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I feel more like I do now than I did when I got here.

Given that cannon balls tended to send splinters every which way, and that the eye is rather vulnerable, it doesn't seem unlikely to me that the sailors had just plain lost vision due to injuries.

Congrats! Any stage fright to deal with?

Wish I could have a harpist in my house, just to hear them practice. Be careful what you wish for! Some of us beginners would have you rethinking that statement within minutes. ;) Jef Although, as my husband says, if you're going to have a beginning musician in your house, a harper is what you want...

Very cool! I wish I were up to speed enough on the harp to play duets in public!

Father Mulcahy (e pluribus unum).

What's with all this jocularity?!

Between "a little" and "very well", and it depends on the instrument I'm playing (recorder -- closer to very well, whistle -- somewhat south of that, harp -- down to "a little"). It helps if the tune only has quarter notes, no rests, and is in 4/4 time :wink: The breakt...

Cranberry wrote:And it made me think (sometimes things do that): what will the conspiracists say when he actually dies?

Then he'll join Elvis and start making unconfirmed appearances around the country...

My schooling was in Chemical Engineering and my career in software development. The most useful class I ever took: TYPING. Couldn't do without it!

You have to be in the mood to learn a lot of details about the old whaling industry. If you can work yourself into an "I want a history lesson" frame of mind, it can really be fairly interesting. Besides, you get to find out who Khan was quoting just before he bought it at the end of Star ...

In my efforts to perfect an inflatable bass so that I can carry it in my whistle roll as well, I discovered this magical oil that does just that... take one unusable fife, douse it with a liberal amount of said elixer, and viola! you have a viola! I'm thinking a gallon ought to turn my extra Gen Bb...

And of course, the prefixes sept-, oct-, nov-, and dec- refer to 7, 8, 9, and 10, which explains the names for the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th months....

I think a 34-string is already starting to want me...

I went there back in February looking for recorder music -- I asked about harps (not really planning to buy anything), and within a week or so bought my Rav 26.

My sentiments exactly! I'm really fortunate to live in a town that has an actual harp store (Melody's aka www.folkharp.com) even though being on the other side of Houston still makes it a 35 minute drive. That place is amazing for instruments and sheet music (and all around great people). And harps....