Mbo, thanks for including me in your song-I feel like a real mudcatter now.

Dick, let me know when the cruise will be, and if I'm solvent, I'll sign on. We won't HAVE to climb the rigging, will we? The young lads (and lasses in men's clothes) can do that sort of stuff, right?

I grew up near Lake Ontario, (that was THE BEACH to me till I was 26-never saw the ocean till then) and know what they say about it is true. We were always warned to watch out for the undertow. Think Stan Rogers' song White Squall for an idea of it.

Nautically yours,

Mary McCaffrey