diff --git a/pyfpdb/HUD_main.py b/pyfpdb/HUD_main.py
index 30a72096..81e8700a 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/HUD_main.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/HUD_main.py
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ class HUD_main(object):
             try:
                 (table_name, max, poker_game) = self.db_connection.get_table_name(new_hand_id)
                 stat_dict = self.db_connection.get_stats_from_hand(new_hand_id)
-                cards = self.db_connection.get_cards(new_hand_id)
+                cards      = self.db_connection.get_cards(new_hand_id)
+                comm_cards = self.db_connection.get_common_cards(new_hand_id)
+                cards['common'] = comm_cards['common']
             except Exception, err:
                 print "db error: skipping ", new_hand_id, err
                 sys.stderr.write("Database error %s in hand %d. Skipping.\n" % (err, int(new_hand_id)))
diff --git a/pyfpdb/Hello.py b/pyfpdb/Hello.py
index b5d1d366..41262d6c 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/Hello.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Hello.py
@@ -99,3 +99,15 @@ class Hello_plus(Aux_Window):
 #    hands played that was updated in the "update_data()" function.
         self.label.set_text("Hello %s\nYou have played %d hands\n on %s." % (self.hero, self.hands_played, self.site))
 
+class Hello_Menu(Aux_Window):
+    """A 'Hello World' Aux_Window demo."""
+    def create(self):
+#    This demo puts a menu item on the HUD mainwindow.
+        self.item = gtk.MenuItem('Print cards')
+        self.hud.menu.append(self.item)
+        self.item.connect("activate", self.print_cards)
+        self.item.show()
+
+    def print_cards(self, *args):
+#    callback for the menu item
+        print "cards =", self.hud.cards
diff --git a/pyfpdb/Mucked.py b/pyfpdb/Mucked.py
index 1d7e9597..a915facc 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/Mucked.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Mucked.py
@@ -349,10 +349,6 @@ class Flop_Mucked(Aux_Window):
             self.m_windows[i].show_all()
             self.m_windows[i].hide()
 
-    def update_data(self, new_hand_id, db_connection):
-        cards = db_connection.get_common_cards(new_hand_id)
-        self.hud.cards['common'] = cards['common']
-
     def update_gui(self, new_hand_id):
         """Prepare and show the mucked cards."""
         if self.displayed_cards: