"It's surprising how often Dick & Jim's sparing is enjoyed on here isn't it?"
Hope you don't mind me saying I find that a little patronising Les - I don't enjoy my pointless arguments with Dick, on the contrary, I'm somewhat embarrassed that I allow them to get out of hand and nause up good threads.
They happen on subjects I find important enough to respond to and invariably end up as unpleasant shouting matches.
I keep saying they won't happen again but they probably will - my apologies to all.
It was my original intention to respond to Vic's question
"Well, let's hope that Jim B. is wrong. Could Jim C. give an explanation of what he means by this sentence because its intention is not clear to me."
Up to sometime in the late eighties it was possible to go to a 'folk club' and be guaranteed to come away having heard something resembling a folk song - that is no longer the case.
Nowadays it appears necessary to send out an advance scouting party to find out exactly what any particular club means by "folk song" - the de-definition of the term has taken away my right to choose, simple as that.
Jim Carroll