<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Don - Thanks for your message re = "Jokes" I did not appreciate the archival aspect. Does the heading "raising Don = Rose to pitch" constitude a joke? If so I heartily apologise. It was amusing at = the time and became a "subject" heading in my outbox. The content of that message was very serious though as you know. I'm pretty well = retired now and my last Operatic venture happens next Friday with "Idomeneo". = Thereafter I become the family potato couch. There comes a time....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kindest regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G = (UK)</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>