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RWD
`Olu`olu
USA
850 Posts |
 Posted - 04/04/2008 : 11:59:57 AM
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Wanda
Himalayans are persian/siamese mix.
Here are our Himmies when they were young and realy cute. They hang out with me all the time and hear a lot of slack key.
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 12:07:49 PM
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| Now, you've got to definitely admit these kitties are ADORABLE! I love the hairy ears. Honey, can we get a friend for `Oni`oni? |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 1:53:12 PM
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Sweetest, you're oni-oni's friend. She still likes you.
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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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 7:15:55 PM
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| Bob, glad to hear you're okay! Those cracks look very repairable. I have a very old Martin that looked a LOT worse than that........several cracks in the side and on the sound board, one hole about an inch square. I took it to Island Guitars in Honolulu and they repaired it for me. It doesn't look great but it's solid again and sounds really nice. there must be a luthier in your neck of the woods who could repair it. Or you could try Martin; I know they do repairs too but then you have to have it shipped both ways. |
Aloha,
John A. |
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noeau
Ha`aha`a
USA
1105 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 9:45:12 PM
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This falling down story is interesting. I had a double hole custom from Guitar and Lute Workshop. Mango three piece back Koa binding with Cedar sound board ala Keola Beamer nylon string style. Guitar and Lute Workshop was the first place that Keola had his guitars made and since I learned from him he recommended that I get a guitar from there too. The guitar was a favorite of all my friends and it is on some Moe Keale recording. Because my friend Guy Tseu went borrow it for the session. Any way was my wedding night (1st marriage) and my father in law built a stage oh about 4-5 feet off the ground. All my friends showed up so there was a good jam going on. This one friend of mine who played jazz guitar asked to play mine. Soo he's sitting on the stage on a folding metal chair. I guess he was too close to the edge and he readjusted the chair position to line up with the microphone and off the stage he goes guitar and all. He practically did a header off the stage. All I could see was he was holding the guitar at arms length and he landed on his back. The guitar was safe. My friend sacrificed his body to protect the Axe. Boy did I ever owe him one from then on. Fortunately the stage was built over a grass lot where the tent was pitched for the lu'au so he landed on soft dirt. He never get hurt thank goodness.
So Bob it goodthat you are not seriously hurt and guitars cn be fixed. Its sort of like a new car. You can't wait till the first ding happens. And when it does it hurts like heck and then you move on. Sorry about your guitar. |
No'eau, eia au he mea pa'ani wale nō. |
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Julie H
Ha`aha`a
USA
1206 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2008 : 6:16:29 PM
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We bought one of Dennis Lake's fabulous cigar box ukuleles at Aloha Music Camp. We then took it to Lark Camp in Mendocino where it got to show off at Ukulele Happy Hour. After that I took it to a weekend-long party where I lovingly put it on the couch so noone would step on it. It was in a soft case.
Well, some drunk tripped and fell directly on the poor uke and smashed it! Sigh.... Someday I will ship the accident victim back to Dennis Lake, who may or may not be able to salvage it.
The lesson learned? Hard cases, always hard cases!
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2008 : 10:39:46 PM
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Lesson learned - never get drunk. Never be around drunks. Getting drunk is bad. It makes nice people into not nice people.
from the daughter of an alcoholic |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Julie H
Ha`aha`a
USA
1206 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2008 : 7:51:25 PM
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Oh Wanda,
So sorry that alcoholism was in your family.
Strange thing, my Dad was an officer in the Royal Dutch Navy, and we never had alcohol in our home when I was growing up, and neither my Dad nor my Mom ever uttered a swear word in our family. (Officers in the service were forbidden from cussing.)
Funny that I should be the one who introduced a glass of wine with dinner to family meals. I understand that it can be a curse in certain families, and I am sorry that might have been the case in yours. In our family, though, it did not do any damage, thankfully.
Love, Julie |
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ypochris
Lokahi
USA
398 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 03:16:56 AM
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Studies have shown that most alchoholics are either children of alcoholics, or children of non-drinkers.
Moderation is the key. I like to loosen up with a few drinks at a dinner with friends or a party- every few months, perhaps, around here 'cause in the city you have few friends. In Waipi'o it was more frequent.
But suckin um up every afternoon pau hana kinda sad, and hard on the body and mind. Most of my friends li dat. Me, I no like. I like talk story, but when dey all bus up mo bettah go home. Get pleeny friens wen make from drink too much, too. Fall down drunk in the river, or from withdrawal, or straight alcohol poisioning, plus the usual car crashes and general ill health effects.
Chris
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 07:01:47 AM
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The good thing, if you can call it that, is that the day my father learned that my mother had colon cancer back in 1977, is the day he stopped drinking. But where I was, 25 years old of experiencing a horrible, mean drunk. He turned into a nice guy. He was very good to his grandchildren and was a sucker for animals. He fed every dog for miles around, probably. Until the black bears decided they had dibbies on the dog food.
When he stopped drinking, he just stopped. No medical help. No AA.
Drinking in moderation is fine by me. I really do not like when the young kids thing drinking is a leisure activity in and of itself and the goal is to get puking drunk. Nothing fun about that at all. It got puking drunk one time when I was a college. That cured me for a life time. I have read that there is terrible alcoholism amonst First People. I do not know if it is supposed to be genetic or if it is just a social problem.
But a good glass of wine, mmmmm. Paul used to make wine and beer. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Admin
Pupule
USA
4551 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 07:24:50 AM
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Originally posted by Haole_Boy
Wanda
Himalayans are persian/siamese mix.
Here are our Himmies when they were young and realy cute. They hang out with me all the time and hear a lot of slack key.
Cute kittens. Look at those ears! |
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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 08:13:54 AM
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| I was playing my Martin Backpacker on a beach in Mexico a few years back and fell asleep in the sun. I awoke when a large wave soaked me. In this case, the strap (an essential for a Backpacker in order to play it at all) kept the axe (more like a hatchet, I guess) from drifting off to sea, but it did fill with water and act like a sea anchor, trying to pull me back down the beach. I emptied her out quickly, but the damage was done. As she dried out the top buckled and sank 1/8 inch, dropping the bridge. Well, that actually make the action lower and easier to play, but what little sound it had was diluted (water does that, by definition) and that brought up the idea of making something better. Thus, the Medusa was born. |
Karl
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