Mechanical Music Digest wrote:

> The El Nino has taken its toll on my phone lines -- it appears water
> has gotten into a phone cable near my house.  Robbie was not able to
> deliver last night's Digest to foxtail due to line noise.  We'll try
> again this evening...
>
> Jody

Thanks for the message.  Good luck with surviving all the rain!  (We had
our fill of ice last month, as you probably know.)

Regards,
Douglas Henderson (ARTCRAFT Music Rolls)

 [ The telephone trouble cleared up when the rain subsided in Julian,
 [ and I launched the last night's Digest at 2 PM PST today, about
 [ 14 hours late!  Jody said that, fortunately, his ISDN connection to
 [ the Internet remained operable, so that he could send the short
 [ note this morning.  All things considered, though, I'm glad didn't
 [ have to suffer with the ice like you New Englanders did!  -- Robbie