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Leggings? Or ballet-weight tights? The sort of thing that is meant to go under a big shirt/sweater or leotard. Otherwise you could just make a little mini-slip: a tube of black lining material with a bit of elastic at the top and hemmed just long enough to cover the critical junction. Actually, even...

Actually "chest of draws" is the historical term. Not sure when a "draw" became a "drawer" - I would guess sometime in the mid 19th century, but 18th century New England furniture inventories and the like refer to chests with "draws." History aside, I agree, i...

Let's hear it for dulcimer playing Chiffers!!! I like it that I can keep my flute and my dulcimer on my lap at the same time and switch back and forth depending on the song.

I just sent you a pm, since I have a rosewood Sweet that should go to a new home where it can be loved. I've moved on to a keyed flute, and my Sweet is languishing.

My house rated a 5! But then, we're in the country and its about 8 miles to the nearest anything.

breakfast One thing I will say about America is they really know how to do breakfast. I want a massive pile of blueberry pancakes with bacon and maple syrup. Actually, I'd call it a draw. Blueberry pancakes with bacon and maple syrup are indeed a feast. But so is a proper fry-up with sausages, baco...

I'm going to concede sausages and beer to the Brits, although some of our breakfast and ethnic sausages (NOT hot dogs) are quite good, as are many microbrews. But you have to seek them out, they're not available at every cafe and local pub. And hot dogs and beer figure prominently in my memory of he...

Ah the power of suggestion...had to pause half-way through this thread to go brew myself a nice cuppa. Brewed strong with a bag in a mug with a splash of milk....the day rights itself. Brewed gently from loose leaves in a pot, poured through the silver strainer into pretty cups and served with choic...

Why not apply the CD to the balance _before_ you refinance? That way your loan principle will be smaller and so will your payments...making it that much easier to speed up paying off the final loan. The only caveat is that you sometimes pay more for smaller loans. When my husband and I refinanced th...

I think audacity will do wav to midi, and tabledit does midi to dots and will output as dots or abc (if I remember correctly). However, my experience with turning recordings to dots was not been very satisfactory because computers are SO literal. They catch and notate all the minute variations in ti...

I play American Old Time... Do you ever play your flute at an old time jam, you know, with other folks playing stringy things? What do you do when it's not your turn? I brought a flute to a jam, never having been to one before, and didn't know what to do with it. I'm not very imaginative, and I did...

I will second Jem and Rob. Keys make G# and Fnat much easier. It was the weakness of those two notes on my small-holed Sweet rosewood that caused me to leave her weeping and seek solace in the arms of a Williams 8-key. (My only excuse for this infidelity is that the Williams and I were introduced by...

Happy Birthday and many happy returns of the day!

Happy Birthday and many happy returns of the day!

i hope you're not reborn as a cockroach, it makes typing very difficult....just ask archy