Hi Alison and others - Seasons greetings. I havn't been looking at the Mudat for the last few months and when I do come back I find a thread like this - politics creeps in everywhere - in all its various guises. Alison is correct a lot of people would not join this tread for a variety of reasons. This is why I'm not posting my email address. I would hate to get email I didn't ask for.

But I do have a comment. In this enlightened age why oh why do people look and live in the past - is their life so empty that they cannot expand their mind and fill their lives with deeds and thoughts of the possibility of a peaceful future in Ireland. Why live in the past. The recent changes in Ireland might - just might work. Heaven knows enough people want peace. This will hopefully allow people from all sides, all ages, all religions to work and live together. I only hope that the wisdom of age has finally swept through Ireland.

All the best from a wet Northern Ireland at 8.30pm on Old Years night. Can Mudcat keep going for the next 1000 years?

M