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That's what I was saying... leave the finger on the lowest hole down. You're whistle will be rock steady and the note will not be changed significantly.

<=OOO OOX where <= goes in your mouth is a perfectly good C#
<=XOO OOX is also a serviceable B

I was pretty bummed about the cloud cover, but it broke at just the right time and I was able to see the night sky. It was beautiful!

In autumn the crows start massing here in great 'rookeries' at sunset. The sound is deafening as the come in, the mess is incredible, and it takes a lot of effort to get them to move their chosen location. On the bright side, they don't necessarily mass in the same places every year. Later, in sprin...

Sweetheart Resonance. No question in my mind. I've had 4 low D's, and played three others, and the Resonance is the only one I need or want to have any more.

Tyg
who is again unaffiliated, but still loves her Resonance

C# no fingers on the holes Cnat OXX OOO or some variation of that (depends on the whistle) D OXX XXX or just over blow on that C#, if you leave a finger down on the furthest hole, it won't significantly change the note, but it will steady the whistle you can also put the pinkie finger down on the wh...

Michael Grinter recommends soaking the entire head of his whistles in oil for five minutes or so at a time, and yet, as Paul pointed out Glenn Schultz recommended not to saturate the blade because of possible softening. It's interesting that there is quite a difference in how whistle makers view oi...

There is a premium on fresh fallonga here in the USA. I guess people find stale fallonga sorta old and boring. Anyway, I have plasticware here to keep fresh fallonga.

Tyg

Beth, during Gypsy Moth outbreaks you could go outside and hear two distinct sounds. One was millions and millions of jaws crunching through leaves, and the other was a steady hiss of millions and millions of pellets of caterpillar dung raining down from the trees. It was truly awful. Saw a longhorn...

Dig up a hunk of it (with roots) and take it to your local ag extension agency, usually located with a college. They LOVE IDing stuff.

That was fun! one of them led me to 'Mocha and His First Broccoli' which was hysterical.....

I was reading 'Mind Wide Open' (sorry, don't have the author's name) and he devoted a whole chapter to tickle-play between parent and child, and bonding, and laughter. Good book.

Thanks for the links!

Tyg

...but this is giving me nightmares

http://user.it.uu.se/~svens/larverna/normal.html

Flyingcursor wrote:
I recommend Godel Escher and Bach...

yes yes yes!!!

Brief History of Time by Hawking
QED by Feynman
Origin of Species by Darwin

These three books are on my permanent list to understand all the implications.

I have recently plunged into the Great Courses catalog and I'm having a blast. Linguistics and Mathematics mostly.

Favorite Data line:

"If you prick me, do I not bleak?"

This has been a favorite clip of mine for a long time. I've been a dressage rider (not anywhere near this level!) and the whole ride is incredible. However, my favorite section is something that most people would pass over. Right around 3:08, after a very technical first half, the horse is asked to ...