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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, August 08, 2008 - 11:11 pm
No fire ants...or at least not here at the house, Juju. I used the ice like Bee's hubby suggested a few times and the itching is much better. The one on the side of my hand hurts if I touch it or bump it up against something but not real bad. The other two I'm trying hard not to think about, lol, the bumps/blisters are there, but they aren't real itchy or sore.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 5:28 am
Hi, I have a very dumb question.. but, is there a thread for the Olympics? I have looked and can't find one. Thanks!!
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 5:48 am
Hey Twiggy, took me a bit to find it too. LOL It's here in general discussions under: Cheat Seats.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 10:41 am
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Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 1:53 pm
Thanks!!!! 
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 2:34 pm
Question: Is anyone here having trouble getting into Hotmail or Yahoo? My computer is crashing with every attempt.
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Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 4:05 pm
I haven't had any trouble Urgrace
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 9:17 pm
Nope, I go to Yahoo several times a day.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 10:17 pm
Graciesis, are you using FF, by any chance?
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 1:46 pm
Ladysis, I tried Safari, and e FF. I've seen where lots of other folks have had the same problem, in trying to search out the problem. It took all day and lots of tries, but I finally got in last night. What a lot of hooey. Have you any advice?
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 10:31 pm
I've been going through nightmare time with Firefox "server not found..." the past 3-4 days. FF couldn't even locate www.mozilla.c-- OR www.firefox.c-- for pity's sake! Even IE stopped linking. Just hit or (mostly) misses to make any connections, FF wouldn't allow me to post here w/o tossing me out on my kiester. I know that Firefox has had major issues with this last upgrade, 600 complaints in just a couple hours, so they finally made some repairs. In all the wrestling, I uninstalled FF3 later forced to install FF3.0.1. Then yesterday it started working, today it's working great. However, I STOPPED using my desktop/'shortcut' icon, going in by Start/Programs/MozillaFF. Too wigged out to take chances. I kind of wonder if something might have to do with the security 'patches' they're having to do worldwide for IP vulnerabilities. A few days ago the paper said they were only 2/3 through in getting patches in place worldwide.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 4:10 pm
I'm on a mission. Caleb signed up for guitar as his elective class this year. Or kinda. He had to pick four and put them of order of what he wanted...guitar class was his fourth choice. We signed the paper because the info said if he got into a guitar class, the guitars would be loaned to them during the school year. Now, Caleb's in guitar class and his teacher is telling them they don't have enough so they need to supply their own accustic guitar. Problems I have with this: 1. A guitar was not in my back to school budget! 2. We need one pretty quickly. 3. A guitar was not in my back to school budget! 4. I don't want to invest too much money if he decides he doesn't like it and only takes the class one year. I know guitars don't have to be all that expensive, but we're on a tight budget these days. I'm willing to overlook the fact that we were told the guitars would be loaned to the kids. Also willing to squeeze some money out of somewhere or other because: 1. Caleb's always wanted to learn to play. 2. I think music is good for kids and think it's a good use of his energy. 3. He may enjoy it and it's way better than say something like drums, lol. Ok, my dq's... Where do I go to find a guitar? I've already looked on Craigslist and found one person in our area selling an accustic guitar for $25, though the post said it was cracked on the bottom and been repaired (is that going to be a problem?) I've put a phone call in to sis who knows everyone and she's calling around to see if she can find one, she tried what she said was her best hope and he told her he'd just sold an accustic guitar and didn't have another. I'd like to avoid the local music stores (my step dad played several instruments, we spent lots of time in the music stores and I know they are very expensive!) And second, are there any differences in accustic guitars? Do I need to look at sizes or brands? I know absolutely nothing about musical instruments!
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 4:24 pm
I found this website that might help. http://www.musiccentralwebsite.com/gettingstarted.htm
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 4:40 pm
Wargod, I am not in the US so not familiar with store names but there are many music stores around that have a band dept.... especially for renting instruments to students. We've rented tenor sax, flutes, for 4 yrs believe it was about $130 per year and that included insurance. When my eldest took guitar for one year we decided buying ($100) was cheaper then renting (about $75) because we could sell the guitar again at the end if we wished (she ended up keeping it). Was a nice, basic and brand new guitar. The salesman at my specific store was great about talking us through what we needed and talked us out of spending more money before finding out if dd would keep with it. All that rambling to say that I would just open your yellow pages and look under music. I have found that unlike pretty much every other store clerk you will run across..... music stores are staffed by actual musicians who really enjoy talking about this stuff.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 5:05 pm
They'll be playing classic rock and rock, I didn't realize different guitars were meant for different styles, so thank you, Debra! The way Caleb explained the class is that they have two weeks to determine if they want to stick with it or not. In those two weeks, they can choose to change electives, no promises they'll get an elective they want though if they change. After that they're stuck with it, so if he decides half way through the year he doesn't like it, oh well. I'm thinking if a kid hated it that much the school will probably let them change though. So in two weeks, he's committed for the year. As soon as I realized that, I immediately dismissed the idea of renting a guitar, figuring over the course of the year it'd be cheaper to just buy a basic guitar. What I'm really hoping is someone we know may have one they can loan him for two weeks, just to make sure he's going to enjoy the class first. LOL, if I have to buy one before that...he's sticking with the class! The stupid thing is he actually has a guitar! My step dad bought him one for Christmas the year he was 4 and had planned on teaching him to play it. Step dad died before Christmas that year though and Caleb never learned. The guitar is 1/2 size though and Caleb looks like he's playing with a little kids toy everytime he picks it up, lol.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 7:02 pm
War, larger pawn shops should have nice guitars fairly cheap.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 7:10 pm
Wargod, are there any pawn shops around where you are, they often have musical istruments and then if he doesn't like it or drops the class you can pawn it back. Also, we have a store called Play it again, sports (which is for used sports equipment)or something like that. I wonder if there is something like that for musical instruments
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 9:24 pm
*Sheepish look* I kinda forgot about the pawn shops. We have a couple. I wonder about second hand stores too. When I told Darren and asked him to ask around, he told me one of his buddies plays several instruments (including guitar) so he was going to talk to him and see what suggestions he has. I'm really hoping to stumble into a situation like what Rissa was thinking with her daughter...someone who's kid played for a while and now they're looking to sell. Win for me scoring one, win for them for getting some money back. Skip the middleman. But, I can't think of anyone I know in that situation so if asking around doesn't come up with something, it's going to be off to pawnshops and the music stores I guess.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 6:59 am
Ya never know, Wargod. I had a nice but still inexpensive acoustic guitar a couple years ago that I no longer wanted. Just gave it away. (Thought I learn to play. Never did.) Try Craig's List.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 10:11 am
Don't forget to try Amazon and E bay.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 10:23 am
War, have you checked with the school to see whether they are planning to subsidize your purchase? "Oops, we don't have enough, so the rest of you will have to buy them" is not fair. Personally, I would protest this!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 4:32 pm
I did find one on Craigs list that's local. The listing said it had been cracked and repaired (on the bottom of guitar) and the guys selling it for $25. I emailed him and we're trying to set up a time for us to go look at it (he works long hours and with Darren's hours it's taking some planning...cuz I'm not dumb enough to go alone, lol.) I'm not sure if the crack and repair will effect the instrument or not? I'm not interested in top of the line or perfect condition or anything like that, just something usuable and good. If he decides he likes the class and wants to continue next year, we'll start looking around for a new guitar, but first year and no promises he'll continue after this year I'm not ready to make the bigger investment. Huk'd, I can tell you right now the school isn't subsidizing anything. Last I read they were already in line for budget cuts and I think we're pretty lucky to still have classes like this period. They can't even afford transportation for most of our sports teams and other than basketball don't provide uniforms for the teams (though they do allow the kids to wear their pe shorts, you still have to buy the shirt for whatever sport they're involved in.)
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 12:04 am
OK Experts. KTBB grew this in her garden, but we have no clue on what it is.....
Is it supposed to be that bumpy? Did she grow it too long? Is it a squash? If so, how does one prepare/eat it?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 12:47 am
I think it is a yellow crook-neck squash http://photos.gardenweb.com/garden/galleries/2007/08/yellow_crookneck_squash_the_wh.html

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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 12:48 am
Those look even bumpier and I assume you cook it like any squash, but I'll leave that to the cooks on the board.
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