Don's Patch Issue #2005-12-01 from http://www.don-guitar.com Howdy folks, I hope everyone's ready for the holiday season. Speaking of which, among the other things on our personal news page is my holiday message to you. http://www.don-guitar.com/babbleon.html Now, on with the "show". Our feedback form: http://www.don-guitar.com/contactme.html ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª zero Waldo's geometric wallpaper art. http://0waldo.com/scripts/welcome.cgi The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. http://www.oscars.org/index.html DVDR, DivX, P2P, news, guides, tools and forums. http://www.afterdawn.com/ Astronomical Image Data Archive. http://aida.astroinfo.org/ All About Jazz. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ American Forests works to protect, restore and enhance. http://www.americanforests.org/ The Republic of Angola. http://www.angola.org/ Arbelos Internet Math Society. http://www.arbelos.org/ Tony Arcand's personal site. http://www.arcand.org/ ArtsConnectEd. http://www.artsconnected.org/ Books, information, and software for Atari and other classic computers. http://www.atariarchives.org/ A virtual museum and gallery of vintage computers. http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~hl/mmm.html Vintage computers, calculators and electronics. http://www.thepcmuseum.net/ Old computers. http://oldcomputers.net/Robsolete.html Explore Steve Coleman's site and maybe download some jazz. http://www.m-base.org/ It's about washing machines. http://automaticwasher.org/ Babies of Oz (may not be worth the wait on a dial up connection. http://www.grab.com/movies/spoofs/3 The main site puts me in mind of Yahoo with attitude and an abundance of media. http://www.grab.com/ The Bahá'í Faith may be the youngest of the world's independent religions. http://www.bahai.org/ http://www.bahai-library.com/ Biology Online. http://www.biology-online.org/ Charlie Parker, nicknamed "Bird" was an awesome reed player. http://www.charlie-bird-parker.com/ http://www.kclibrary.org/localhistory/media.cfm?mediaID=34968 http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A685064 http://www.totahbass.com/pages/bird.html http://myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=c_parker http://www.arches.uga.edu/~lilc04jc/project.html http://www.kshs.org/people/parker_charlie.htm http://www.arches.uga.edu/~lilc04jc/ http://www.chasinthebird.com/index_e.html http://www.charlieparkerresidence.net/ http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/aug05/bebop.html http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=19229 A reader asked if I could find some information on pigeons. http://www.pigeonracing.com/ http://snipurl.com/k9dx http://www.pigeon.org/ http://mark3452004.tripod.com/ http://www.belgianexperts.com/pigeons.php http://www.birdhealth.com.au/bird/pigeon/racing.html http://www.boglinmarsh.com/ http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9059991 http://www.newsreview.com/issues/chico/2001-06-28/ag.asp http://www.pigeonplanet.com/ http://snipurl.com/k9dy http://www.guardian.co.uk/airlines/story/0,1371,1560360,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/thisweek/story/0,12977,1290540,00.html http://pigeonracing.homestead.com/ http://www.txtwriter.com/Onscience/Articles/pigeons.html http://www.ifpigeon.com/ http://www.ansci.umn.edu/poultry/resources/pigeons.htm http://www.pigeonnetwork.com/ http://www.pigeonsearch.com/index.php?PID=10 http://www.pigeonbasics.com/ http://www.pipay.be/ http://snipurl.com/k9e0 http://www.pigeon-racing.com/ http://www.rpra.org/ http://www.rspb.org.uk/ http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1861802005 http://www.silvio-co.com/pigeons/index.htm http://www.fbipigeons.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_racing http://snipurl.com/k9e4 ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª At the time this issue was posted, the current subscriber count for this publication was 300.. ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª This issue's collection of news/magazine/informational sites (these are chosen for maximum diversity regardless of "spin" ). http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/ http://boingboing.net/ http://www.theconnection.org/ http://www.ecommercetimes.com/ http://www.elecdesign.com/index.cfm?AD=1&; http://www.fair.org/index.php http://www.fastcompany.com/ http://www.globalsecurity.org/ http://www.internetnews.com/ http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/default.asp http://www.mozillaquest.com/index.html http://www.neuron.org/ http://www.stuff.co.nz/ http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/main.cfm http://www.popmatters.com/about.shtml http://www.projo.com/ http://www.realchangenews.org/index.html http://www.roadandtravel.com/ http://www.rumormillnews.com/ ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª Comprehensive guide to digital photo restoration. http://www.screengenes.com/drest.html Ansel Adams, a force in American culture. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/adams/ http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aamhtml/aamhome.html Guide to Art on the Internet. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ American Sign Language. http://library.thinkquest.org/11942/asl.html http://www.handspeak.com/tour/byte/index-ref.php?byte=glossary http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.htm?pid=400693 Like the Baby Blues comics? We do. http://www.babyblues.com/ Any Barbaras out there? Join the club. http://members.aol.com/TheBarbara/gallery.html If you're considering baby names, this may help. http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/ Baseball gloves, functional and nostalgic. http://www.baseballgloves.com/aboutgloves/ Clay Animation, still cool after all these years. http://education.wichita.edu/claymation/videos1.html http://www.acga.net/ http://home.neb.rr.com/monarchrose/animation.htm http://home.neb.rr.com/monarchrose/claytips.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/25398/Clay/ClayHowTo.html http://snipurl.com/k9du You need to know more about concrete. http://www.cement.org/ Cousins can be confusing. http://ourancestry.com/cousins.html http://stellar-one.com/genealogy/cousins.htm Guide to pets of all kinds. http://www.animalforum.com/ On M.C. Escher. http://www.etropolis.com/escher/index.html http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~gershon/EscherForReal/ http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/home.htm Lots of information about fabrics. http://www.fabriclink.com/ Some like it hot. http://www.fiery-foods.com/ Educational games for kids of all ages. I liked Grammar Gorillas. http://www.funbrain.com/ I didn't think much of the main site but this is a pretty cool game. http://snipurl.com/k9dz Get Hep to Jive. The Master speaks, in a sense. http://www.virginiamusicflash.com/cab.htm ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª If you'd like to help promote this non-commercial publication, please forward this ezine to anyone you know who might appreciate it. To spare them the forwarding carets (>>>>these things) I suggest you copy/paste the ezine to a new email window, or save the ezine as a text file to be inserted, or copy/pasted to a new email. If you've received this publication as a forward and wish to subscribe you may easily do so from online forms in these two locations: http://www.don-guitar.com/subsmanager.html //www.freelists.org/list/donspatch ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª An Open Source 3D tool. http://blender3d.org/cms/Home.2.0.html It's about Biomes. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/ The Encyclopedia of Plants. http://www.botany.com/ A few words from Firefox and Opera fans. http://browsehappy.com/ http://www.itnetcentral.com/article.asp?id=8061 http://www.resortlabs.com/articles.php?page=7 An inspiring story. http://members.tripod.com/inspiring-thoughts/bridges.html A biz resource. http://www.bettermanagement.com/siteindex.aspx David Hazen is into canoe building. http://www.peak.org/~innercom/Canoe/boatsphot.html The Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/index.htm The Central Coast Astronomical Society. http://www.ccastronomy.org/ The Internet Cello Society. http://www.cello.org/ Classic Christian books in electronic format. http://www.ccel.org/ "Civilization defined and explained in plain English" http://ourcivilisation.com/ Greek Classics resources. http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/localres.htm eco-educational. http://www.classroomearth.org/index.cfm On Clichés. http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/sybev/cliche/ http://www.westegg.com/cliche/ http://www.sportscliche.com/politics/index.html http://www.clichesite.com/index.asp http://www.moviecliches.com/ The Coalition for Networked Information. http://www.cni.org/ Common Errors in English. http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/index.html Commonly Confused Words. http://www.pnl.gov/ag/usage/confuse.html Commonly Misused Words and Phrases. http://wsuonline.weber.edu/wrh/words.htm Commonly Misspelled Words. http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/misspelled.html On kites. http://freespace.virgin.net/mike.go/index.htm American Copy Editors Society. http://www.copydesk.org/ If you have a fairly fast connection here's a place where you can view video news clips if you don't mind the commercials that come with them. http://www.redorbit.com/ The Geometry Center. http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/ A dictionary of some German words used in the English language. http://germanenglishwords.com/ Lots more on language from Robb Knapp. http://www.humanlanguages.com/ Keith and Jo Edkins. http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/ Time and again people ask me how I'm able to find things so easily with google. The only answer I can give is to tell them to start where I did: http://www.google.com/help/basics.html Now add a few years of experience and a few thousand searches *grin* and you'll have it down pat. Meanwhile, I'll be happy to help if I can. Just drop me a line. Grand Text Auto is a group blog. http://grandtextauto.gatech.edu/ Greg Costikyan has written several interesting articles on gaming. http://www.costik.com/home.html World habitats http://snipurl.com/ka69 from the WWF. http://www.panda.org/index.cfm Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales and stories. http://hca.gilead.org.il/ Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum and Library. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/ The Hayden Planetarium. http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/ For History buffs. http://www.historybuff.com/ A vintage style, graphics free (basically DOS), online game based on a popular novel by author Douglas Adams. http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocomjava.html ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª My feedback form: http://www.don-guitar.com/contactme.html I welcome all comments, suggestions, or criticism. The form doesn't access your email client (it's a CGI form), so your privacy is assured. If you know of a website that would be a good candidate for this ezine, please pass it on via our online feedback form (link above). ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª Can't think of anyone who isn't a Hoagy Carmichael fan. http://www.hoagy.com/ The first, some say the best woven fiber, linen. http://www.ancientroute.com/resource/cloth/linen.htm http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/clothing/linen.htm Louisa May Alcott, much more than a Little Woman. http://snipurl.com/k9ef Information about neurological conditions. http://www.neurologychannel.com/ Nostalgia of the 60's, 70's and 80's. I'm sorry, those platform shoes were really bad. They hurt, too. Uh, oh, busted. http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/ Unique, unusual music and instruments. http://www.oddmusic.com/ Photoshop tutorials and goodies. http://www.photoshopsupport.com/ Big band, lounge, classic jazz and space-age music. http://www.parabrisas.com/index.php Ideas and info for Science Projects and Science Fairs. http://www.cdli.ca/sciencefairs/ http://www.terimore.com/ http://www.cdli.ca/sciencefairs/intermed.html http://www.sciencebuddies.org/ The world's finest fabric comes from worms. Eeeewwww... http://www.ancientroute.com/resource/cloth/silk.htm http://www.silk-road.com/artl/silkhistory.shtml Silk painting. http://www.silkpainters-guild.co.uk/. The sitar. http://www.ancient-future.com/guitar/sitar.html And how to play it. http://www.buckinghammusic.com/sitar/sittut/btut.html Sleep, what is it? How can we get more? http://www.sleepforkids.org/ http://science.howstuffworks.com/sleep.htm http://www.sleepnet.com/ Sports history. http://www.hickoksports.com/history.shtml Terlingua International Chili Championship. The Ultimate chili contest. http://www.chili.org/terlingua.html Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones. http://www.minerals.net/index.htm Rockhounds Unite! http://rockhoundingar.com/ http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/index2.html CSPAN archive search engine/ http://search.cpan.org/ The Center for World Indigenous Studies. http://www.cwis.org/fwdp/ Design and Composition class at Palomar College. http://daphne.palomar.edu/design/Default.htm ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª This publication is only mailed to verified double opt-in subscribers, and is brought to you by me, Don Crowder, my wife, Lisa Miller, and //www.freelists.org ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª Cynthia Lanius, among many of her achievements and interests, is especially interested in increasing the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in the computational sciences. http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/ Tutorials for building and maintaining a website. http://www.developingwebs.net/ New Technologies and the classroom. http://www.clt.astate.edu/wallen/digits/ Political, social and moral change of nineteenth century America made us what we are today. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/UTC/title.html Sustainability on a global level. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/UTC/title.html Dr. Labush's Links to Learning. http://www.netrox.net/~labush/ There's much more to know about early Christianity. http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/ What Is ICT? You see the acronym, here's the explanation. http://www.tutor2u.net/business/ict/intro_what_is_ict.htm Early Years ICT. For very young children. A very well-done site, too. http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/earlyict/index.htm "Because the Earth needs a good lawyer". http://www.earthjustice.org/ International War Veterans' Poetry Archives. http://iwvpa.net/ellisonsr/index.htm The EdIndex, a web resource for teachers and students. http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/edmenu.html Index to educational and other interactive webpages. A simple-looking site with some really cool stuff! http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/index.htm Encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion. http://www.pantheon.org/ Electronic Privacy Information Center. http://www.epic.org/ Education through information technologies. http://www.educause.edu/ Aesop's Fables. http://snipurl.com/k9uw Etext Center at the University of Virginia Library. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ Find a grave, your relatives' or other important people. http://www.findagrave.com/index.html Everything about fish. http://www.fishbase.org/search.php Flags of the Napoleonic Wars. This guy had a real flag thing. http://www.warflag.com/napflags/html/links.htm (Costless) utilities and source codes for Windows. http://www.flos-freeware.ch/ Folklore, Myth and Legend. http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storfolk.html Folklore and Mythology E-Texts. http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html Food allergies and sensitivities, including hidden sources of food allergens. (Costless) recipe search to filter results based on your needs. http://www.foodyoucaneat.com/food/ What's the big deal about fractals? It's math that's really useful, and understandable. http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractals/WHY/ Much of this music will only be recognizable to someone from the UK, but some has international appeal. Freddie is a rock 'n roll monster! http://freddie.spb.ru// (Costless) Library and Dictionary. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª Archives for this ezine are available online here: //www.freelists.org/archives/donspatch/ The current issue is also available on my website. http://www.don-guitar.com/currentissue.html ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª A nice collection of (costless apps) one of which, OE Reader, can be very handy for recovering email from OE .dbx files. http://www.mitec.cz/ "and now for something completely different." http://www.ibras.dk/montypython/justthewords.htm http://www.neilinnes.org/ Mortar and Pestle (Molcajete, Thai Stone, Suribachi). http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/mortarpestle.htm More on food and cooking. http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/ This is a commercial site but this dog is really cute. http://www.mrwinkle.com/ We can all use more heroes. http://www.myhero.com/myhero/ Mysterious places. http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/ Myths and legends. http://home.comcast.net/~chris.s/mythold.html Legend of Nessie. http://www.nessie.co.uk/ Hoping to change the world (yeah, right). http://www.newciv.org/ The bilingual (English & French) site of Brigitte and Paul Niquette. http://www.niquette.com/ Meanings and origins of English sayings, phrases and idioms. http://www.phrases.org.uk/index.html History and Politics Out Loud. http://www.hpol.org/ Personality Tests and Tools. http://similarminds.com/ An enormous naval (U.S.) photo archive. http://www.navsource.org/ Plain language from (oh my gosh, wait for it...........................) the U.S. Government. http://www.plainlanguage.gov/index.cfm A poetry and writing resource. http://www.eliteskills.com/ A programmer's playground. http://acm.uva.es/problemset/ A midi collection and some Unix utilities from Bryan Dongray. http://www.dongrays.com/btd/ A quasi-religious site with a lot of spin. http://reluctant-messenger.com/ The Rensselaer Model Railroad Society. http://railroad.union.rpi.edu/index.asp The Association of Research Libraries. http://www.arl.org/ ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª Websites Everyone Should Know About. These aren't sponsors, they're the best of Internet publications and I highly recommend them all. http://askTCL.com http://www.langa.com http://www.tourbus.com http://www.lockergnome.com http://www.neatnettricks.com http://www.scotsnewsletter.com http://www.tricksandtrinkets.com http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª Breaking the rules of commercial art. http://www.thwartdesign.com/index.html Health On The Net Foundation. http://www.hon.ch/News/ Ready to get back to the 80's? No, wait... http://www.inthe80s.com/ Ham radio resource. http://www.irlp.net/ Computer Training, Education, & Tutorials in IT. http://www.intelligentedu.com/ Photos of insects. http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/insects/index.htm Beginner Photoshop tutorials. http://www.arraich.com/ps_intro.htm Guide to JavaScript as a programming language. http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/javascript/index.htm Resource on the paranormal and supernatural. http://www.randi.org/ Astrophotography by John Chumack. http://www.galacticimages.com/ John N's Site for Science and Fiction. http://www.nentjes.info/ The Journal of Higher Criticism. http://www.depts.drew.edu/jhc/ A Dictionary of Comicbook words. You won't find these in your ordinary dictionary. http://snipurl.com/ka8r A cool, interactive graphical toy. http://thinks.com/java/kali/kali.htm The kalimba is an ancient instrument from Africa. http://www.kalimbamagic.com/ Hugh Tracey, a major figure in modern musicology, recorded rare and some now extinct musical forms. http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/feature/tracey.html Learn something new today. http://www.word2word.com/coursead.html http://www.starfall.com/ http://www.senselang.com/ http://blackboard.boisestate.edu/ http://www.acbl.org/learn/ltpb.html http://www.claroline.net/ http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/ http://www.gcflearnfree.org/ http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ http://www.howstuffworks.com/ http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html http://www.learningtimes.org/ http://cnx.rice.edu/ http://www.thesource.calstate.edu/learning.shtml http://www.fathom.com/ http://moodle.org/ http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html http://www.rhlschool.com/ http://www.seniornet.org/php/default.php http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/ http://www.reed.co.uk/training/content/tutorials.aspx http://www.learnthat.com/ http://www.virtualschool.edu/ http://www.wannalearn.com/ http://snipurl.com/ka9l http://www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html When you win the lottery, you'll need this advice. After me, of course. http://www.note.com/note/pp/jackpot.html The Astrobiology Index. http://www.lyon.edu/projects/marsbugs/ Join the Math cats. http://www.mathcats.com/ A (Costless) app for DOS users. http://www.c-shore.com/maxdir/ Michael Parenti Political Archive. http://www.michaelparenti.org/ ============== Humor ============= Musician's Humor, Part VI Q: How are a banjo player and a blind javelin thrower alike? A: Both command immediate attention and alarm, and force everyone to move out of range. Q: What's the difference between a Wagnerian soprano and a baby elephant? A: Eleven pounds. Q: Why are violist's fingers like lightning? A: They rarely strike the same spot twice. Q: How many guitar players does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: 13 - one to do it, and twelve to stand around and say, "Phhhwt! I can do that!" Tuba Player: "Did you hear my last recital?" Friend: "I hope so." ============== Tips =============== http://www.barnettcomputerservices.com/ http://www.baycongroup.com/tutorials.htm http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ http://snipurl.com/kbae ======== Reader Contributions ========= I listed this FTP server search site in my last issue: http://www.filesearching.com/ Reader Ken commented that, just in case any of my readers speak Russian, "If you click on the top100 it will give you a list of Russian language download sites. " Irving Stein is a subscriber and regular contributor to our ezine. He's also one of the online computer experts at http://www.allexperts.com where his identity is "Irving S". You might also enjoy his thought provoking website: http://www.irvings-info-page.cityslide.com Here are some sites that Irving sent me for this issue: "Ask Bob Rankin" http://www.askbobrankin.com/ Create a desktop shortcut to someone you email often. http://www.thundercloud.net/information-avenue/create-email-shortcut/ Check out America's fall colors. http://www.fs.fed.us/news/fallcolors/ (Costless) foliage. http://www.freetreesandplants.com/ Here's another way to save your Favorites/Bookmarks. http://www.furl.net/index.jsp Here's a few links I snagged from my sister Jo-Ann's Yahoo group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/ Of interest to anyone who cooks. http://recipes.celsius1414.com/ http://www.singleparentcook.com/index.php http://snipurl.com/kbd5 Strange new products. http://www.strangenewproducts.com/ Women's contributions to American radio and television. http://www.lib.umd.edu/LAB/exhibits/leadingrole/ Dominic Anthony Tocci. http://www.toccionline.com/ Interesting online games. http://www.troyis.com/troyis.php Understanding America after 9/11. http://understandingamerica.publicradio.org/ What the weather is normally like for tens of thousands of places worldwide. http://www.worldclimate.com/ Here's a few sites I got from my Australian friend Tim Skyrme. http://www.artzend.com/ An interesting art site. http://uk.artring.net/ The art of Jheronimus Bosch. http://www.boschuniverse.org/ Graphic intense but interesting. http://www.chewinggumfortheeyes.com/ http://www.exvis.net/ Museum of Depressionist Art. http://www.dearauntnettie.com/museum/ Thank you Ken, Irv, Jo and Tim. ================================= We aren't real busy right now but I was worried that I might be pressed for time to finish this issue so Lisa helped me with it and because she's also been helping me gather links for this issue, meaning we had plenty to work with, we knocked this one out fairly quickly. We're in the middle of overhauling our recipe section, adding some great new recipes we've created, but that may or may not be completed by the time you see this. Here's our new recipe index. http://www.don-guitar.com/recipendx.html As I write this, recipes which aren't yet converted to html files are listed but not clickable and the main index still needs to be integrated but at least there are no in-site dead links (insofar as I know *grin*). As always, we love hearing from you. Your questions, comments, complaints, suggestions and/or requests mean a lot to us. Our feedback form: http://www.don-guitar.com/contactme.html Don Crowder and Lisa Miller Tuesday, November 29, 2005 12:15 AM CST - Tow, TX, USA ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª Privacy: I will never share, sell, or otherwise compromise your email address. 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