Well, I have no desire to discuss the suspension of Jim. This is not my gig.   I've pleaded with Jim many times to ignore his winder-upperers, and on the whole such people should be ashamed of themselves. I would just say this (and, once again, I'm an aficionado of traditional Irish instrumental music mainly, which often makes me a bit peripheral in these threads): Jim is unique here and his depth of knowledge and his connection with a past that goes way before my time in/interest in folk music, is unique and utterly invaluable. There's nobody else here remotely like him. He needs to be here to be passing on his incredible body of knowledge. I mean, what the hell is this website supposed to be about! Like the rest of us, he has many a bee in his bonnet, but we need people like that. He might be in touch in the next few days. I'll tell him if he does for the ****th time to stop bloody rising to the bait. What a shame that so many baiters, often shallow people of far less knowledge than him, are still here, probably impatient for his return so that they can resume their silly provocations.   

Roll on Dec 1!