Serendipitalicious Ok guys, I know it's been forever since I've posted and half of you probably don't know me but this was too good not to share. Just over two years ago I posted this AskMe question about bluegrass...→[More:]What initially prompted the question were lovely memories of my dad who adores bluegrass. We used to listen to it in his workshop and in his old, beat-up, Ford pick-up. Whenever I hear it I am reminded of him - his laugh and his voice and his smile and his smell.

One of the clearest memories of my childhood, though, was his nickname for me - Ethel. When I was very young I would come out of the bathroom after my nightly bath wrapped in a towel in my mother's arms and my father would always yell, "Get some clothes on, Ethel!" I loved it. Thought it was so funny. To this day, I can remember my mother carrying me into my bedroom to get me into my nightgown while my father bellowed about "Ethel."

Anyway, this afternoon I returned to the thread because I was considering making a few Amazon purchases and I wanted to see what bluegrass artists I may have missed the first time around and I noticed that one Metafilter user had favorited my thread. That user?

Ethel. I can't tell you how tickled that makes me even though I know it's only a coincidence. And I had to tell someone and I knew that Metachat was the place. And now I'm filled with warm fuzzies and have to go call my Dad.