Hello Jerry,

I hope the cold has been sent on its way now. Onion soup is good for colds. Mind you, onion soup is good for anything!

The status symbol of a good sound system in your car cannot be ignored. If you draw up at the lights and you are bopping along to Jerry Rasmussen's greatest hits this is not seen to be as trendy and today as having the whole car vibrating to the steady boomp boomp boomp from the enormous bass speaker in the boot. (Trunk to you on the left of the pond!)In the good ol' days the boot (trunk) would be home to a few leaves left over from the last trip to the dump, a foot pump and a pile of re-usable supermarket bags. Nowadays it is likely to be taken up by a massive loudspeaker! All that is then needed is an endless tape which plays "boomp boomp boomp" over and over again!

In such an environment, I'm afraid folk music doesn't cut it!

(Mind you, the job to train up for now would be something to do with the manufacture and sale of hearing aids!)

Best wishes,

Peter