I’m going to stay off the board for most of the rest of the day and PRACTICE TIN WHISTLE. 
Tony
(I say this with all due respect.)
No you’re not! Oh, “most of the rest of the day” …maybe you are! No you’re not. How could you? 
OK, Now I’m going. I would have gone already, but my wife made wimpy coffee and told me to make another pot of good coffee. As soon as it’s brewed, I’m grabbing a cup and heading upstairs. I mean it.
Tony
Well, I’m just a newbie here, so can you define “wimpy” and “good coffee”. And, what does “upstairs” mean…Is that on the Molloy record? And, which whistle sounds best upstairs. Gee, hate to ask so many questions, but how many questions can I ask anyway?
PS. I miss Kim from Tulsa.
Funny thing about that. I was just playing upstairs because my wife has a friend over and it’s rather distracting to conversation when I do the same roll (A) over and over again for 10-15 minutes. I was playing my Gen-Whitecap and I must say that it sounded good. Also, it was getting dark so there was this mysterious Celtic atmosphere with fog rolling in from downstairs and strange bird calls coming down from the mountains…wait…So I turned the lights on and went on with the A roll blah blah blah.
Mike
Ah and sure you are, Tony. 
OK, I’m back now. And with proof I wasn’t flatlining on the board all day. (I say that with all due respect). I updated the Clips site with Glauber’s and KC Jiang’s tunes AND I recorded 4 reels and posted them. Not bad for a day’s “work.”
Define “wimpy” coffee? Is anyone familiar with Peet’s Coffee? That’s not wimpy. That’s good. Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts- that’s wimpy. I’ve never had good coffee in a donut shop. You buy your donut(s) and go home and make coffee to have with it. (Then, I feel sick after.) (But, it’s worth it.)
Upstairs? That’s where I’m at in the bedroom by myself with the door shut when I’m practicing. They can still hear me, but I can’t hear them. Whatever. Once, I came downstairs after a long practice and my teenaged daughter, who expresses scorn for the whistle and Irish music in general, looked at me with surprise and said, “I can still hear you practicing in my head.” She’s occasionally broken into spontaneous dance in the midst of me playing. Can’t help it, it’s in the blood.
Which whistle sounds good upstairs? Why, the one I’m playing, of course. Gotcha. 
Tony
Hey Weekender, now that I have your attention, my mom is wondering what happened to her silverware. I told her I’d snoop around next time I’m at your house. (Man, I crack me up.)
Well, I made terribly strong coffee, this morning, and didn’t do any playing until about 9:30 this evening. Actually, I just remembered that there was a Hoover Ab whistle on the coffee table, so I played it while watching the afternoon football games. But I’ll betcha I’m the only one who practiced the accordion, tonight. (Ya, ya, I know what the next reply will be…"Who in their right mind would WANT to practice an accordion?) Hey, it’s my main squeeeeeze…
JP
You a policeman by any chance?
Thanks for posting this topic, it reminded me that I’d a cup of tea brewing.
Peets iz duh stuf! How 'bout a reel called Major Dickerson’s?
It’s o.k. John,I’ll take the flack off you -I’ve just made a pot of Tea (this IS the U.K.,after all),and I’m about to practice my new Tenor RECORDER!!!
A word of advice; while it is indeed possible to cover the holes of a YRT rec***er, and drink hot tea through it, this is NOT recommended.
What I do,Walden,is make the Tea IN the recorder,and the holes act like those little perforations in a Teabag.
Trouble is,when I tried to play ‘Lord Inchiquin’ it came out sounding more like ‘Earl Grey’…
Drat you - I was reading this thread while practicing “Tralee Gaol”. Although I suppose you could call smothered laughter “ornamentation”, I don’t think it’ll ever replace the more standard forms.
How 'bout a reel called Major Dickerson’s?
Huh?
I drink tea first thing in the mornin and last thing at night, and anytime I’m playing the doodle sac, that wee little octupus.
Major Dickerson’s is a variety of coffee at Peet’s. I watched a guy order a pound and decided, what the heck, and ordered a pound for myself. I had a gift certificate from someone. Well, I was really looking for a brutally strong French Roast and Major D wasn’t it. It was ok, but not what I was looking for. There’s a restaurant in El Cerrito near me called Fat Apple. They serve Peet’s #101. The also serve a carafe of hot water to mix with it in case your a wimp. <Pshaw!> Wish I’d known the name of the variety before I ordered the wrong thing. Luckily, there’s a Panama Bay concession in the building where I work. They’re not slouches.
Tony
Can we get a rooster icon here? Just recorded and posted two more tunes, for a total of six in one day, ahem. Cockadoodledo!!!
Tony
Are we tooting our own whistle? 
~Larry
Darn tootin’, we are!