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A friend of mine was looking for Dick's Sporting Goods' website and typed in www.dicks.com.
It was NOT sporting goods.

Since then I believe the store has claimed that domain, but I imagine a lot of people got unpleasant surprises from that.

It's been mentioned but I feel like I should emphasize that the Dixon is a lot quieter than other whistles I've tried. Whether that's a bonus, a negative, or irrelevant depends on the player and the setting.

I would recommend against embedding music. Having audio samples is good, but people usually don't want music playing without their permission.

Feadoggie wrote:Don't just look a gift horse in the mouth, as me Gran would say.

Best to be careful around the mouths of all horses, gift or otherwise.

My latest pet peeve has been "lugzhurry" instead of "luxury."

Have you tried turning it off and back on again?

I have fat stumpy fingers and started out on a Dixon low D with very little difficulty, so while I haven't much else to compare it to I'd say it works for a beginner.

My area's team went 6-10 and is probably moving to LA.

Feadoggie wrote:"one calculator to rule them all". (Hmmmm, that has a nice ring to it.) "They are more like guidelines, really." (Yes, I pirated that phrase too.)

Nice.

MTGuru wrote:Nice, DW, thank you. Just noting ... this is a Windows program. Nowadays I tend to associate the term "app" with mobile devices.

Me too, but starting in Windows 8 they're calling programs apps, probably to appeal to the smartphone-toting younger crowd.

More like they're TOO smart now.

Recently bought a Dixon Trad D. Nothing crazy/exotic/exciting, I know, but I like it way better than the Clarke I'd been playing on.

If you pack them in caped piping as recommended above, expect to be thoroughly searched. They'll look exactly like pipe bombs.

I just started on whistles a few months ago, and started on a Dixon low D. My fingers aren't particularly long, but I didn't have too much trouble getting going. Just like any instrument it takes some work. The good part about starting on low whistle is that if you move to a tinwhistle, you're amaze...