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Hi all, So the story is, about five years ago I was just getting to grips with playing a diatonic harp, when I asked myself 'how hard can a Chromatic really be'?, and bought one. Well, I played it for probably about two hours in total before realising that the answer is 'very hard'. Still, I am sure...

If you like Flogging Molly, check out Siobhan

(Parental advisory)
http://www.siobhan.ca/music.html (excuse the aweful midi music!!!!)
Clips at mp3.com: http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/479/sibhan.html

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Well, today my Kerry Low-D (from Honest Jim's Surplus Whistles) came, AND my copy of Flook's Rubai arrived so I am a:

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Fatveg! You've read them! I just finished and oh my goodness...that trilogy is one of the strangest most out there things I've ever read. It really surprised me. All the way through. Brilliant though, I mean, how does the man come up with these things? I've also just finished the second book in the...

Sunny, it's a climate thing. Sorry, but it's never going to be happy in Utah. It needs cool, damp weather -- like in the Pacific NortWest. If you ship it out to me I'll gladly store it in a more hospitable environment, free of charge.

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-Anyone read His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman? Oh yes. Don't be put off by the fact that these are 'targeted' at teenagers, these three (The Golden Compass(*), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass) are absolutely fantastic reading, and totally gripping, and I've beaten every adult friend I ...

Well, I'm kind of pleasantly surprised that this generated some interest. I was just so pumped when I got in (and all of my family was in bed!) I had to tell someone! Aaron : It's amazing what you can see with binoculars, check out http://www.uvaa.org/BinocularResources.htm and much of it can be see...

Totally, totally OT, but I know there are at least three members of this board who would care -- just got in from a fantastic night hunting, and got: M65, M66, M3 and M53. Failed to get M64 (Blackeye) and M51 (Whirlpool) as they were too high for the poor Dobsonian (I'm low-tech, no Go-To system. Fi...

My tastes tend not to run toward sci-fi/fantasy. Neither do mine. However, I do make an exception for Terry Pratchett. Beautifully written, very,very funny. He's written about 938519564873167416598431951 books to date, and releases a new one each nanosecond. Somehow he manages to keep the quality o...

I LOVE MY SHAW. There, I said it (and a few months ago I could have been thrown off the board for that :wink: ) Mine's a D, tweaked to break it then tweaked again to get it back where it was! Jerry, it may be a few months away (as I've just bought a low D from Jim), but when I next get to the point ...

Jerry Freeman wrote:Eh?

Sorry, the thought of you adding Hohners to your list of tweakable whistles amused me.

Although I guess the market for Hohner tweaking is limited

But if you could find a supply...

Well, if 10 years ago you would have told me that some crazy guy would make an opera about Nixon's visit to China I would have laughed at you. Today, it is one of my favorite operas. :) I'll reserve judgement until I hear/see the Springer one (but I've never seen a Springer show, so it'll probably g...

It's got a really nice tone, but unfortunately my 12year old father and his twin brother didn't have much respect for instruments and slammed it in a door. As a result, it's dented, and interestingly (is that a word?) it's easy to play very high on but the lower notes are very weak. It's also extem...

COme back soon -- I like you.

(And anyway, I need you here otherwise people will start thinking that I'm wierd )

Unfortunately the old traditions have fallen by the wayside because of modern consiterations: Parade Permits; envioronmental impact studies, metal detector and search requirements, damage deposits, arrangements for law enforcement and traffic control, recyclable materials requirements, feasibility ...