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Oldi:
oh sorry for the bad site promotion, i thinks that is ok because the links are nofollow. :-[ Yes the 2nd site is about old cars insurance, i have a insurance company and there you can compared different insureance.
kyrathaba:
Bryan Miller
age: 39
2nd marriage (hers too): 2 years along and going strong...
B.A. in psychology
M.Ed. in counseling
licensed psychotherapist in Kentucky
2 children
3 stepchildren
Been in the psychotherapy business 12 years now.
Programming is a hobby. Started with BASIC, then Visual Basic 6.0, now C# and .NET. Also, taught myself rudimentary HTML coding.
HorseDuck:
Craft House Services, in which I service and repair all makes and models of sewing machines.
-HorseDuck (November 19, 2010, 11:40 PM)
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My dad had a sewing machine repair business for several years before he retired (I worked with him for awhile).
The motors are insanely expensive and frequently hard to find ... but they are also quite easy to repair/rebuild. Smooth the commentator and replace the brushes. If it was made well to start with it'll run for another forever.
-Stoic Joker (November 22, 2010, 07:51 AM)
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Wow! What a small world it is that we live in. You are right about the older motors. I had a customer about two years ago that had an older Pfaff machine that was in good condition but the motor had stopped working. After taking some time looking over it I replaced the brushes and smoothed the commentator, it worked like a brand new motor, and as far as I know is still running strong.
HorseDuck:
Welcome, HorseDuck! I'm with phitsc - impressed by your instrumental abilities; I wish I had applied myself and learned to play an instrument well when I was younger. Of course, it's never too late... Anyway, enjoy the DC experience!
-Darwin (November 22, 2010, 08:51 AM)
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You are right Darwin. I wish myself that I had applied myself even more to my instruments than I did. While I do know the general basics to each of the instruments that I listed I am far from being at able to play any of them at a professional level. Everything that I know so far was either taught to me by my dad or self taught. I have just recently been able to discover some more formal lessons for banjo that I am taking in the form of instructional DVD. I plan to tackle each instrument one by one and further enhance my skills.
A few weeks ago my dad was talking with a professional pianist/music professor after a small concert. During the conversation the pianist said that people come up to him all the time wanting to know how he got to be able to play like that, expecting that he could give them something and, all the sudden they would be able to play like like him. Unfortunately what people don't seem to realize is that there is no magic potion that anyone can give you that is going to transform you into a professional stage performer. If you are going to play like those such as Johann Sebastian Bach it is going to take long hours of plain hard work! Now don't be discouraged by this, I did not say this to discourage you but rather to encourage you not to give up when you can't play Beethoven's Fifth right out of the box. Don't be discouraged by what you don't know, find an instrument that you would like to learn, find a good teacher or some good lessons and and get to work. If you dedicate yourself to learning and practicing regularly, then trust me, there will come a day when you will be rewarded for your hard work.
Wishing you the best in your musical adventures,
HorseDuck
Darwin:
Thanks, HorseDuck! My wife is fond of tossing out Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hours rule on the subject of achieving expertise in a chosen endeavour. I've tried to read the book (Outliers) a few times but can't get past the first couple of pages.
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