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Renee Hobson replied to Bruce MacNeill's discussion 'Saturday 31st July 2010'

Bruce, great news on Mary and it sounds like she found an excellent doctor. Interesting how different bosses perceive their employees, but that's the way it goes and she will indeed have to prove herself. Certainly changing shifts can throw a person…

1 hour ago

Dennis Weatherly replied to Bruce MacNeill's discussion 'Saturday 31st July 2010'

Yay for a good diagnosis and modern treatment! Sounds like the specialist you found is a Good Guy to have on your side, Bruce. And ice cream to follow is always a good idea, too. We stopped at the local ice cream shop for a snack last night on our…

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Bruce MacNeill replied to Bruce MacNeill's discussion 'Saturday 31st July 2010'

thanks Bonnie and congratulations, keep it up. O.C. should be pretty nice this week. We were really close to there yesterday right on Rte 50. There's the normal summer pattern of possible showers but mostly sunny and 80 something getting warmer tow…

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Bonnie Glose replied to Bruce MacNeill's discussion 'Saturday 31st July 2010'

Good news, Bruce and Mary! And a good way to celebrate, too--with lots of ice cream. Have fun on your trip, Will. I'm leaving this morning for vacation--Ocean City MD. Today is my second day of not smoking. This is hard, but not as bad as I thought…

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Bruce MacNeill replied to Bruce MacNeill's discussion 'Saturday 31st July 2010'

Will, have a good gig and a good safe trip.

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Will Fly replied to Bruce MacNeill's discussion 'Saturday 31st July 2010'

That's good news, Bruce - glad you had a positive outcome and a huge amount of ice cream! Bit grey and rainy here today but I have enough to do with getting stuff ready for the ferry and car trip tomorrow (up at 5am!) and I have a short wedding gig…

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Bruce MacNeill added a discussion

Saturday 31st July 2010

Good morning. Last day of July.The news on Mary is not all bad. Yes, she has a disease in her left eye but it doesn't appear to be active just now. She still has pretty good sight and the doctor sees no reason why she shouldn't be able to work. He d…

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Dan O'Connell commented on Will Fly's video 'Number Eighteen'

Holy Cow that is special work Will ... brilliant

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John Burr replied to Bruce MacNeill's discussion 'Friday 30th July 2010'

Plus one on the lyrics memorization being easier before google! For me it is the act of listening but MOSTLY I memorize stuff rather quickly when I WRITE it down. Typing doesn't come close to being as good, I need to actually write the lrics down in…

20 hours ago

Dennis Weatherly replied to Bruce MacNeill's discussion 'Friday 30th July 2010'

It is a pleasant day here in Oregon, with temps slowly climbing through the low 70's right now. I work half days from home on Friday during the summer, so I am sitting at home enjoying the nice weather with the windows and doors opened up. Bruce, I…

22 hours ago

Rob Hanesworth replied to Philip Glaser's discussion 'One of the best videos of "Cavatina"'

Will, Look here for the guitar rest: http://www.neckup.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc or http://bigmo.com/ergusu.html There is also a cushion for the same purpose: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Dynarette-Guitar-Cushion-Large/1724042 I have…

23 hours ago

Philip Glaser replied to Philip Glaser's discussion 'One of the best videos of "Cavatina"'

There is some kind of rest that he uses. I once got a nice comment from him on one of my little videos. He has lived in Denmark, I think. He's a guitar teacher, I believe. I have just been sitting here playing the first part of "Cavatina," using t…

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Bruce MacNeill replied to Bruce MacNeill's discussion 'Friday 30th July 2010'

Not quite time to leave yet. I think Brian has a point there. It probably was easier to learn the words when we had to listen closely to the song many times to figure out the lyrics and sometimes still got them wrong. I spent hours as a kid listenin…

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Renee Hobson replied to Bruce MacNeill's discussion 'Friday 30th July 2010'

Bruce, I'll add my best wishes to Mary and to you. We got another 1/2 inch of rain yesterday. We are doing well on the precipitation this year, unlike our very dry last year when we only got 12 inches total. The rain didn't start until evening, so…

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Brian McHale replied to Bruce MacNeill's discussion 'Friday 30th July 2010'

Bruce, hope things go well with the eye doctor. And congrats on the newly healthy ES-165. Managed to get in another hour+ working through songs again last night. I'm going to try to make this a (mostly) daily occurrence. If I get in the habit, mayb…

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Will Fly replied to Bruce MacNeill's discussion 'Friday 30th July 2010'

Bruce - the best to Mary - hope it's a positive outcome. And congrats with the 165. A day of nothing for me - just some fiddle and guitar playing and relaxing. A drink with the pub crowd at 5pm for an hour or so, and then some reading. Tomorrow I h…

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Saturday 31st July 2010 6 Replies

Started by Bruce MacNeill in General. Last reply by Renee Hobson 1 hour ago.

Friday 30th July 2010 6 Replies

Good morning.Finally had a rain and thunder storm come through last night. The weeds should be growing today. I haven't been out yet to see how much we got but there is a small lake over by the garag…

Started by Bruce MacNeill in General. Last reply by John Burr 20 hours ago.

One of the best videos of "Cavatina" 5 Replies

I got together last night with a fellow guitar player, and he played "Cavatina." I did manage to play it at our last get-together a year ago, but I can't play it "by heart" today. After seeing thi…

Started by Philip Glaser in YouTube raves. Last reply by Rob Hanesworth 23 hours ago.

Thursday 29th July 2010 5 Replies

Good morning.The ES-165 worked perfectly last night and it's even staying in tune already. I marked the bridge with some tape before I took it apart and even the intonation was still good when I got…

Started by Bruce MacNeill in General. Last reply by Dennis Weatherly Jul 29.