Tootler - some do refer to the recorder as the English flute, and some have enjoyed my playing of it.

Stu: if/when my spelling on Mudcat is so bad that people can't understand me, I'm sorry - but, as I've also said before, I don't put quite as much care into posts as I do my published poems...does that ring a bell with anyone? (And remember, as well as mistakes, there has also been hacking - which I DO have a PM from a Mod. about. Why don't you lay-back a bit on this matter?