Hi all ! I'm an occasional visitor to the table these days...but how great to discover some old and new faces in here today.

Long time, no see, Jimmy ! I'm pleased to hear your group is still in business. Very sorry to hear about the health difficulties with one of your band members - hope all will soon be well. That sounds like a wonderful experience in New Orleans ! I wonder, are you still finding time for acting ? I was the formidible Mrs. Violet Venable ( in a Tennessee Williams play) not long ago and had great fun learning the upper class New Orleans accent. Next play was a Neil Simon, so had to switch to Noo Yoorwak. Thank goodness for all the accent CDs and online resources that are around these days.

I'm so glad that your mole has been treated so promptly, Jerry. Wishing you the very best for a speedy recovery. I've just joined Facebook too - last Saturday, in fact, after a friend invite. Look at your facebook messages - I would love to chat to you on there. I'm only very new to it, but I can see that it can be fun - and as well as those one-sentence messages that you mention, you can also send longer messages (like the PMs on here) as well as the chat facility that Georgiansilver mentioned. I think it's a great way to share photos and news.

Must leave the table and get back to work now. I made too much Marmite drink, so help yourselves (those Marmite addicts amongst you - it's an acquired taste, as they say....)

- jeanie