Hiya Fred,

I'm a piper who knows nothing about songs, so I have even less right to be here than you (apart from the fact that I have been wearing a beard since 1970).

But having posted once as a guest looking for the words of a song and been overwhelmed by all the help I got, I stuck around and am now a long-term, institutionalised inmate.

The stuff about (anonymous) GUEST is a reminder that we're in an open society which includes some nasty people, but most of the toxic postings from that particular source suggest that the poster is less of a guest than you or I, and just has to keep grinding that old axe.

Not too sure how to take that reference to "folkology and BS" above, though: I thought that f**kology and BS were the same thing, and the music was the other incidental factor that holds this forum together.

Once you're perceived as a genuinely interested person, you'll also get help not only on the music but also on tech stuff like cookies and the arcane art of the blue clicky (ask nicely and Noreen will take you by the hand...). So here goes. I have "become a member" and logged on (installed cookies) on both my work and home PCs, and have no problem accessing Mudcat from either without logging out. I've also been reassured that having a cookie does not materially increase the risk of virus infection, so I don't have any problem with my employer's policy on personal use of my office PC (apart from the office hours that I spend here when things are quiet on the work front, that is).

Oh, and, if you can't find the "é" key on your keyboard, you can call me apc.