I've been welcomed back by so many of you. Thanks.

Now, especially in light of these recent postings, I need to pay much more attention to the sexes of you all. Honestly, I think I've let my mind artificially construct genders based on who-knows-what (subconscious interpretations of things mentioned in threads) for those whose names aren't gender-obvious.

If I want to wink-wink (or even understand others winking), I'd better get on board. (this reminds me of a horrible experience I had reading a book; for several pages, the narrator's gender was not mentioned, and I unwittingly constructed a gender. When it became apparent I was wrong, I had a hard time going forward with the plot because all my mental constructions were failing me...)

Brandon