My dear friends,

Why do we music-lovers spend so much time and energy hurling insults, cliches (and, I admit, occasional words of wisdom) at each other?

Why don't we apply these valuable resources to playing and singing the music we love, to whoever may be interested - old, middle-aged or young - in any accessible venue - folk-club, pub-session, festival campsite or front-parlour get-together?

Yes, I know that by adding to this thread I'm sawing off the branch I'm sitting on ... but come on ... haven't we had of these sterile disputes over the past decades? Let's argue less, and sing and play more!

Wassail!