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[quote]Besides, Value and Price aren't synonymous.[/quote] You're absolutely right about that. Consumer surplus is the amount you would pay (value) vs. the amount you have to pay (price), and when it's negative (e.g. price exceeds value), a rational consumer doesn't buy. The issue isn't whether any ...

Arguing about whether or not $20, or $24.50, or $17 and a chocolate bar is a fair price for a cd isn't actually arguing about what's at issue. The individual has to make the decision about what's "worth it" to him. At $20, it was worth it to Colomon to buy that cd when it was right in fron...

Hmm. I can see where that might be a problem ... this was on a metal whistle, though, so perhaps it won't cause that kind of harm. Mr. O'Riordan seemed to react as though it were a matter of preference, though it was clear he likes them shiny. I'd think (hope?) he would have mentioned if it could ca...

I was amused at his dismay that you didn't want the brass rings polished.

Makes me think of my college colors with them tarnished -- black and old gold. Go Woo!

I'm afraid my only answer to that question will always be "not nearly enough!", whatever my number is.

*sigh*

--Jen.

In the interest of full disclosure, I should probably point out (as my husband has to me :) ) that we have an awful lot of vacation planned over the course of the next several weeks, some of it changeable and some of it not. He's leaning toward going at the moment; I'm still not sure what to do. Tha...

He's leaning in the direction of going (talking about buying a quieter whistle to make sure he doesn't stand out too much at the pub and saying "when I'm in Ireland" but not yet ready to buy the plane ticket). He found out this afternoon that one of his other whistle teachers is also going...

I am trying to pack my husband, who is a regular reader of and contributor to this board, off to Sligo for a week and a half this spring. He'll have the chance to see, and maybe play with, an older player whose playing has really inspired him. He is being reluctant, not because he doesn't want to go...

I realize this board is about ITM, but it seemed relevant to mention that attitudes vary from tradition to tradition about playing all the tunes in a set in the same key. I read someplace a long time ago a quote from an older player in Cape Breton that said something like, "If you can't play se...

On fiddle, G-A-G always seemed to make more sense to me than G-F(# or natural)-G if you aren't doing an ornament there. It seems to help drive the tune upward. Seems like all this might just muddy the water for a beginner trying to figure out what to play instead of tonguing. Perhaps the strongest p...