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Guilty as charged Ma'am

Yes Pete she does, and she is very good at it, Amy caught one in my About Chordie for me earlier today. Thank you Amy.

Badeye, I visit 2 or three times a day, partly to moderate but mainly because I am addicted to Chordie. I am giving my 12er a good work out since I repaired her but I will be playing alone tonight.

Roger

Twenty odd years ago, when I was 40, I ran a half marathon. Full of good intentions I was going to train and built up to the 13.5 miles. In reality I only did about 5 miles before the event. The day came and I set of at a steady jog and was passed by many other runners but at about three quarters of the way round I found I was passing some of those that had passed me earlier although I was struggling myself. The last mile was on a very slight incline and that was a killer. I passed the line and collapsed but was OK after a few minutes and if I remember rightly I took 2 hours 15 min.

I went home aching (lack of training showing) and decided a long hot soak in the bath would be helpful. However I found I had not got the strength to get out of the blessed thing and I had to shout my (now ex) wife to help me out. I was stiff for the next couple of days.

I was advised to eat plenty of pasta the day and night before as it is supposed to release energy to the body slowly and I also took some glugose tablets with me as I suffer slightly for hypoglycemia. I also coated my feet in Vaselene before donning my socks and trainers as I was told this would help protect them. But do not do as I did and stick to your training plan before the event.

Please let us know how you fare.

Good luck, 

Roger

Hi Peter and welcome to Chordie,

Songs are gathered from the web and shown on Chordie are usually attributed to whoever had a hit with the song and not the songwriter. "See You Later Aligator" was a hit for Bill Haley and the Comets and is listed here: http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.g … 25404.html

Maybe other songs are here so search for the title sooner than the artiste.

Roger

Hi Helena,

For the past 6 weeks it has been in the upper 30's here and too hot to get to sleep at nights, the warmest summer since 1880, but I am loving it and you are welcome to come and share some.

Roger

Ok time for an update. The first job war to dowel and glue the two parts back together:

You may be able to spot the pilot hole for the dowell but it will be hidden when the machine heads are fitted.

There was some timber missing which was going to require some filling:

Next came staining, sanding and numerous coats of laquer (or laca, the Portuguese spell it) with sanding between each coat. As I wanted some of the strain to be taken by the centre of the headstock I managed to find some chrome ferrules that would do the job.

I then fitted the ferrules, remove the masking tape and oiled the fretboard.

This weekend I will rebuild and restring her and of course make love....ly music with her.

Roger

As many professional performers have an autocue moniter facing them I see so shame in taking a songsheet with words and chords on stage. Just having it there can give you that extra bit of confidence so that you don't in fact use it but, if the nerves really do bite, it can be a real benefit.

Roger

Thanks too from me Bswyers. We, the Moderators, want Chordie to be the place where anyone can visit and feel welcome but it is not just down to us. The attitude and behaviour of you, the Members of Chordie, make our job a pleasure and very easy to fulfill. Many of you will report any infringements you see which flags it for us to see and deal with quickly. Thankfully these are infrequent and generally minor ones these days.

Roger

Hi Russ and Phill,

Great song and recording from you guys. Any news on the competition?

Roger

I like this and I love the theme so StranSongs tell the Irish guy in the mirror to get it recorded. If asking does not work you can always threaten to get him locked away for being crazy .

Good stuff,

Roger