A round of whatever yer havin’ with my compliments. Nice place ya got here. Been listenin’ to (OK, readin’) the board and been through the C&F site. Reached the conclusion that most of y’all are a sick litter of pups – my kind of crowd!
Been a semi-pro musician for most of half a century, mostly guitar and bass; country, classic rock (oxymoron?), blues and bluegrass. I readily confess to bein’ a part of the rabid pack of Riverdance and Chieftans fans and I’ve seen “The Quiet Man” enough times to have the entire dialog nearly memorized.
Actin’ on impulse, I eBayed one of those very cheap brass Low D’s from India a couple of weeks ago. It was good enough to set the hook, and bad enough to prompt me to order a tweaked Clarke and a Dixon Low D. I blamed it on Dale when my wife saw the invoice. Oh, yeah… and two Joanie CD’s. Those are Dale’s fault too.
I’ve had to place a towel over my keyboard when lookin’ at the posted pics of the collections of fine wood whistles. WhOA strikes very early in this game!
Enough ramblin’. Thanks for sharin’ your experiences and expertise to one and all.
And please don’t mind me as I sit over here in the corner, occasionally blurtin’ out rookie questions.
Not all of us are sick puppies.
Some of us are cats.
Others still are rats or hedgehogs.
But none of us are geese, I’ll give you that.
Fit to be tied in a sac an’ drown! 
I’ve seen “The Quiet Man” enough times to have the entire dialog nearly memorized.
Duck!!! 
… well, I’ve been goosed… once…
No, I think it’s ok…Dub isn’t here right now. Besides, I think Jbarter can find a place to hide him until the coast is clear, if need be. 
Welcome, David! You are indeed correct in saying that there are some sick individuals here…I am not one of them, but I sympathize with their plight.
Don’t blame Dale too much right now…he burned his hand. Instead, you can blame Tyler. He won’t mind, will you Tyler?
I’d think that the flute players would be upset about the geese!
Honk!
Blue light special on distemper shots in the fusion forum!
Welcome to the asylum, David! (And I wouldn’t go mentioning The Quiet Man when Dubhlinn is around…)
Would it help to say that I liked The Matchmaker too? 
Welcome, David. There’s a guy named “Bloomfield” on this board. Just send him the invoice. He’ll take care of it for you. And just write across the invoice: “Dale says hi.”
Duck!!!
Ahem.
Hmmm…
Hey, I resemble that remark.
Welcome.
Dale, look at all the problems you cause.
Uh oh 
::looking fearfully around::
I actually liked that movie…although it was more for the town. I would absolutely love to live in a town like that 
- hands Izz and David fire extinguishers and asbestos suits and hopes for the best *
Izz, it’s so like you, so noble, to offer yourself as an alternative target, attempting to spoil Dub’s aim. Really, it’s been absolutely delightful knowing you.
...and welcome aboard, David! If you can make it through this one, you’ll do just fine, here.
It’s really not a problem. In fact, I’m honored to do such an act of sheer heroism as this.
Besides, when the going gets tough, I plan on saying that Jbarter stole my Water Weasel, threatened to use it as a replacement for the leaky pipe in his bathroom, and wouldn’t give it back to me until I did as he told me to. Given all of that, what choice did I have? There’s no jury in the world that would convict me.
Ahem…
Find a nice chair and place it in a nice leafy garden. Pour yourself a good measure of Jamesons, put the Bothy Band on the stereo and read some Yeats/Kavanagh/Flann O’Brian/Oscar Wilde etc. Soon you will come to the realisation that The Quiet Man is the greatest load of garbage ever committed to celluloid.
On this matter, trust me. I know about these things.
BTW, welcome aboard DavidT.
Slan,
D.
Hi DavidT.
Glad to have you aboard.
::splutter, cough::
darn coffee…all over my keyboard!
Oh, hi Dub! How’s things? Did I tell you what Jbarter did with my Water Weasel?