I can remember as an 11 year old boy, talking on my neighbors ham radio. I was in complete awe as I spoke with someone from the other side of the world. I never dreamt that 35 years later i'd be in touch with so many good folks from so many different places. I first found the Mudcat about a year ago & joined in a few months after that. Since then I've gotten to know a number of you through your posts in the various threads, and some through personal messages,{thanks L.N.for your kindness,it really touched my heart}. The one thing that really stands out about "catters" is their willingness to help each other. It never seems to take very long for a lyric request to be answered, or most any other question for that matter.I've found the song challanges to be very theraputic,and to have some of my material in the Mudcat songbook a great boost to one's ego{thanks Aine for all your hard work}. For all those talented folks sitting on the fringes like I did for the first few months,please join in, I can't think of a friendlier place to be. And now we've got Hearme,I can't explain what it meant for my daughter and I to be able to be in a jam session with such talented people. But as I was jamming that little stick into my F9 key ,{ hey what do you expect from a carpenter?}, just a little bit of that 11 year old kid came rising to the surface again.

Thanks, Ron.