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Ayup. The 6 months, year, etc is up to the country you're visiting, not the US. (Assuming you're a US citizen with proof of citizenship, returning without a passport is a relatively minor hassle.) I just sent my passport in for renewal (expiry date was this coming August) because I sometimes need to...

Yer such a worthy lad!!! Congrats in the extreme. Come out West again and we'll have another party. :party: :party: :party: I'll second that! Many congratulations! Let us know next time you're out this way again & we have the perfect excuse for a party. There's still over half a bottle of potch...

My wife and I use to belong to various Cuideagh O' Corn O' Uisghe Beatha societies so at one time we had tasted more malts than I can remember. My wife likes them all especially Talisker and Islay malts. I have never been able to develop a taste for Talisker and Islay malts. We both remember a Glen...

Congratulations! My birthday's this week, too. My wife likes to keep a bit of mystery, so she asked me for a list of CDs and Scotch that I'd enjoy. So though I know it'll be likely something from the list, I don't know what. ;) Here's a question for the group - do you generally surprise one another ...

Dale wrote:

jsluder wrote: Kidding or not, in this case I wish you would do everything for Dale. I really don't wanna see him in a loincloth.

5'8" and 240. What's not to love?

I've never been terribly fond of kidneys, myself. And gnawing the bones is so tiring after a while. <burp>

Dale, I've very glad to hear that she's OK. I hope, for all your sakes, this leaves her is properly cautious but still able to drive when necessary. One of our best friends' boys totaled their minivan just after he graduated from high school. He got out unhurt (and didn't hurt anyone else), but it l...

TunelessJoe, I haven't had a chance to play the Dixon aluminum Low D, but their polymer low D has a pretty easy reach. Have you had a chance to try any other Low D whistles for comparison? Also, if your thumbs are aching, it means that you are gripping it far too tightly. This will also slow down yo...

Definitely a small-bore A problem. I currently have 3 A whistles - a Chieftain, a Serpent, and a Syn (lowest body in a D, C, Bb, A set). Both of the others have a much larger bore than the Syn. Though I love the Syn's sound (very nice for late night playing), I have pretty much the same issues you m...

Oh Sarah, Sarah ... it sounds like you've never been to Ireland. :wink: True. I've spent my whole life in North America, never crossed an ocean. It would be interesting to see Ireland someday, and lots of other places. The older I get, though, the less likely it seems to be that it will ever happen...

The hard drive in my first computer, a PC-XT was a whopping 10 megabites! My first job when I left college in 1980 was working for a now-gone company (Onyx Systems, for any who've heard of it) that made serious business computers. As I recall, our price range went from $10,000 to ~$40,000 for syste...

perhaps there could be consequences for pushing a flute too high. Just say "No" to the third octave? Don't play when you're high or your teeth might melt? Not that *my* playing is likely to imperil my teeth (I rarely go higher than E or at most F# in the third octave, and prefer tunes tha...

I can second the "too tight grip leads to muscle fatigue". I have a Howard, and like it quite a bit. But the first month or so I owned it was pure misery because of this. Loosening my frantic clutch of death (and getting comfortable with piper's grip) made a huge difference. Then I had to ...

I gotta say I tried one of Jon's delrin flutes and it was brilliant...the first one that made me seriously think about getting a delrin flute for myself to keep in the car or to bring when traveling to dry or otherwise extreme climates. I'll second that. I own one of Jon's R & R models in delri...

Just re reading your advice. Is the low D Dixon easy to play for someone with small hands would you say? A new question perhaps? I own a Dixon Duo, so I can give a reasonably experienced opinion. The Low Whistle configuration is pretty good (and has low air requirements). Rather quiet, too - nice f...

I haven't pictures, alas. And though I've traveled quite a bit, most of it was on business. I'm in awe and a bit envious of the number of places I'd love to see that Blackhawk has visited. All the same, I have been able to play whistle or flute in a few neat places along the way: In the roof garden ...