duckie, re the scooter question: i've had it for years and years and
didn't even think back then to get a doc's prescription for it (this is
before i was very savvy about being a gimp). it's a rascal and i don't
need it often, but when i do, what a blessing! and when i get around to
having surgery on my foot/ankle, i am going to use it a lot.

re the concert: wow, it was so different from any other time i've seen
bruce. it was a solo acoustic concert, about 3 hours. he took a lot of
his usual e street band stuff and made it acoustic. impossible to sing
along and punch the air and do all the usual bruce concert shenanigans,
but otherwise, just amazing. like being in a living room watching a
very talented guy try out different things with his music. in the
beginning, he asked people not to clap along so as not to mess up his
"already tenuous hold on rhythm". the crowd (college campus) was
unbelievably obedient and so into it. a very different sort of concert
experience.

diane, with 1 1/2 days to deadline!!!!!!!