Well, Ref, you must not really want the thread to die--otherwise you would have said nothing.

Fine with me. A few bits of unfinished business.   There's the poster who made all sorts of archly knowing, yet classically stupid remarks about the New Years party I went to. Then he says "all in good fun". Sorry, I've seen that movie before--it starred Mr. Cheney.

"Not as stupid as I look".   Well, that's a relief.


Janie--

I wanted to tell you that the duet (with Dani)?--that was you, wasn't it?-- you did of "There'll Be No Church Tonight" at the 2005 Getaway was one of the highlights of that year.   You proved you don't need RUS to lean on. And as I said recently, any other memory aid is absolutely fine--anything you'd like to do.




And for the defenders of RUS-oriented sings.   It's interesting no one has found an answer to my question of why you want to drive your mentors--like Bob, Don and Barry-- away. Which is exactly what you do with a RUS-centered sing.

And it's also obvious that--once more with feeling--RUS, far from "building community" in folk societies, actually causes serious schisms in those societies. We have testimony to that effect from Seattle, Boston, and DC--and I suspect it's true across the US.