thousand postings."

I expect that Mudcat will be a part of my life for a long time. If I reach a point when I don't find anything of interest to me, I'll just say "Thanks for all of it, Max!" and move on.

Thanks for all of it, Max! But, I ain't ready to move on...)

Jerry