Hi Scott and All
Interesting thread!
I had to look up my profile to see who I am (comes with age, you know) and it said I joined 03-21-2002. Strange, didn't know there were more than 12 months ***, must have been the 3rd of something in 2002 anyway. . Why did I come here? I cannot remember but I will be eternally grateful to Fate for the introduction to a Forum I have liked ever since I arrived here. The members are the kind of people I can relate to, basically music-lovers of course but also people who have a great love of Life and all the tricks it sometimes plays. What has kept me coming every day (yes,every day)is not just the music knowledge but also the humanity of most of the members. Where else do you find global concern when one of the members reports a problem with his health?Lots and lots of messages from well-wishers when the bodily functions sometimes cause concern and we need a helping word or two. Yes, the OT's of this Forum are just as important to most of us !
One of the real joys for me also is to be able to HEAR some of our members in song. What a joy to put a voice to a name in the memory banks. We have some top class artists on our members list and that makes it all the more enjoyable to me. Even my wife , who happened to hear one of Don Mason's songs I was playing and liked it so much ,she wanted a song dedicated to her live on one of his gigs!(in spite of the fact that we are several thousand miles away here in UK) Don duly obliged and the MP3 he sent over to us was a really great thrill for her dedicated to "Eddie's wife" (sorry I forgot to tell Don her name )
I could write much more about the pleasure we get from the Forum and there are lots more I would like to thank by name. Suffice it to say that I love you all my friends and long may I be able to call myself a 'member' of this club.
cheers
Eddie

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Eddie from Rotherham
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