Hi Rick and Welcome Back!!!

Sorry about the flu, but if you read the thread that Roger gave you, you can see that the group who was there plainly enjoyed you and I know you had a fine time meeting them. You can also see that Karen and I were planning on coming, thought it would be really fun to surprise you and the other 'Catters as I described. It's so damn hard to be spontaneous anymore, but we just said "Let's do it," and then things went straght to hell around here. And after finding out you borrowed guitars from Sandy...man I coulda' brought a true POS along as a "gift." Hope you and Heather both had a fine time.

Check in on the guitar threads, specifically on the Alvarez, Seagull, Washburn and the Stella/Kay. I'm about to refresh one more time on those anyway...and come to think of it, I have a Kay story I need to throw in.

AND...Your gawddamn brothers (Reg,Reg,& Reg) have tied up with Paw and are, for the second time heading for Montana. As you're probably aware, their first attempt landed them in Washington DC at the same time as Cletus and his CIA backed crazed tiple band. Neither group knew this...about the same time you were there too! To get all the details, read it on the Washburn/Alvarez/Seagull thread. In any case they're on the loose again and Banj wrote today to say he might have spotted them in Florida. But I also got a call from a doctor in Boston saying that four dimbulbs had come into his office with the clap, but thought instead that they had the Melissa virus. Do your brothers know anyone in Boston or points north?

I'm going to spread a little litter around the other threads. Tonight the 'Cat is really therapeutic as one of my foster kids, age 13, stole my van theother night and I spent today attending the hearing and other nonsense. Sheesh, BUT...Glad you're back, wish we'd met...there'll be other times.

catspaw

Don't forget to wish katlaughing a Happy Birthday too!