steven wilde" dude. how you doin? are u feeling better man? take care of yourself.

slanshroom; i have never been to the British Isles, but would love to someday. The place you lived really was that bad? but I'm glad you got of there man...and you became a fabulous guitarist. keep it up dude.

I got a headache that wont go away. Reason: Met with some fake hippie kids who were dumber than a sack of bricks. And here I am having some cinnamon sticks and listening to SRV. Much better.

evbro, Pats or Eagles? lol!

cuth, I'm in Berks County.

Lucy, thanks - you have a nice weekend too :)

civgeek, nice band shots, but they could use some audio. lol!

punkdude, thanks for the cool picture! Can you imagine being 13 and having your picture taken with your fav band! How inspiring! My son is 13 and plays bass. I have to ask him who he'd like to meet like Mike did. He has a lot of favorite bands.

Holy crap JS Clone is back!! I'll check your song out later if I can.

mikesb, Joe Walsh makes me laugh hysterically! He's like a surfer dude/stoner/Cheech & Chongesque guy who can play the hell out of a guitar. lol! I wonder if it's an act or if he's really that way?

HELP ~

Diabetes question ~ funny (not) we were just talking about it with Delfinos dad & Clarky's son having it, and son of a bitch, don'tcha know - I got a call today from my mom. My step dad has been feeling sick for a while. At first he thought he had a bug, but then all sorts of different symptoms started hitting him. Fever, kidney pain, muscle spasms, he couldn't pee right, bladder pain, all sorts of stuff. He doesn't have a family doctor. Hell, he hasn't been to the doctor one time that I remember in the 30+ years I know him. Anyways, he was sick enough to go to my mom's doctor today. They said his sugar was 438!!! Holy effin shit! His kidneys are enlarged, and he is in deep shit with diabetes. What is the NORMAL range your blood sugar is supposed to be at? They gave him some meds and a prescription or two and sent him home, but they want to see him again in 5 days. Dude doesn't even have any health insurance because he's self employed. He's not even 60 yet, so he's to young for any of that senior medicare stuff. I'm very worried about him. All this time we've been worried about my mom and her health with her diabetes and all the stuff she has going on, and it turns out that the one we thought was healthy is even sicker than the usually sick one. He's like the rock of our family. He's the kind of guy that barely ever even takes a Tylenol. This is messed up. So anyway, the normal number for your blood sugar (ballpark range) is???

Estrela: Your son isn't crazy. I'd love to go to Japan and see some of those shows myself. I don't foresee it actually happening, but a guy can dream. ;-)

Michelle......http://www.diabetes123.com/dteam/2001-04/d_0d_6n5.htm

I bet that guy's family will never hear the Journey song "Oh Sherry" in quite the same way again.......

Powerslave, thanks for the link. Man, it doesn't look good. I really hope it didn't do any permanent damage to his organs or anything. I was just looking at www.diabetes.org, but I didn't see any numbers. I'm going to bookmark your site too and read it more tomorrow. Are the numbers the same for a child as they are for an adult? Thanks again.

DCK- Mark, That's really inovative! I really like Your theme! It is very groovy! and has a cool bounce! Yeah, it dose in some way's remind You of A soundtrack! But it's more pure serious "focus on the music" persona! Very cool! Thank's for sharing!..............................Jazzzzy- Hi, Hey thank's bro' You are too cool! I have sort of stressed of late, But I am doing okay, My Prayer's are alway's with you Jason! Never forget that! I am so glad School is going real well for You! Dude, your gonna' sucseed!

Re:Lucy Sorets

thanx for posting those photos of Joe & Steve :)

Joe looks good in that hat & sunnies

Ossie Davis died :( he was a great actor to watch :) made you laugh

i liked him in 'Do the right thing' - i think that was the title, it was a Spike Lee Joint

RIP Ossie say Hi to Malcolm for us :)

Hello friends, good morning Satchland :-)) !!!! I´ve been busy always but i`m right here :-)) !!!

MICHELLE - Hello honey :-)). How are you? Hope everything is ok :-). I must confess that your words about me in the other day touched my heart :-)). Really :-). My girlfriend Filipa is sending for you a big thanks :-)) !!! Say hello to all cats :-)). Hadji is pretty cool :-). Always playing and jumping, heis happy :-)). Kisses for you baby :-)). Good weekend :-) !!!

JUJU - Have a good schoolwork :-)). Good weekend for you and Lucy :-).

DCK - THanks bro :-), thank you :-). I must confess that i didn`t take the final decision about a possible participation on the new T2J cd. I`m a little excited about it :-)). And i have a few songs that i will not put on my record. How many songs the cd will have and who are the judges? Are you thinking to invite some friends like Ricky Garcia? I found a Spanish guy in a magazine who is a huge Joe fan and he is amazing. He has a new record and he is playing in a big band in Spain (Mago De Oz). His name is http://www.jorgesalan.com . I know that he doesn`t belong to T2J page, what a shame lolol. Regards bro and Good luck :-)).

VFRrocker - Hey friend, glad that i had a great Birthday day, very good :-)). Have a good new year :-)) !!!

OCPS470 - You will go participating on the new T2J cd? How are you? Any news, any new songs? Regards for you :-).

STEVEN WILDE - Hello bro :-), how are you :-) ?

BAHDUH - Hello Indian friend :-) !!!

JAZZZY - Hello friend :-)) !!! How is going the school :-) ? Hope very well :-)) !!! Regards for you :-)) !!!

ESTRELA - Olá, ainda não te tinha dito nada mas benvida ao forúm do Joe. Aqui em Portugal está muito frio agora, mas sei que este fim-de-semana vai haver muito Samba ia no Brasil e no Mundo: o CARNAVAL chegou :-))). Tem um bom final de semana e prazer em conhecer-te :-)).

MARIMARISRV - Hello Sea Eyes :-) !!!

OVATION1 - hello Mikeyson :-)) !!!

SLANSHROOM - I`m concern as well about Trutina :-(. Nothing about him :-((. Regards for you and i would like to see a song from you on the new T2J cd :-)). C`mon :-)) !!! Regards for you !!!

Hy friends

Death Cube:Holy crap,valleys call is amazing,how did y record that lil beaut?

Civgeek ............... and good luck to you man. You definitely hit it right re: 'The Golden Handcuffs' - lol. It's a gamble, I don't think that I could get the salary that I'm on without moving and changing schools for the little one isn't an option. We're settled (at last!) where we are, so it's really a case of take it while you can make it. Re-training has been on my mind for a while and as old as 38 seems, I've probably got another 27 yrs at work (groan) - so I can see it happening. As a side point to that, it's funny how many people want to keep working after 60, even if they don't have too - reasons normally been 'keeps me young', 'gets me out of the house' etc. There are few people who can afford to retire to a life of 'luxury'. Yes, you are correct a chippie is a slang term for a carpenter over here, with a sparky being an electrician.

Slanshroom I'm hearin' ya loud and clear bro'. Solitude and inner reflection on a wet and rainy hillside............. ah the tranquility, I still love to do that when the chance arises. The village mentality.............. lmao................ we used to go out to the village pub where my mate lived, you got all the 'you're not from round here looks' and if you used a word with more than two syllables they thought you'd been to university :-) My wife reckons that the weather in the uk has a lot to do with the booze fuelled weekend problems, petty crime and drug abuse.................... she spent 18 months living in Oz and despises the lack of things to do over here. We'd love to get out but NZ is a tough nut to crack with no degree and not being on the occupational shortage list. Settled here bro'........ I hear what you're saying but my bed is made and it's not too uncomfortable lying in it - lol. I'm also in your bracket as well, I still like a drink but I'm not aiming for oblivion - very occassional social smoke as well. Love the bossa track man, you and Clarky work well together.

Cube Great new track man................. I think that movie soundtrack work is your calling. How long did it take you to write and what was the mental picture that you had for it ?

DCK - I have a question regarding the T2J II project. I'm entering Guitarist Of The Year this year, and the piece I'm planning on using as my entry is the piece I'm also planning on submiting to the T2J II CD. Would that be allowed? If not, no problem; I'll just submit a different track. But I would like to use this one. Is that okay?