Al, do you ever sleep? I did wipe it off, but it went down in the keys a bit. Maybe I should have tried to shove a cracker between the keys to soak up the juice? lol! It did distract me from my headache for a bit. lol!

My apologies if this has appeared here before, but it might be worth a reminder, lol!

TRANSLATING WOMEN'S ENGLISH Yes = No No = Yes Maybe = No We need = I want I'm sorry = You'll be sorry We need to talk = I need to complain Sure, go ahead = I don't want you to Is my bum fat? = Tell me I'm beautiful Do what you want = You'll pay for this later I'm not upset = Of course I'm upset, you moron! Are you listening to me? = Too late, you're dead You have to learn to communicate = Just agree with me Be romantic, turn out the lights = I hate my thighs You're so .. manly = You need a shave and you sweat a lot Do you love me? = I'm going to ask for something expensive It's up to you = The correct decision should be obvious by now You're certainly attentive tonight = Is sex all you ever think about? I'll be ready in a minute = Kick off your shoes and find a good game on TV How much do you love me? = I did something today that you're really not going to like

anyone thirsty?

Tequila an intoxicating success for Mexico

TEQUILA, Mexico (AFP) - Once considered a low class hooch, tequila has undergone a huge image change over the past two decades to become the toast of Mexican high society, giving a heady euphoria to the country's drinks industry.

Made from the hearts of blue agave plants in the Tequila region of Jalisco state, production is this year expected to hit a record 210 million liters (55.4 million US gallons), according to Ramon Gonzalez Figueroa, director general of the Tequila Regulatory Council.

Normally, 40 percent of the drink made is exported, last year bringing in about 400 million dollars.

The regulatory council, created in 1994, zealously controls production, like the industry committees that police whisky in Scotland and champagne in France.

When the fields turn blue in Tequila, the village which has been making the clear alcohol for more than two centuries, then the growers know the plant is ripe. It can take seven years but it could take up to 12.

The agave is about as big as a pineapple but it is a long wait for a production that takes about eight days.

The leaves are chopped away from the core by a labourer known as a "jimador", whose main job is to assess whether the plant is ripe so it has enough sugar content.

The cores, which are called "pinas", are cut in half with a long knife called a "coa" in the final traditional touch before ultra-modern production processes take over.

The pinas are roasted, shredded and the juice pressed out and put in fomenting tanks. While a handful of traditional makers still use stone wheels to press the juice, most now use industrial presses in modern factories with steel pipes heading in every direction.

Tequila's boom started in the 1990s when it became fashionable to sip in the United States and other countries. In 1999, production reached 190.6 million litres (50.3 million US gallons) but then slumped because the agave crop fell.

Now there are 112 distilleries against 35 ten years ago, and 643 different brands against about 200, Figueroa said.

Tequila fever has also attracted foreign investors with nearly all of the international drinks giants now owners of a top name.

Allied Domecq, the British firm recently taken over by Pernod Ricard of France, owns Sauza, the oldest of the major producers. The French firm also owns Viuda de Romera, maker of 'sangrita', the spicy tomato juice which is often drunk with tequila.

Tequila an intoxicating success for Mexico

Part II

Among the big tequila makers, only Herradura, which also makes Jimador, is still a family concern. It claims to be the biggest seller in Mexico.

At the Herradura headquarters at Amatipan, about 10 kilometers (six miles) from Tequila, a modern new factory now produces 600 small cans of New Mix -- a cocktail of Jimador tequila, grapefruit, sangrita or peach juice -- per minute. With an alcoholic content of about 5.6 percent it is aimed at the young market.

It also has a research centre aiming to speed up the growing of ripe agaves.

The regulatory council also concentrates on protecting the tequila name by making sure nobody from outside the production region tries to illegally use the name.

There are two qualities of tequila: one is 100 percent agave and the other is at least 51 percent.

Tequila 100 percent agave must be made with only blue agave juices and must be bottled at the distillery in Mexico. It can be clear Blanco, which is bottled immediately after distillation, the pale coloured Reposado, which is kept in casks for between two months and a year, or the amber Anejo which must be at least one year old.

It can only be made in Jalisco or in a few districts in the neighbouring states of Guanajuato, Michoacan, Nayarit and Tamaulipas.

But tequila is widely pirated. Some experts say that for each litre of tequila produced in the region, another is put on the market illegally.

WE NOW KNOW WHERE EITHER JAZZY OR DO THE STU IS !!!

Florida Police Search for Naked Tickler

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. - Police are on the lookout for the naked tickler. Investigators said they believe one man could be responsible for a series of bizarre break-ins in which a naked man enters victims' rooms while they are sleeping and tries to tickle their feet.

The naked tickler struck again in New Smyrna Beach over the weekend.

Investigators have been working on five similar, unsolved cases since 2001. Most of the victims are women over age 60, said police Cmdr. Wade Kirby.

Kirby said no arrests have yet been made because they don't have a lot to go on.

Hi Satchland!

962, you have a 6 Mb Big mail! Enjoy :-)

bahduh, I got your mail, lovely pictures, I'll mail you from Wednesday, I have a long weekend coming up for the 25th, Santiago Apostol holiday! Take care :-)

marimariSRV, "That's so cool that you saw Eric Steckel on a Spanish main TV station!! I will have to remember to tell him that the next time I see him."

It was really striking to see this boy playing! And even more striking what you said! I will definitely take a listen to him. About me, I'm counting down days till my summer holidays...I will be doing some traveling around Paris, it will be great! Talk to you soon :-)

alexandrecaetano, hi Alexandre! I'll take a listen to your tunes asap :-)

michelle, "104 degrees!!! I couldn't take it! I can't wait until fall. How bout you? lol!"

Yeah Michelle! We really miss rain, I really miss a nice long slow soaking! I'm doing well, waterproof makeup and I often take some cool tiny bottles of fresh drinking water with me, new in the market by the way, so... I think I'm very OK :-)

"I think song #3 Tunnel Vision is my favorite song off John's new cd now that I had a chance to listen to it more."

Haha, I think that song is very Satchish! It reminds me of "Raspberry Jam Delta-V" too.[b] By the way, get well soon from that headache, get some sleep, a quick nap usually cures, boo for the headaches ;-)

cheese101, thanks for the funnies!

Stevee T, I'm looking forward to get your CD :-)

matt king....nice stuff...keep on rockin'

marimariSRV...thanks for Ronnie's addy!

LucySorets, amazing, thank you so much! I think I'll wait and download it over the weekend when I got more time, it's a pretty big file for my dial-up connection! haha.

nos vemos! ;-)

For those who aren't:

3 plain-clothes police officers pursued a man onto the underground. He jumped a gate at the station and they chased him, and then he tripped as he reached the train.

Two of the officers held him down on the ground while the third shot him 5 times in the back of the head.

hello

when are you coming to play in the uk, how about a gig near wrexham, he says hopefully. thats in north wales by the way.

i would really like to see you play live and just wondered when you are going to come over to the uk.

thanks

People who lose weight may gain wealth

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight people who trim down substantially may improve both their health and their wealth, if new research is correct.

The study, based on 15 years' worth of data from a large U.S. survey, found that both weight and weight changes were related to people's net worth -- their assets minus their debts.

In general, people with a normal body mass index (BMI) had the highest net worth, and heavy people who lost a significant amount of weight tended to see their wealth increase. Minor weight changes, on the other hand, showed little financial effect.

The pattern was not neat, however. In particular, obese black men had a greater net worth than slimmer black men, and overall, there was no clear association between BMI and wealth among African-American males.

In contrast, being thin helped white women's bottom lines the most, according to findings published online by the journal Economics and Human Biology. A white woman's net worth peaked when her BMI was just above the threshold for "normal," while that of white men and black women was greatest when their BMI was at the higher end of normal.

White women also lost the most in terms of absolute dollars as BMI increased.

Similarly, women and white men tended to gain wealth after losing a large amount of weight. For example, a typical white male who trimmed 10 points from his BMI -- equivalent to a 6-foot-tall male going from 250 to 175 pounds -- had a wealth increase of $12,720. But again, black men differed in that their net worth dipped slightly with such a drastic weight change.

The reasons for the racial and gender discrepancy are not clear -- nor is there an easy explanation for the relationship between weight and wealth, according to study author Jay Zagorsky, a researcher at Ohio State University's Center for Human Resource Research in Columbus.

A person's body size does not seem to affect measures of wealth like capital gains made from stocks, he told Reuters Health, and so it would appear that weight affects income specifically.

Other researchers, according to Zagorsky, have speculated that heavy people may face discrimination in the workplace, which could lower their incomes. Obesity might also raise a person's spending, on food or treatments for obesity-related health conditions, for example.

The study drew on data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, a large nationally representative survey of Americans born between 1957 and 1964. Zagorsky based his findings on data collected between 1985, when respondents were at least 20 years old, and 2000.

The results indicate only an association between weight and wealth, and not a definite cause-and-effect relationship. However, Zagorsky pointed to some evidence that it's weight that affects wealth, rather than the other way around.

A subanalysis of survey respondents whose wealth was suddenly boosted with an inheritance found that these individuals had no significant changes in BMI in the following years.

HI JOE :s This is weird, im new here, so i dont know how does this works, however... ill write: I always had a problem... i play without a pick... so... its cool if i wanna play TEARS IN THE RAIN (before i had my electric guitar i played that kinda songs, i really like a dude called PACO DE LUCIA, he is spanish, you got to listen to him) But, NOW, i have my electric guitar, and i cant do sweep picking without a pick... so, one day... i was watching my dvds... and when i listened THE EXTREMIST... i said "What a fuck! if i wanna play like him i need to say good bye to my fingers and hello to the pick".

So.... now... im "playing" with 1 mm. picks... but i dont know how to hold it! i know that its somethin natural (if you compare STEVE VAI, with you (im talking to JOE lol), theres a lot of difference in the position of the pick) well... so.... finally.... what im asking is "should i play with the pick however its confortable to me (of course using my thumb and index)?"

thanks for read...

(If i made a mistake on the spelling... im so sorry, its just that im from Argentina, and i speak spanish, not english)

im new on this... maybe i shouldnt make you waste your time with a kiddo like me... but this is just the first thing that came to my head.

Hey Folks,

Peolpe who lose weight may gain wealth??? lol

Satch you are GOD...

Keniko, how are ya? We're all doing good here (minus this damn headache). Thanks for asking. Yes sir, the Weinerfest was pretty cool! He's a nice guy, and talented as hell. It was cool talking to him.

Lucy, my fave song is still Dave's Party Piece. lol!

Delfino, good sotd! Sent my daughter the link for the techno pengie. She loved it and forwarded it to all her friends. We luv dem pengie's!

hey guys! back from mexico, had a great time even with the hurricane and all. i just got a dream theater dvd, live in budokan have to check that out im sure its kick ass, ill talk to you all tomorrow!

Joe, Please!!! Come back to the brazil. One more show! Please!!! and play:

Some musics of the "Strange Beautiful Music" I Believe Ride Summer Song Friends Rubina Blue Sky Happiness Some musics of the "Joe Satriani" Starry Night Always with me... w/ "with a little help from my friends" (And say: Jag, it's for you) Little Wing Flyin' in a Blue Dream Cool #9 Surfing with the Alien LOVE THING NEW BLUES BIG BAD MOON

Please!!!! In Brazil!!!! Rio de Janeiro!!!! Claro Hall!!!

Very conquests, success & happiness for you and your family.

thanks for listening to my song guys

darn I hate the internet some times, I try to view a website that i use every day ie like here and if on firefox i get operation timed out or page cannot be loaded, im on adsl broadband any one eles get that?