Well ... now I can rest easier. I tried becoming a new member but it said there was already a member with my name. That was a relief! When I tried to reset the cookie it said I didn't exist, then asked for my email address. Bingo! that did the trick. Now, I'm who I think I am, again.

Margarita ... I'm not much for dry rose's 'cause they give me a headache, but I am fond of a dry blush or a grapey white wine (North Florida has wonderful grapey white wines). A glass of white wine would probably have rendered me less excitable and not so concerned about whether I was who I thought I was, when at certain times in my life I wanted to be who I wasn't but not so much that I became. I don't allow myself the combination of the pleasures of the grape and surfing; it's no telling what my responses to threads would be.

Thank you both ... moonchild