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Sound advice Simon. I would respectfully suggest however that "mandolin fingering" is no different from guitar fingering in that each finger is responsible for two frets and not one. I agree on two frets per finger on the mandolin, but I mostly play one fret per finger on the guitar--whic...

I got my novice license back in '82 or so, but never did get around to getting a radio setup. About the only result was that I programmed my computer to convert text into Morse code. I decided that I just wasn't that interested in talking to a bunch of strangers--and here I am on C&F, conversing...

I use both. As Ann mentioned, breath vibrato comes naturally to me. (I do use it sometimes when singing.) However, finger vibrato can produce effects that I can't easily get from breath vibrato. With all fingers down, finger vibrato is impossible, but you can also get a vibrato by shaking the whole ...

Wow, cool site! I learned so much in just a few minutes of browsing articles. Who knew, for example, that professional artists and poets have two to three times more sex partners than other people? Hmmmm.... I knew there must be a downside to my not getting poetry. :sniffle: Some of the articles on...

I've never managed to name any inanimate object, though I've been tempted to try by the example of B.B. King's Lucille , and by a sci-fi character who named his dagger Lady Macbeth . Still, my house is full of nameless musical instruments and daggers. I don't seem to see any human or animal characte...

Montana wrote:I like the Arghive.
You could start a whole new line of words.
For example, that really ugly new house that went in down the road is an example of bad arghitecture.

And the C&F Politics forum is full of arghuments.

Allegro Gourmet Pizzaria in Carmel, CA has some interesting combos. You can also build your own. MOZZARELLA CHEESE thin crust, tomato-basil sauce & mozzarella cheese PEPPERONI & CHEESE tomato-basil sauce & mozzarella cheese covered with pepperoni ITALIAN SAUSAGE & CHEESE tomato-basi...

I had a cat who was a great retriever--mostly of little twists of cellophane or foil candy wrappers. When I got tired of playing and failed to throw, she'd whap me with her paw. She was a great hunter, too--gophers, mice, birds, lizards, snakes, and, once, a weasel. She was like a little puppy, alwa...

Bloomfield wrote: Anyway, this hip hip stuff Jerry Freeman started is silly. How can one post large colorful Hips and Hurrahs while there are children starving in Afrika?!

HOORAY!!!

(Note: No children were starved in the production of this cheer.)

I write this to let you know that you can quit smoking without wanting a smoke every day for the rest of your life As I mention on my Web page, I never wanted another cigarette. But on top of that, I couldn't even stand to be around tobacco smoke for a long time. I literally couldn't inhale when I ...

"Pipeline" "Pipefish" (needlefish) "Whistle Pig" (groundhog) "Whistle Stop" "Whistling in the Dark" "For Peat's Sake" "Judge Not" "Gusty Gaels" "Severe Gaels" "Gaels of November" "Gaels Blow"...

If your current whistle is relatively in tune with itself, as Oaks and Feadogs seem to be, you could send it off to Mack Hoover for a Whitecap or Blackhead, which should improve the sound quite a bit. (If you do that, be sure to tell him whether you want it to be loud or quiet.) I'm also very fond o...

We had mecurchrome around the house, but the theory was that if it didn't hurt, it wasn't killing the germs, so merthiolate was the antiseptic of choice around our house. It came in a long, slim glass vial, encased in a cardboard sleeve with little cutouts, so that you could see when it was all gone...

dubh, try my Quit Smoking Painlessly page. The whole approach to resolutions is wrong. What we should do is to look for good things that we've already done, then resolve to have done them. Success is guaranteed. :thumbsup: Here are my already-accomplished resolutions for 2005: 1. Take up the banjo a...

I've emailed a friend who actually specializes in translating Chinese poetry, but I don't know if he's online during the school holiday. Maybe I'll send him a follow-up with my question on line three. The following is my friend's initial response (based on my first message, sent before I saw the or...