I thought you were going to say that the piano was not masculine.

GM- don't read anything into what I said. I was just trying to get a rise out of you. OK? I think there are more male musicians that female. It does,t matter what you are.

Yo motion I did say that there are more male that female musicians. Please read it again(THAT should be THAN infront of female). There are more females tham males in the world. Thats been proven. Van Cliburn has a concert hall right here in Ft. Worth. Every year great young musicians compete for the Van Cliburn award. I'am going to have to take my own advise and check my grammer and spelling.

I'll bet it did. At the time it probably wasn't, but I'll bet it sure brings back a lot of great memories.

Ahhh. Beach Boys, Brian and company. Mamma's and Papa's (California Dreamin')

Regretably, one of the few States I haven't been too. That and Hawaii and Alaska. My wife and I plan to go there soon. San Fransico, L.A.

My wife's mother, who now lives in New York State, lived in Carmel CA. for a while. She says it's beautiful. I'd like to see it some day.

I'll try and heed your advice Wise. Unfortunately, I have a wife that is a little 'starstruck' so I don't think I'll be able to keep her away from the whole L.A./Hollywood thing. We'll have to spend at least a day there to satisfy her need to gaze at 'stars'.

Starts September 30th....less than a month away.

All planned out, CAA maps ready. Gas tank full.

Oh God, school is out.

HEH... I wasn't meaning to seem I was reading more into it than there was there.... Half the time I worry I am not seeing half as much as there might be!

I'm pretty hard to rile...

I think that is the first thing that ever disappointed me about the internet. I heard about it (the internet) a long time before I ever met it. I imagined this place with ideas and thoughts flowing freely, a place where nothing else really mattered much. I haven't known the internet all that long. I guess I express my disappointment too forcefully there.

In my site the communications I had with people were all free and easy, and then eventually they all got distant. Kind of strained. Later, I got a bunch of confessions.... seems all these women had "crushes" on me, thinking I was a man. On that message board there are far more women than men. I guess it represented a loss or something to them.

It is a g-rated humor community over at MSN. Throughout the MSN communities, it seems there are far more women than men.

Ah well..... I have to go take care of a sick (maybe too old) fishie. Good night!

GM, Just to let you know, I did not guess right away about your gender. The way I figured it out, way back when, was by clicking on you name one time and then reading your public profile. The first name gave it away. As of yet, I don't know any males named Diane.

So, sometimes it isn't always apparent just from someones use of words what gender they are. However, when you take the easy route like me, it is easier to determine gender from the first name. ....(although this is not foolproof, I have a female friend named Billy and a male friend named Billy. )