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Mika ele
Ha`aha`a
USA
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 Posted - 10/29/2007 : 1:15:48 PM
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Wanda -- you women are jealous creatures. If I spend more time with my four mistresses in my music room (2 guitars and 2 ukuleles) than her -- my wife gets upset. So if I spend an hour "practicing" in the music room -- I get to spend an hour "listening".
good thing my ears are bad . . . . |
E nana, e ho'olohe. E pa'a ka waha, e hana ka lima. |
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - 10/29/2007 : 1:44:45 PM
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Wanda: I like your line of reasoning very much. If my wife weren't already so terrific about my penchant to spend money, I might show her that to try and persuade her!
Mika ele: It can't be all that bad, you married her after all! Maybe you just need to make sure she gets to spend some money and time on some hobby that she likes, freeing up some time for you and your instruments? |
Aloha,
John A. |
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 10/29/2007 : 3:42:45 PM
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A young couple were engaged, and at the shower the bride was telling her family about her intended's liking to fish and hunt."But I'll put a stop to that after we're married," she stated. One of her aunties said," Child, if a man's worth having, he's going to chase something. It might be cards and horses, or it might be booze or women. Your best bet is to decide what you want him to chase, and help." For a good many years, we couldn't spare money for new guitar strings very often, so Wanda started buying me strings for Christmas. At least they got changed once a year.
I started on a lot of the same songs mentioned above, and when I started playing in coffee shops, our daughter Karen came up on stage to sing Puff and Blowin' In The Wind , long after I had moved on to other stuff. I took her to her first concert at about 6 years old-Pete Seeger.Despite her listening to Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins, she still listened to Peter, Paul & Mary.If nothing else, our girls heard a lot of musical variety at home.
Paul |
"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
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Leonard
Lokahi
USA
124 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 06:53:27 AM
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| Just to set the record straight: I was joking about hiding it from my wife. She likes to listen while I play and I don't complain when she buys stuff either. She's a pearl of great price. LRR |
Be the change that you wish to see in the world. M. Gandhi |
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - 10/30/2007 : 07:48:15 AM
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| Leonard: I think we all knew you were being funny......at least I thought so! Aren't we all so fortunate to have understanding spouses? |
Aloha,
John A. |
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RWD
`Olu`olu
USA
850 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2007 : 11:10:50 AM
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A warning to all who have, or suspect they have GAS.
Avoid trying a McPherson guitar. It's just gonna break your heart if you don't have that kind of money.
BTW, my wife and I have a compromise. If I buy an expensive guitar, she also gets to buy something expensive. When I bought the Mauel, she bought a high end digital SLR.
That has just about put an end to my expensive guitars. |
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Edited by - RWD on 11/02/2007 01:04:54 AM |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2007 : 11:25:41 PM
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| Marriage does not always have to be tit for tat. Sometimes we let the boys have all the tat for a while. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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RWD
`Olu`olu
USA
850 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2007 : 01:26:29 AM
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Wanda
very interesting way to put it but you are making me be good. LOL |
Bob |
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guitarded
Ha`aha`a
USA
1799 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2007 : 03:48:56 AM
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Originally posted by wcerto
Marriage does not always have to be tit for tat. Sometimes we let the boys have all the tat for a while.
I think most of us would prefer the tit, instead.  |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2007 : 04:06:30 AM
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| Braddah Ed - I am shocked! I deliberately didn't say let the boys have all the oddah thing, on account of that is what you boys think about alla time anyhow. Or even if for instance a girl talks about, did you see the picture of that huge puhi on the fishing web site? and the boy says...eh, I got one huge puhi for you. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2169 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2007 : 04:48:59 AM
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| Guitars and other instruments are appendages for communication. Me: Martin D-18, Dobro squareneck, MK mandolin, Martin soprano ukulele, Karntnerland 5-row DGCFBb, bag of harmonicas, and a low end Ovation for the polka band (temperature changes for festivals from warm indoors to cold outside). A friend told me, "Different guitars, different gigs." |
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guitarded
Ha`aha`a
USA
1799 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2007 : 11:13:03 AM
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Originally posted by wcerto
Braddah Ed - I am shocked! I deliberately didn't say let the boys have all the oddah thing, on account of that is what you boys think about alla time anyhow. Or even if for instance a girl talks about, did you see the picture of that huge puhi on the fishing web site? and the boy says...eh, I got one huge puhi for you.
"Margarita, Margarita, please touch my hinalea!
We go in da dark and we don't need a spear!"  |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2007 : 11:45:35 AM
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That might be what got me hooked on Iz to begin with...that and "I'm gonna get you yet" or "when we pu insai".
PS: and it ain't never as huge as the boy opines it to be, anyhow. Boys are poor at estimating measurements. Hey, me with my calibrated eyeballs, I can see differences of maybe .002", without verniers. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
Edited by - wcerto on 11/02/2007 11:48:48 AM |
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