Big Mick, you don't scare me a bit! As long as I have Alison on one side and bbc on the other (both slightly ahead of me of course) I feel completely safe here in the dark. They respect their elders and I know they will take good care of me!

bbc, I'll try to get Velma into the Mudcat Tavern sometime today. She likes cheap red wine, if you got any.

Alice, I heard an interesting story about that song you referred to. Seems that Gene Autry was auditioning for a side-kick and Smiley Burnet auditioned. Autry heard interviewed several others and listened to Smiley sing. He ask Smiley if he could write songs and Smiley allowed as how he could. He went away and returned the next day with "Riding Down the Canyon," which Autry bought from him for, I believe, $10.00. No wonder Gene Autry died a very rich man.

DougR