Sorry if I put my foot in it. I know who you are because of our past acquaintance via Linguiça, but I don't know who roadnotes is at all, and I don't think I've ever heard of Andy Porter. I was riffing from your bare-bones description and my knowledge of similar situations involving other friends of mine. Obviously, you know more about the specifics than I do; you're there and I'm not.
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