We are a gregarious lot, actually. There have been Mudgatherings of one sort or another for about a decade and a half and many, many more less formal jams and singarounds. No small number of these have resulted in great friendships and as Noreen pointed out, at least a couple of marriages. Thanks to the Mudcat and such gatherings I have at least nodding acquaintance, if not abiding friendship with some of the finest folk enthusiasts on the planet.