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    very nice.
  • tfonts
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    Okay, Marye...I'll say it...
    Maybe Rich and Holly ought to have their own dueling song lyric thread and then the SD'ers can chime in every now and then :-) Love to all !!
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    it's been a fun trip.... This ones Deadicated to us..... They're selling postcards of the hanging They're painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors Mortatone is in town Here comes Mayor Klangstone and Mad Swan Disease... His custom amps got them in a trance One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker The other is in their pants And Oat Willie and Pam who says hi are restless They need somewhere to go As Pupper and I look out tonight From Desolation Row. Katniss, she seems so easy "It takes one to know one," she smiles :-) And puts her hands in her back pockets Tom Hanlon style....nice hat brah! And in comes Devil's Friend, he's moaning "You belong to Me I Believe" And Totem says, "You're in the wrong place, my friend You better leave" And the only sound that's left After the ambulances go Is Stanley sweeping up tonight On Desolation Row. Now the moon is almost hidden The stars are beginning to hide Holly and OzarkMatt Have even taken all their camping gear inside All except for Cain74 and Abel And the hunchback of Notre Dame Everybody is either making love Or else expecting rain And Bob Loblaw, he's dressing He's getting ready for the show He's going to the carnival tonight On Desolation Row. Now StellaMoon, she's 'neath the window For her I feel so afraid On her twenty-second birthday She already is an old maid To her, death is quite romantic She wears an iron vest Her profession's her religion Her sin is her lifelessness And though her eyes are fixed upon Jerry's great rainbow ASL just spends her time peeking Into Desolation Row. Boo469 disguised as Kurt009 With his memories in a trunk Passed this way an hour ago With his friend, a jealous monk and kids in tow... He looked so immaculately frightful As he bummed a cigarette Then he went off sniffing drainpipes And reciting the alphabet You would not think to look at him But he was famous long ago For playing the electric violin On Desolation Row. rrrrgrrrr, he keeps his world Inside of a coffee cup But all his sexless patients They're trying to blow it up Now his nurse, some local loser She's in charge of the cyanide hole And she also keeps the cards that read "Have Mercy on His Soul" They all play on penny whistles You can hear them blow If you lean your head out far enough From Desolation Row. Across the street they've nailed the curtains They're getting ready for the pic-a-nic geophantomoftheoperameister In a perfect image of a priest They're spoonfeeding Bobby69 To get him to feel more assured Then they'll kill him with self-confidence After poisoning him with words And Graceful is shouting to skinny girls "Get outa here if you don't know" Tfonts is just being punished for going To Desolation Row. At midnight all the Dreamers..... And the superhuman crew Come out and round up everyone That knows more than they do Then they bring them to the factory Where the heart-attack machine Is strapped across their shoulders And then the kerosene Is brought down from the castles By insurance men who go Check to see that nobody is escaping To Desolation Row. Praise be to Gobs black Licorice Ba dus sails at dawn Spascarella's shouting "Which side are you on ?" And Miller's horse and mkav Fighting in the captain's tower While Geeky just laughs at them And Roadking just holds flowers Between the windows of the sea Where lovely mermaids flow And nobody has to think too much About Desolation Row. Yes, I received your letter yesterday About the time the door knob broke When you asked me how I was doing Was that some kind of joke ? All these people that you mention Yes, I know them, we're quite lame I had to rearrange their faces And give them all another name Right now I can't read too good Dont send me no more letters no Not unless you mail them from.... the Sunshine Daydreamers subforum....
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    ....c'mon pretty mama let's get on the road again.... musical history lesson.... Furry Lewis.....re done by James Luther Dickinson and the North Mississippi Allstars Kassie Jones Parts 1 and 2 I woke up this mornin', four o'clock Mister Casey told his fireman get his boiler hot Put on your water, put on your coal Put your head out the window, see my drivers roll See my driver roll Put your head out the window, see my driver roll Lord, some people said Mister Casey couldn't run Let me just tell you what Mister Casey done He left Memphis, it was quarter to nine Got in Newport News, it was dinnertime It was dinnertime Got in Newport News, it was dinnertime I've sold my gin, I've sold it straight Police run me to my woman's gate She come to the door, she nod her head She made me welcome to the foldin' bed To the foldin' bed Made me welcome to the foldin' bed Lord, the people said to Casey, "You're runnin' over time" "You'll havin’ a collision with the one-o-nine" Casey said, "This engine's mine I'll run it in close just to make my time" Said to all the passengers, "Better keep yourself hid Natural' gon shake it like Chainey did Like Chainey did I’m natural' gon' shake it like Chainey did" Mister Casey run his engine in [a miles of place] Number four stabbed him in the face The depot told Casey, "Well, you must leave town" "Believe to my soul I'm Alabama bound" "Alabama bound" "Believe to my soul I'm Alabama bound" Missus Casey said she dreamt a dream The night she bought her sewin' machine The needle got broke, she could not sew She loved Mister Casey, 'cause she told me so Told me so Loved Mister Casey, 'cause she told me so There was a woman named Miss Alice Fry Said, "I'm gonna ride with Mister Casey 'fore I die" I ain't good looking but I takes my time A rambling woman with a rambling mind Got a rambling mind Casey looked at his water, water was low Looked at his watch, his watch was slow On the road again Natural born eastman on the road again Lord, there's people tell by the throttle moan The man at the fire's Mister Casey Jones Mister Casey Jones Mister Casey said, before he died One more road that he wants to ride People tells Casey, "Which road is he?" "The Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe Santa Fe" This mornin' I heard someone was dyin' Missus Casey's children on the doorstep cryin' “Mama, mama, I can't keep from cryin' Papa got killed on the Southern line On the Southern line Papa got killed on the Southern line” "Mama, mama, how can it be Killed my father on the first degree" "Children, children, won’t you hold your breath Draw another pension from your father's death From your father's death" On the road again I'm a natural born eastman on the road again Tuesday mornin', it looked like rain Around the curve came a passenger train Under the boiler lay Mister Casey Jones Good old engineer, but he's dead and gone Dead and gone On the road again I'm a natural born eastman on the road again I left Memphis to spread the news Memphis women don't wear no shoes Had it written in the back of my shirt Natural born eastman don't have to work Don't have to work I'm a natural born eastman, don't have to work
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    Hello lovely people! We have among us a poet and didn't know it. Thanks, rrrrgrrrr for that thoughtful piece, including all of us merry pranksters. Makes me a bit verklempt... As for a new thread....I dont think we need it...thoughts? The page loads fine for me still and I would hate to leave all the other thoughts and memories from this forum behind. Geoits420somewheremeister had the honors of post 4020...but it doesn't have to stop there... On the road again Just can't wait to get on the road again The life I love is makin' music with my friends And I can't wait to get on the road again On the road again Goin' places that I've never been Seein' things that I may never see again And I can't wait to get on the road again On the road again Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway We're the best of friends Insisting that the world be turnin' our way And our way Is on the road again Just can't wait to get on the road again The life I love is makin' music with my friends And I can't wait to get on the road again On the road again Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway We're the best of friends Insisting that the world be turnin' our way And our way Is on the road again Just can't wait to get on the road again The life I love is makin' music with my friends And I can't wait to get on the road again And I can't wait to get on the road again
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    do you want a new thread? Is this one starting to load slowly because it's got like 4K posts? I don't want to get the bus off course, but we can do this if you want.
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    Dang, Richers...that's one fine twist to a Dylan classic. Very creative...fun reading (or singing) the clever references to our family....see where daydreaming gets you? Well done, maestro, well done. Have a grand day- g
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    work so busy but I will be at ny for dead and company if anyone else is going to be there
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    Another one bites the dust.... Another post older and one post closer to death... ;-)
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    No one is posting because we don't want it to end! Let's skip 4020 and just Keep Truckin Geeky
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One size fits all in da Buff.... grrrrrlllllll can blaze a mean salmon.... Be free....be chill and most importantly be kind.... If the phantom is free a blessing is welcome....otherwise...., On his behalf...bless this food...please stay on the path .... Yada yada.... Carry on Cain74.....
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#300 post..... Boom Shakalaka!!!!! Carry on..... Yeah Mr T????!!!!!! hey boy ya look might fine in those jeans.... cue Eddie Murphy March 31st.... Ohhh what might tomorrow bring.... On my way to San Ber'dino peeps!!!!! Luv me sum Dweezil!!!!! rrrrrrrrrgrrrrrrrr....take it Ms. T
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Come and get it kitties! Tables all set, a place for uncle Rich and his bride and all you sDers who pass on by. Those on the west coast: I'll keep the fire Burning, if you make it here on time we'll be doing smores and games later in the parlour, cards and dice are my fave. Who's bringing the liquid? Geo got any wine left?
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Come and get it kitties! Tables all set, a place for uncle Rich and his bride and all you sDers who pass on by. Those on the west coast: I'll keep the fire Burning, if you make it here on time we'll be doing smores and games later in the parlour, cards and dice are my fave. Who's bringing the liquid? Geo got any wine left?
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My poor canadian born mom would be aghast that I would invite you all for din din but forget the sweets. PleaseForgive. As they say In Canadian, I am sorry. So tonight if you have not filled up too much, I am offering plantain tarts in (dis)honour of our former toronto mayor Rob Ford who is world Famous for smoking crack and talking Jamaican slang. Notice the u's. Those extra u's is proper English theys am.
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but we are waiting for Bill Walton to tweet it.
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Nice find DevilsFriend, and a good "heads" up for those who will be in Marin. 4th street will be a sweet little scene for those 3 evenings, me thinks. Better brew some beers Broken Drum!
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GOOD MORNING MY HAPPY FAMILY OF SD'ers !!! And a group thanks to rrrrrgrrrrr and Marye for this wonderful, whacky April 1st name and avatar change to our family and friends :-) Hey now, there is a significant VOl. XII; No.1 update in all of your e-mails this morning - it requires your attention !! (no April fool's joke on that one) Cheers All !!!
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I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore! I think a see a grrrrlllll with a pic a nic basket get caught up in a twister......coming outta the Great White North, maybe a Chinook??? I wonder what goodies are in there? Now I'll be checking in on occasion....this is unchartered waters....for even the most experienced head.. Sails n rails better be in tip top shape.... If I only knew how to find the Great and powerful Poobah?
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Have some coffee...while you're waiting...
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Nice smoke rings, dude !! Whatcha baking there, buddy??
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How's it goin' eh?
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how's it goin eh? Is that a pic a nic basket I see?
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i have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore...
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Pic a Nic basket.... Damn girl what's your name where you from and how may we be of assistance? Oh did anyone ever tell you that you look like Mr T? I mean that in as non a derogatory manner as possible....
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Follow me downThe golden road of devotion. I'm looking for the wizard!
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The yellow brick road? And who's that old hag with rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes that's laying under that double wide over yonder? Hey kid check out dem glitter shoes Foxy Shazaam! (Band reference Google if you don't know)
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"Well, they’ll stone ya when you’re trying to be so goodThey’ll stone ya just a-like they said they would They’ll stone ya when you’re tryin’ to go home Then they’ll stone ya when you’re there all alone But I would not feel so all alone Everybody must get stoned..." Anybody know who what when where and why?
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Hey stop giving them ideas....now the munchkins are throwing stones....and singing...ashes ashes....all Follow the yellow brick road... Are you a good witch or a bad witch... Why I'm Trey from Phish!!!! I'll get you my pretty and your little trustifarians too!!! Oh my!!!!
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Ok finally found the Mayor of Munchklangland.... Ouch...stop throwing stones, YOU, yeah you, lollipop guild kid get over here. Do you know who I am, that's right Homey D Clown....think throwin stones is acceptable... Well, I don't think so....Homey don't play dat! Ok so mayor Mike, where do we go....stay on the path you say, which one....there are so many roads.... Ahhhh the Golden road that Dorothy spoke of, the yellow brick road.... But to get there I have to go thru Detroit....aren't there Lions and Tigers there, yeah and then Chicago....bears? Oh my.... Hey Dorothy the meek remember if we get to see the wizard, aside from asking to go home to TO, I mean Kansas, you have to tell him that the Dead are only playing 3 shows, all in Chicago....and Trey will play Jerrys parts.....most disturbing though is that Donna won't be there..... Ooooohhhhhhhyahhhhhayyyahhhayyyyy...wait that caterwauling ....listen.... Playin like a wave up on the sand....ya here that....the Promised Land can't be far..... A little help here, I'm on this tightrope and there ain't no net....but if we stay on the path....I'm sure we will see Oz the Great and powerful, he's in the Emerald city of Bedrock..... Oh yeah brontosaurus burgers and pterodactyl stew for supper, hopefully the Great and Powerful Oz will bless the feast.....(hint, hint).... We're off to see the meister, the wonderful wizard of Oz.... Later kitties....
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The heads are bowed the children calmwe pause and give thanks, and sing our psalm... Have a ticket, need a ticket, it's all the same We're all just players in Your game Bless this day and all who are here Keep us safe and away from fear... We give thanks for all that is before us, please bless us all, 'specially those who cuss. Amen.
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Dude, WTF did you put in your coffee this morning? SHARE SOME !!
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BEAUTIFUL, Geomeister - simply beautiful. Bt my fav is still that FF grand poo-bah avatar and that kick-step you got going on there. Don't pull a groin dude.
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who is this rrrrrgrrrr of which you speak it is merely Homey and Dorothy the meek..... I wonder who the Wizard is.... Gotta follow my muse.... Listen...."layin back in an old saloon, peso in my hands.....Everybody loves a polka"..... Guess Dorothy took another road, well ok....I came this far...as Van the man sez....it's too late to stop now... Thanks for the blessing of the virtual feast Fred, but I gotta stop at Mexicali for a cerveza and a siesta...can't wait to get back to El Paso though.... ok follow the yellow brick road...hey look it's Michael Jackson!
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Ok done throwing stones, apples, oil can....Trey on roof...hey scarecrow wanna play ball... Bag it tag it sell it to a butcher in a store, you pill head! Lion in the distance.... Gonna do my best Samson....If I had my way! Fat chance, we can't always get what we want... Run toto run... Just figured it out, Dorothy ran off with the cast of the wiz....easin on down the road, feeling bad... Guess this path is for my steps alone...thanks Geo for the advice....you oughta write a book.... I will be back, got some poppies in the distance...gonna be awhile...
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After addressing the poppy situation, 40 winks later, an ER visit and 2 amps of narcan, Homey wakes from his dream like state, steadfast on reaching the great and powerful Oz.... To his left he sees Dorothy doing the thriller dance with Michael...boy did Eddie Van Halen sell out...but for the sake of time we will save that thought for another day....
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The evil Trey....poppies...poppies.... how do you pass that up, oh yeah....where's my $20 yo? Want it back with interest.... Cuz homey don't play dat! So glad you made it...friend.... ;-)
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Those poppies are glorious, said Dorothy of the North, just the spot to take a slumber.What's that in the distance, a figure of rodent royalty. The queen of mice and rats in drain ditches is here too!
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Can't say I blame her.... Billy Jean...ahhh forget it... Yes it's a Squirrel of a different color!,,,, (Thanks kid...I'm good but not that good) your turn...
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Having awoken from her poisonous sleep, Dorothy found herself being stared down by hundreds of field mice. Whilst she slept, the Tim man had chopped off the head of a wildcat who was chasing down the Queen of the Field Mice. "Off with its head", he shrieked! Wait that's a different tale.Oh well, off The path again and back down the rabbit hole I Goes.
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WTF..., Ok I'll play along.... speechless here....give me a few.... really...really....??? this was unscripted btw....
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Am I who I think I am? I look in the mirror and I see Mr T.... When this trip began you were me..... And I was homey? We gotta see the wizard grrrrrllllllll.... cue the wizard....hey geo... Help Cecil help..... Going to rewatch Eddie Murphys Delirious.... I'll be back!
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How come no stealie dangling from your neck?
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....Dorothy here.... Best plans of mice n men go astray when Mr. T is in the house.... Happy April Fools Day I guess... Still going to meet the wizard tho....
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As we begin the next chapter, Dorothy has just awoken from a DeLerious doze in the coCaIN fields. Tinman, by the stroke of his ax has decapitated a wildcat Who had been chasing the Queen of field mice. This brave feat has earned him A pledge of allegiance by the queen and the thousands of mice. No doubt this rodent help will come In handy for Dorothy and her crew on their quest.
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So kitties, Dorothy n Mr T? WTF...homey don't play this....are thru detox n rehab... N we disposed of the evil Trey....a little Sunshine Daydream in aqueous form.... I'm melting, I'm melting....stuff a sock in it brah.... So here we are Homey and Dorothy the Canuck waiting for the almighty Oz, no Geo to impart some divine wisdom...to all of us lost on the path...or the road or the drain ditch.... We saw chicken hawk, and Fred, n Michael Jackson and even Mr T, we traveled the golden road, followed the yellow brick road and arrived in the Emerald City....ummmm Bedrock.... What lesson is that we need to learn from this oh Mighty one? Poobah what say ye? (Don't leave us hanging dude, we got stuff to do)
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Gotta change my avatar back....that was a sick joke....Mr T really?Not cool... Kitties... Follow your own paths... They are your own... There is a fountain..... If our paths cross in Chicago or Oz or Buffalo I am all in.... However I am taking a step back... To quote Roger Waters... Through the phish eyed lens of tear stained eyes I can barely define the shape of this moment in time And far from flying high in clear blue skies I'm spiraling down to the hole in the ground where I hide.... gotta get down to the Cumberland Mine, that's where I mainly spend my time.... If you need me, you know how to find me... Chicago or bust.... Happy April Fools Day... Thanks Tami, George, Totem, Friend...where's my money brah?, and Foghorn aka the chicken hawk... And especially Mike Langley...love you Klang.... rrrrrgrrrrr out!
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All is right in the Dead.net City of Oz, except for the litter of meece, a headless wildcat, that barefoot lady with the house on top of her, and various characters in our play who might not ever look at a forum post under the Sundream Dayshiners thread ever again in the same way.... Thank you for imparting your wisdom on this thread, and showing it isn't just a great rock and roll band that can play "Space and Drums" during the middle of an otherwise structured set; characters like you can get pretty wild too. As you leave the theater of the mind, be sure to leave little crumbs so we can follow you safely out of the forest. Or, as the case may be, rescue you should you get lost. Take care, keep the stories coming this afternoon, know that the Wizard has your back, and you still have a few hours left on this April Ship of Fools Day to play your hand with us. We won't fold, we won't bluff, we won't double down, and we won't try to go all-in; that comes in July. Thanks one and all...as darkness descends this evening, fear not, the door is open, the fire burns steadily in the hearth, there is a snifter of brandy on the side table, and we'll leave the light on for you. Take care, don't ever forget your friends and family and be kind to all. Oh yes, one more thing...remember that you CAN dance as you listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock your soul, for you most certainly do know how these songs go.... Peace Geowizardfredmeister
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...is that i seem to understand most of this -- the path right foggy, fer sure. did you know that Dorothy finally did get to live in Oz forever? A princess, no less. Auntie Em & Uncle Henry, too.
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...to hide a Sunshine Daydream. Here I am! Hey rrrrrgrrrrrr, you promised a welcoming package????
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Ok....one encore..... In the past two weeks I've gotten to know some some SD members, some by text, some by email and a lucky few by phone....Those whom I've reached out to and those who have reached out to me....we are no longer strangers, but friends without faces....to the rest of you I hope to make your acquaintence... after tonight, I'm out of the kitchen.... So brontosaurus burgers, pterodactyl stew and Molson beer, eh? I cooked it, George blessed it, Supper Is Ready.... see you all in the new Jerusalem (that's Chicago) may God bless you and yours.... Go Leafs Go!!!!!! rrrrrgrrrrr has left the building! there's no place like home!
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Dude, rrrrrgrrrrr welcomed you x pages/blogs ago. Day late and a dollar short my man !! Happy 4/1 !!