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I've come across nylons with ball ends, like Scott said.  I can't recall what brand they were, but they did have ball ends and they were at Guitar Center.  I think, if I remember correctly, a few of the El-Cheapo kids guitars come with nylon strings that have ball ends.  Although I tie mine, I'm pretty sure ball ends would work on a typical classical set up. It may look a bit odd, but it would work.  CG, any reason you think that it may make the guitar sound off? I've actually considered getting them in the hopes that MAYBE my guitar would stay in tune better.  MAYBE it's my tying that's the issue.  LOL!  I don't do it enough and don't play that guitar enough to say I tie well.  yeah yeah yeah... it's part of the nylon plight.

At the end of the day, Bill, I've read suggestions lots of times from people to do just that.  Put nylons on a steel string guitar when learning because it's easier on the finger tips to fret nylon (that is true - I never got callouses till I switched to a steel string).  You CAN do it, but will it sound good if you don't file the nut?  Meh, for $5, I say give it a try but make sure you find those ball end nylons otherwise you'll be scratching your head wondering how to secure the strings at the saddle!  I wonder if super light nylons would fit alright in the nut on a typical steel string?

TF - I can't believe you don't have a photo SOMEWHERE!

Red Rose for me, because of course, if you buy the really big package you get a cute little collectable trinket! 

I use Martins on my Martin - though, honestly no matter what I put on it nothing is too punchy.  That though is due to the fact that it's an all mahogany guitar.  The same stings don't sound the same on other guitars in the house and I wouldn't suggest them for just any guitar.  I'm quite happy that the cheapest strings I can buy in the store are also the best sounding on my guitar though! 

Sounds like a warm Christmas song!    I'm guessing you don't get covered in the cold white stuff there!  ha ha!  Brought a little happy warm cheer to my dreary day.    Thanks!

Ok - it wasn't easy to find my favorite Gillespie and Coots version of 'Santa Claus is comin' to town', but I found one!  This is NOT the same jazzy version you're used to either.  The swing choir I was in did this one when I was in school.  I MIGHT have a version of it on VHS somewhere, so I'll have to look (I am pretty sure it was the same year we did 'My funny Valentine' in which I had a short solo in the beginning - and I KNOW that one is on VHS).  But, while this swing choir does the song a little too fast for my likes, they did it justice!    Enjoy:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv6DXdrpsNY

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Very good Tig!

Peatle, Thanksgiving was originally a matter of celebrating the end of the harvest.  Food was abundant after the harvest, and the pilgrims thanked the natives for sharing their knowledge of how to live in this land that was primarily wild and had all sorts of different things growing and living here than they were used to.  That's the basic story anyhow. 

The original folks didn't just eat turkey though.  Venison (deer) and buffalo (bison) were also eaten in abundance way back when.  There's a lot of deer hunting, but venison is not something you can just buy in the grocery store.  Bison meat is only available as a specialty item (there's an ugly history of what happened to them and why there aren't many living wild any longer).  So, turkey is what we have that's easily available to purchase.    If you wanted to try to cook a turkey again, I could give you the trick to ensure it stays moist!  Even my left overs cold from the fridge will melt in the mouth.   

My Thanksgiving table always has:  Turkey, turkey gravy (homemade from the drippings - I'm adamantly against canned gravy!), mashed potatoes, squash (mashed with butter, brown sugar and nutmeg), corn, enough stuffing to stuff the entire town (sausage stuffing often called "dressing" as well), dinner rolls, homemade cranberry sauce, sweet gherkins, black olives, and my mother brings Apple pie and pumpkin pie.  Most people have a lot more dishes on their table - but I like to keep it to my favorites!   

Jerome - HOW did you survive without bread?  That means no stuffing!  In my world, the stuffing is actually the main course not the turkey!  ha ha!

We have turkey on Thanksgiving - many do for Christmas as well.  Easter is traditionally a ham and possibly lamb. I haven't even tasted a leg or rack of lamb in a long time though (aside from a little bit of ground lamb turned into "sheep burgers" which the kids scoffed at).  Birthdays are always celebrated with cake. 

I'm glad to hear he was able to save your files - and you had a bunch backed up!  PHEW!

Any time I've had a HDD related issue, I've replaced the entire drive first to get the computer back up - then save the HDD to plug it in externally and recover everything.  That's always another option, however... those techies want to charge you up the bum for doing this.  It's actually not too difficult, but it's one of those things the average person is scared to do so they CAN charge a lot for it. 

Anyhow - it sounds like you're in good shape, so that's GREAT!  Hopefully his fee didn't go up too high with the extra work he had to do.

Yup, what Dino said!    You can search for the song from the home page, and that will give you a big list of possibilities.  Then you'll open them up one at a time, and once you've found the one you like you can add it. 

IE:  Here's one song opened up:  http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.g … 24113.html  Over on the right hand side you'll see a "songbook" box. You can then click the arrow to choose the songbook you'd like to add this song to, and click "ADD".  Let us know if you're having any issues with this!  If you get an error that you need to log in, do so, open the page, try to add, then get the error again... you may need to clear your cookies in your browser.

  Start voting now.  If you don't vote, then the candidate you don't want to win might win.  Then you'll be stuck with one you despise for a whole term... of one month.    Ha ha!

I saw this on the news last week as well.  I'm glad to hear our NZ friends are safe!  I don't know how comfy I'd be living in an area that gets lots of quakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, or other natural disaster type issues.  We worry about too much snow and possible ice storms taking down power lines, but that's mostly just a loss of power - not quite so life threatening.  Stay safe!

ha ha!  He must REALLY love this song! 

Nicely done both of you! 

(Bill, there's a question for you in my previous comment)