On the subject of traveling outside of the country I've quite a few places I'd love to visit. I consider myself a bit of a historian and there are so many places with such great history that if I had the money I'd go visit them all. On the top of my list is Ireland, Scotland, and England. Then Vietnam and Germany. Vietnam and Germany would be for the military history. I'd like to visit the concentration camps in Germany and really all over Europe, and I'd like to see some of the tunnels that the NVA used in Vietnam.

From a paranormal standpoint those places are sure to be "haunted" maybe not actively but I'm sure that if you stand there you can get a sense of everything that went on there. I think that's something that everyone should experience at least once. Not for any morbid reason but it might hopefully make people a little more thoughtful and mindful of making sure history doesn't repeat itself.

Welcome Back KTZA...oh my word has it really been a year...

CommodoreDrake: Scotland Boleskine House

Ireland "Wicca"

F.O.I. Olivia Robertson

Scuba:Steve made a mistake & paid in full with his LIFE t bring people a program that kept many on the edge of their seats, if the man is dead its PARTLY because viewer ratings rocketed, which means boiled down "the viewers fault" for loving the danger he put himself in.The man had the balls t put himself in dangerous positions while everyone else kicked back in TV land...I applaud that, great guy, hell of a man *slan claps*

burly:np here bro

maritime:Last time i heard that i was 5 years old n shovin one of them old 8track tapes "remember them?" into the machine, jeesus man Middle o the Road whoa i,m back t my first chords....didnt expect that

oh my word....two years ago last week I first put a message on here to Clogger a complete Joe fan stranger....

two years later my whole life has changed and we are now happily living together...

the power of the net eh....

thing is when you post on here...you already got something in common with whoever you speak to

you are both JOE SATRIANI fans!

THANKS JOE!

scubadaz:You have no idea how powerfull the media can be until you get a sniff of it....its soooo easy t judge when your not the one in the position.If the BBC asked you t dive n feed without a cage great white sharks so you could live another 40 years plus without worrying about cash......would you?

maritime:I so get that

Cube:Pointless & toneless in know...theres hope yet for us ol bro

maritime - trouble is there are nopt many gals on this site...so its far far far easier for a gal to get a guy than the other way round...

Not that I was looking at the time..it all kinda started as friends... I think cheese101 is single...not sure about the belgium, irish etc though...lol...or if she is looking for anyone.

Michelle, Tracie, Cube, McKenna;

I just want to give my blessing to A McKenna and M London and hope they can enjoy time together whether it be at a tea house, pub (such as Rosie McCanns in Santa Cruz or San Jose) or other meeting place of their choice.

Maritime--I am enjoying Marc Resch's book. I am now reading about the great engineering projects built over the last 5 or 6 centuries. The Netherlands is like California only the opposite when it comes to water abundance/scarcity. I think Cali could learn from Holland about how to manage water and engineer waterways according to our scarcity and drought conditions.

Joe--Why do I think I can take on more than is physically possible for me? That's how I set myself up for failure and deepen my depression. I know you are a musician and not a psychiatrist, but I know you have been through so much in life and may have some idea. I can only wish Tuesdays Child my best wishes and hope she and her children are well. Also, don't go the road alone....please accept help along the way.

Slanshroom, The Boleskine House sounds pretty interesting. There are plenty of places in Scotland, Ireland, and England that would be great for paranormal research purposes. Ireland and Scotland however would also be fun for me to trace my ancestral roots. I have traced my family on my father's side back to the 1500s and they were mostly centralized in Ireland with a few in Scotland.

I'd just like to go and walk where they walked and try to picture things as they may have been when my family lived there which at it's most recent was the early 1900's. Like I said I'm a bit of a history geek but history is so much more interesting when it involves people you are related to. I'd like to trace my mother's family back that far but it's been pretty rough so far. My dad's side was fairly ethnocentric, my mom's side has a big mix and it doesn't help almost everyone on my mom's side having large families. Oh well.

mikesb--What a great looking family you have. My very best wishes to you all. Tough times, yes......we are all in this together and if there is anything we can do for each other let me know.

They say the happiest days in life are the day you buy a boat and the day you sell it! Well, here's a good boat story!!

Joe and John were identical twins.

Joe owned an old dilapidated boat and kept pretty much to himself.

One day he rented out his boat to a group from out-of-state who sank it!

Joe spent all day trying to salvage as much stuff as he could and was out of touch all that day and most of the evening.

Therefore, Joe did not know that his brother John's wife had died suddenly that day.

When Joe got back on shore he went into town to pick up a few things at the grocery store. A kind old neighbor woman mistook him for John and said, "I'm so sorry for your loss. You must feel terrible."

Joe, thinking she was talking about his boat said, "Hell, no! Fact is, I'm sort of glad to be rid of her. She was a rotten old thing from the beginning. Her bottom was all shriveled up and she smelled like an old dead fish.

She was always holding water. She had a bad crack in the back and a pretty big hole in the front, too.

Everytime I used her, her hole got bigger and she leaked like crazy.

I guess what finally finished her off was when I rented her to those four guys who were looking for a good time.

I warned them that she wasn't very good and smelled bad. But they wanted her anyway. The darn fools tried to get in her all at one time and she split right up the middle!"

Hiya Maritime--I hope you're feeling stronger day by day. I want to visit Amstel-dam and the Hague when time and funds permit.