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Nanohedron, I either didn't know or forgot about your allergic reaction. Hope you, too, have found a way around it. It was a real drag, and it was only getting worse with each contact. Burning, purple skin and weeping blisters? No thanks. I had the advantage of being able to grow a soul patch, but ...

Hey, carrie! Been a while. ...a few weeks ago after a practice session my bottom lip was bright red and a little swollen, and then a burning feeling set in. I put the flute aside for a few days (the feeling didn't go away) and when I picked it up again the intensity worsened, and after about a week ...

Interesting. I was under the impression that sarsaparilla came from places like the Philippines, and was in danger of over-harvesting. I didn't mean to imply that; my bad. You're correct, and the East Coast plant called sasparilla isn't related (I don't think). Got pics? I'm curious about this plan...

Interesting. I was under the impression that sarsaparilla came from places like the Philippines, and was in danger of over-harvesting.

Thread has been moved here from the Whistle Forum. Are there any prohibited words when posting? If there are banned words in the content, will an error occur and I won't be able to post? :-? We have a word filter, but it only changes certain Admin-flagged words: obscenities and words that attract sp...

Thanks for this. I like how it touches - more like inspects, actually - more on the community and its individuals, and what the music expresses of them. To me this has always been the heart of the matter: I can communicate, through the music, what I otherwise have no voice for. Never knew the metaph...

So far so good...

benhall.1 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:07 pm

Nanohedron wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 2:49 pm "Anti-Glasses Influencer ... Flouts Bizarre Claim She Can Fix Your Vision"

Guess she took all the work out if it for the rest of us.

That quote is bizarre in itself!

Makes me think of a Monty Python sketch: "I can fix your vision! No, I can't!"

I wonder if some people find it easier to follow a teacher as if looking at a mirror. This is true for some, as different people learn best in different ways. Some are visual learners, some more mathematical, some auditory, and then mental facility and flexibility within those categories comes into...

No doubt many of you have encountered maddening glitches in the Board's operation. We have contacted Dreamhost, and at the moment they are troubleshooting the matter. We are aiming for a resolution in whatever way we have to come to it. The main issues are two: lag time when initiating functions (IO...

PS: Are the people having trouble posting here, by the way? I drafted a post a couple of days ago and gave up after trying to add it half a dozen times over two days. Not entirely hopeful about adding this one, but I'll give it a try. Yeah, all the time. I get the alarming error message: This page ...

"Anti-Glasses Influencer ... Flouts Bizarre Claim She Can Fix Your Vision"

Guess she took all the work out if it for the rest of us.

Bit of an update: I've come to the conclusion that good long-scale zouk players are monsters. Long scale + light gauge = tremendous tension (it's amazing that such a delicate-looking instrument doesn't explode), so pressing the strings requires a most firm and steady touch; there's no slacking off w...

I’m given to understand that making musical instruments is big in Sialkot… It can be a touchy subject, but there is much consensus on having been burned by an attractive price, and I’ve been there. I’ve been there twice on the flute side — but still at whoppingly greater expense than the lessons le...

Gawd! We all know how truly awful Pakistani-made flutes are. I wonder if all the other products of this factory are equally awful! At least no tin-whistles in sight. Or at least at the time that video was made.... I'm given to understand that making musical instruments is big in Sialkot, and they c...