WOW!!!! I just got the audio working.....we used to see John Hartford and Sam Bush in little tiny coffeehouses in Chicago around 1972 onward, with all of the greats as they toured. Yours truly was one of the original Hoggers for a coffeehouse "The Wild Hog in the Woods" in Madison, Wisc, which we started in 1976 (I hear it's still going strong), as we needed a place for all our friends to play when our livings rooms and porches simply got too small for all of the pickers and grinners. Here in Israel, we have a yearly festival "Jacob's Ladder" where all the expatriate Americans, English,Irish etc., come out of the woodwork to play for a weekend of blues, bluegrass, country and anything else. Guest performers are invited from all over to headline, and for a couple days I'm back on my front porch, surrounded by the greatest music in the world. Thanks for the boost Batya

Val Interesting ? - I didn't read any responses yet I found this forum late 2005 after we had a flood in our home. First finding the kitchen forum. I had so much work to do in a very short period of time. Basically an unplanned entire home renovation. The biggest being a kitchen gut & master bath gut. I could not have come to a more welcoming place. I was a maniac poster at times (might cringe if I were able to find my posts) - I had to move us out of this home, find a rental, movers to move contents out, rid of junk/flood ruined things, deal w/the insurance co., GC's, kitchen design, lead abatement, etc,etc, etc & 2 parents who were quite ill. I owe so much of how my home turned out to the talented people on GW - they helped with paint choices in each & every room, wallpaper, cabinet hardware, furnishing choices, rug choices, placement of furnishings, wood stain - You name it there was not a query that went unanswered. I felt overwhelmed to say the least. But GWers were always up to the task. I learned about hanging pics/mirrors which are typically to high, grouping artwork (still working on that one). Types of fabric/paints/carpets - Mind you I was much more concerned with the plumbing runs going through the joists in the LR and how that would be corrected. I think mostly I learned that I had capabilities and to trust myself & my own judgement. Along the way I gained much decorating confidence and became more engaged. I think previously my decorating sense was there, certainly not as educated or engaged. With confidence (much of it gained here) - I ventured out and started to do things I was interested in but afraid to really try - purchased a sewing machine & started some projects. I got an angle grinder & skill saw one Christmas & did my first tile project. I got so many ideas from looking through the eyes/homes of the GW group - still do. Where else can you go and get people(total strangers) willing to give their time and advice to help you? with anything? GW IS THE BEST - that's why I'm still here. Maybe we could have class of xyz reunions!

"Though he was part of the tongue-wagging, history-making moment that was Cyrus’ “history”-making 
 VMA takeover... [blah, blah, blah here is a link if you want to read what it actually says] Cyrus’ new ballad, “Wrecking Ball,” rose eight to #5 (up 124 percent...)," _________ "In an exclusive clip provided to MTV News by a crew filming a previously announced documentary, Miley Cyrus has addressed, for the first time, reaction to her performance at last Sunday’s Video Music Awards. Cyrus had one goal in mind when she agreed to perform: to give folks something to talk about… not just now, but for years to come. And so far, it looks like she’s accomplished that goal." _____________ She knows what she is doing. And does it on purpose. She says her moves are logical. Even if just to her. It makes money, so I assume she's doing it on purpose?

Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. Margaret Atwood Wow, she is a person of many many opinions!