Hey, Everyone.
How’s everybody doing?
Dale
Well, brillig, and the slithy toves are doing just fine but the mome raths…,
well, you know.
Thanks for keeping this sup and running,Dale. Meself,I rarely post but still enjoy lurking as I have for…what, a couple decades now?
Hope youse is doing well.
Doc
Oh, the usual. You know, struck by a car in a grocery store parking lot a couple months ago, knocked 20 feet through the air, landed flat on my back, TBI, skull broken in two places. Other than that, couldn’t be better. I just found out the fully keyed C foot for my boxwood Olwell is coming in January!
Good grief. Hope you’re well on the mend!
Keyed C feet are great IMO. Always the question, “And how often do you think you’ll need those keys?” A fair point. But I found good reasons to use them, and not just to justify the cost, but because I actually enjoyed the little bit of extra leeway. Never did learn any Dm tunes, though.
Hi Dale!
Thanks, Nano. I’m fine or I wouldn’t be so glib about it. Not 100%, but well into the 90’s. Been back at work full time for a month or so.
Yes, I’ve been looking forward to the C-foot ever since I saw an early prototype of Aaron’s when I was picking up my six-key many years ago. I HATE folding the low-C. Nothing wrong with it, but it’s just not for me. Plus I don’t play much ITM these days. I’m doing a lot of O’Carolan, Playford, and baroque music (on the traverso).
A decade later and my playing is still at grade school level. I tried to make things more simple and moved to the tabor pipe and then moved to the willow flute. Now I just play a long tube with a notch in it.
I joined this forum when Bondi-blue egg-shaped iMacs were the fashion of the day. Unbelievable…
Well, I was in Caherciveen, Co. Kerry last week, saw a jar of Feadóg whistles and bought one because… well, because.
And the brief thought process of justifying the purchase to myself reminded me that it’s been a while since I checked in here.
So here I am, and Hi! to all those who remember me - both of you. 