Scott,

Thanks for your candid appraisal. Ketron's styles seems to be the ones to definitely look into for adding to existing styles. In today's market one must be able to play pop and rock altho not my most favorite, I'm beginning to warm up to it. As far as I can gather from the very thoughtful and experienced guys here who have been through the mill, so to speak, the bottom line seems to be - Customize the board that you like most as your base. In other words start with the board you most like to operate and has the features and styles you most need and like and then add what is lacking. Guess I kind of knew it all along.

Ruthie has a habit of looking over my shoulder for a while when she passes by. This morning at the breakfast table she proceeded to set me straight. I read what you said yesterday about the best arranger being the best whatever. Baloney, she said. Your problem is you got the fever. Also a bad case of the itch. What in the name of heaven got under your skin this morning, I said between burps. Blotting the egg yolk off my chin I made some remark about her getting out on the wrong side of the bed or something this morning and belched, OK, lets have it, get it off your chest. Leave my chest out of it, you got the fever bad and the itch is driving you crazy. What are you talking about woman, I exploded. All them circulars and magazines about the new model cars coming out this fall. All the red marker pencils used up circling the horsepower and the new gadgets and stuff. Add to all that junk the time you spent the last week looking for poop sheets on all them new musical boards their going to try to sell you. Can’t get you to do anything around here when you get this way. Now Ruthie, be nice. It’s only every three years or so I get the fever. After all, I got to soothe the itch somehow. It’s only good sense to ask the guys in the know if I’m making the right choices. Experience is the best teacher they say. Might as well tap into some of it, It’s free!! It’s beyond me why men get this bug every so often. Just drives me up a wall, she added. Ruthie Ruthie I suggested shaking my head. Remember your moods you used to have every month? Life is life is life. Remember the porch, the swing, the times, the moments? Things will pass, were still here, you and me. Rising from the table and shaking the crumbs off. our eyes met, a soft smile slowly developed from her soft wrinkled lips and after a warm knowing embrace she done the dishes, went up stairs, made the bed and took the dirty clothes down to the basement. I shuffled over to the computer, booted up and am now thanking you all for your patience in helping me over this time in my life. Yes Scotty, as you so aptly put it - Isn’t this what it’s all about!!!

Grandpa Doug