Hey all, sorry I've been gone so long. As you know from Gromet's post, I no longer have a house. It burned on January 2, and the ground floor was pretty much gutted. I was at a friend's house for the New Year weekend, and the rest of the family was out for breakfast at the time, so nobody got hurt. Near as we can figure, it was caused by the water heater. Except to drive by and look, I haven't been back. I'd lived in that house, off and on, since 1977, and, that one time I went by, I couldn't bring myself to go in. According to my nephew, my room, which was upstairs, wasn't touched by the fire, so I'm hoping much of my things can be salvaged. Last week, my nephew went in, and, when he came by afterwards, he brought my computer and monitor, both of which still, somehow, work perfectly. This weekend, my best friend donated an internet cable, since my computer isn't wireless capable, and today is my first day back online. And, since this is my old computer, I still have all of my stories, won't have to try to rewrite anything. I count myself very lucky, and very glad to be back here. I'll try to catch up on old forum postings as I go, but for now, I just wanted to say hello again to all the good people here. Oh, and Gromet, I think it will take just a bit longer than a week from when you started this new forum for me to hit that 300 post mark.
