Provocative GUEST was, no doubt trying to be provocative, as usual.

I for one am delighted to see a lot of younger people getting involved with folk music and very much welcome their participation in this forum.

BUT the advice to be careful is sound advice. There have been cases (one reported extensively here in Ireland yesterday) where people have been lured into nasty situations on the basis of people mis-representing themselves on the Internet. This is not meant as an accusation against anybody on this forum, and please don't take it as such. By all means have your get togethers and have a great time with the music - just do your be sure you know the information you are reading is for real.