Hi Jerry--

I love those songs--Peoria, Sailing Down to Chesapeake Bay, etc.   I've been meaning to learn Peoria for a long time--it has an amazing number of verses. And I have a part of Sailing Down To Chesapeake Bay on tape done by the Red Clay Ramblers--but not the whole thing. And I figure that being close to the Chesapeake Bay, I really should know that song.   It's so amazing to me how much we share in musical taste.

Of course in the case of Peoria I bet it has something to do with sharing an addiction to shameless puns.


Totally new topic: Jan is sitting here and says she's totally disgusted with all the US dentists she has seen. Does anybody in the US have a good dentist? We've tried 5 in the past 3 years-- and "they're all rubbish". She says she thought British dentists were bad--but they are actually better than "the tits over here". (Can she say "tits" at the kitchen table?) (Actually chickadees are very much like great tits in the UK). Jan hopes you all know about blue tits, great tits, cold tits and long-tail tits, (the last ones she used to get in her garden once a year--in January. About 1 to 3 January.) She is bringing to the table this evening her very sore mouth and a cup of hot peach tea.

Jimmy--we have a seriously dissatisfied customer of US dentistry here--can you offer any counsel?