Dear "GUEST KAREN": The last thing in the world I wanna do is make someone feel creepy, so please accept my apology. I absolutely assure you that I have no "inner Mudcat or Computer info", and even if I did, I have so little interest in that kind of thing, I'd quickly forget it.

Nope...a couple of times a GUEST really took over some interesting threads, where a civil discussion was going on.   They manipulated them in a way that made them very ugly, and changed their whole meaning. Their skills in that area are quite astounding. They even addressed ME several times by MY name, without offering me the same courtesy. THAT's why I decided to even things out a bit. Had they NOT used my name (in a negative way) I'd hardly have noticed. The sleuthing I did took a very short time, and used my own intuition far more than computer stuff.

Considering that I've been using my real name, my wife's, and our Toronto Ontario location since I joined the Mudcat (and was victim of a Flamer's 'name" stealing for a while) maybe I'm a tad more sensitive about this kind of thing than some.

The name "JR" DID come from some other discussion group (and I honestly can't remember which one....perhaps a British one) and the rest was easy....a really good writer is no problem to find.......if ya know HOW to read. I do.

But.....anyway Karen, I'm sorry if it made you feel 'creepy', I assure you there's nothing personal, and it was a response to an anonymous poster turning it personal with ME.

Cheers

Rick Fielding

P.S. Now let's talk about music!