Alan, What is the model number of you new axe ?

Lucas,...Chickenfoot will be worth waiting for your answer.They are going to be awesome!!..And if you go out it the boat, take a portable toilet..don't just go in the boat man, that's really gross.

Skippy,...Did not see Sound Relief but did see where they raised 3.3 million dollars..good stuff.

Alan,...Enjoy the new guitar..You wont sleep a wink tonight...Just can't keep from playin' with it.

Gee, it sure is quiet in here....

SuperSwingDog - The Petrified Forest is on my list of stuff to do. Thanks for mentioning the Anasazi stuff...I hadn't thought about that.

That's a bit further north than I was planning on going (I wanted to go more east, maybe as far out as Roswell, and then backtrack), but that does sound fun so maybe I'll rethink things.

Cheesey - how long did you have to wait before Chris let you read the mag? :0)

Do The Stu - Roswell, is that where they store the aliens? :0) Seriously I enjoyed Arizona, didn't get to New Mexico. I vaguely recall going on a "pink jeep" ride through the desert it was great fun. Phoenix I was completely drunk the whole time only remember swimming in the pool. You need to put miles on the car huh?

Glitzy - where are you?

Well, (*sobs loudly*) it is only 10.5 months but our renovations are finally finished, well at least the builder has finished and all his freakin' tradies are gone. No more meeting tradespeople each morning in my jammies (had to wear jammies it wouldn't be right.....). And no more moving from room to room living out of boxes. Can't wait to have the room of my own for guitar stuff. I keep listening to Ten Words to try to memorise it and really need some solid time to try to learn it now.

burly - hope the rain is plentiful and that the crop is going to be a bumper one. We have some enormous rice farms in Oz - have you heard of Cubbie Station? It's 6 hrs west of Brisbane in Queensland.

edit...Oh and Al I love the purple - now you are Alvin Purple (Aussies will know what I mean :)).

burly - my bad, Cubbie Station is mostly cotton, not rice.

Skippy - funny you mentioned putting miles on the car. In this part of the country, or I guess in most rural areas people drive a lot, so distance is not an issue many times. (unless gasoline prices get crazy.) I know in the busy time of year it is not out of the ordinary to drive 200+ miles on my truck a day just running here and there. I hope fuel prices stay lower this year not only for myself but for everyone. I think that will be a key to our economic recovery.

Maybe I wont have to drive to Dallas or St. Louis to see Chickenfoot. And Cheese...About Joe enjoying the hug in the picture...Everyone likes to be hugged by the drummer:)

burly - don't know about other countries but Australia has a crazy tax system in relation to leased or business cars. If you are provided a car as part of your employment for example you must do at least 25,000km each year in it or you will be taxed a much higher rate of tax - it's ridiculous and creates a situation where people take trips they wouldn't otherwise have done, purely to put km on the car. People I know have driven to tthe Coonawarra (a wine district in the next state) for the weekend just to add lots of kms. Environmentally it is stupid, cos those who take public transport, walk or ride a bike don't get any tax advantages.

Its all quiet cuz Als down the pooob gettin hammered

happy paddys day

Happy St.Paddy's Day Satchland....I'm so Irish that when I get mad, it's not a short fuse, It's a button you push...BOOM ! ! I wish I was in Boston so I could go downtown, get drunk and get in a fight. Ahh the good ol' days..

wolfie....I'd go with Crown Royal. Way smoother and about the same price as Jack..

Wolfie..I prefer Makers Mark on the 2-3 drinks a year I have. (watching my figure) Expensive but good.

Happy St. Patricks Day

Skippy..Sounds like we are not the only country with silly tax laws... I guess thats a good excuse to go on a wine tasting trip,..can't be all bad:)

Thanks for the rice link, I enjoy learning more about the way things are done in most parts of the world...And the Cubbie Station link being an irrigation project, that's great. We are beginning to see some movement toward water conservation in our area, California has been doing it for years simply because of the lack of water. In my area, we are pumping it out of the ground at an alarming rate. I myself and a few others have been implementing conservation practices like reusing surface water from drainage ditches.