Lil Neo, right up to the day she died, my mum called be Charles - and I wondered who she was talking about. Only my finest female friends (of the opposite sex) called me "Sammy", so please do - even though it reminds me of a sad Cyril Tawney song "Sammy's Bar". LOL

Beanster - if you happened to put a label "Sam, Stewart Island, New Zealand" on that bottle of "Oban", I'm sure it would get from Oban (Scotland) to me in Oban (NZ) - pack it well though, it's precious. Incidentally the book "Whisky Galore" just arrived on "Interloan" yesterday - from "Lower Hutt City Library" - I'm re-reading the very same book that led me to an interest in the Hebrides (and whisky) in the 50s.

Keep an eye out for a Madcap Mudcat Prank, come Mayday.. involving Whisky Galore. Somehow, I think Mudcat could give me a fantastic 6oth birthday present. "My lips are sealed" - wait for the international call for help :Mayday"...

Sam