Silvan notes:

Andy Dingley wrote:

want to play one, which is a good thing. Nobody beats up a trumpet player
for being gay. I still catch **** from people as an adult for playing the
flute.)

You're not from Northern Ireland, are you ?

No. Southwestern Virginia.

Ah, the joys of a southern childhood. While my mother's family is from VA, I
was fortunate enough to be born and raised in NY---where pretty much the same
**** went on (don't know about now, but 50+ years ago, PC wasn't in anywhere).

Charlie Self
"Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a
pleasure." Ambrose Bierce