G'day Foolestroupe,

I'm afraid that, if I aspired to being a good touch-typist, I've left my run a few decades too late!

(Or ... just maybe ... my accent has been getting too much in character for the "novelty" group I will field at the Londonderry Rural Fire Service fundraiser in two weeks: The Blue Mts Bush Fire Brigade German Band. We'll be presenting Australian-collected tunes with a strong "Germanic" ancestry - played on concertina / button accordion / cornet / trombone ... maybe clarinet ... maybe banjo - in the guise of a circa 1890 street corner band!)

Regard(les)s,

Bob