Oops! I hate when that happens. Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll get me a metronome but I'm still interested in some kind of drum machine that will generate a wide variety of rhythyms to practice with. Anyone make any suggestions along those lines?

I have played the bodrhan in the past and will take it up again. I definitely pounds that jig time into you.

Gary, you make some good points, particularly about upstrokes and downstrokes. I play guitar fingerstyle, gave up picks of any nature long ago, and most of my difficulty seems to be strumming with the right hand and playing bass notes while plucking chords with my fingers in a rhythmic fashion. I guess it's just new territory and things are getting better with practice.

Thanks again all, Frankie