“Rafe, Rafe, Rafe . . . Wasn’t it bad enough for you to insult my new phone (see below)? I ignored that, figuring you’d get enough hate mail about that one. However, when you slighted my beloved instrument (Ep. 1246), I had to come to the tuba’s defense. (engage offended Southern Gentility voice) I will have you know, sir, that the tuba is the single most important instrument in the band. Never mind that the tuba is used to play the Jabba the Hutt Theme in “”Return of the Jedi;”" the contrabass brass is NOT, I say NOT (!) “”universally applicable”" to failure. LTS Raymond C. in Athens Thanks,