Jerry ... after following this wonderful post for all 104 postings, something suddenly dawned on me! As you and I are somewhat the same vintage (I think I'm a bit older) I suspect that we both have lost several friends over the years ... I know I have. For some reason, when I started losing friends, at a very early age, I had the good sense to ask for some belonging of theirs. I still have these treasures, as we all do. I have saved a favorite tie, several capos, a few guitars, fishing poles, fishing lures, an orchestra baton, a violin rosin, a pocket knife etc. A few years ago, when I lost two best friends in the same year, I found a new word in my vocabulary. I started asking for "TOUCHSTONES." And "Touchstones" is what you are talking about. Does that sound like a song title? CHEERS and THANX, Bob(deckman)Nelson