hello i'm new.started off as a guest under my real name, thought i'd stick to it. suppose i can join again with a nomdeplume if i want to be conroversial. set off a string of 80 letters by querying if guests are welcome. didnt realise this was a kind of thorny subject in mudcatville! i can only read threads about 40 items long dueto my ntl cabletv system, which means i cant tuddy all these long arguments. anyway, hello everyone. my interests are music, thats why i'm here. i'm not too clever with the shift key as kevin mcgrath has publicly pointed out. hi,guys greg