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February 24th, 2007
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Playing guitar for what seems like forever.
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TenThumbs checkin' in!
Hi all. TenThumbs (Mike actually) from Ontario Canada checking in. It's -7c outside right now - good weather for indoor guitar playing.
I'm a 59 year old retired firefighter (31.5 years on the job) and a lifetime cyclist. I started messing around with guitars while still in school but never really learned to play anything.
Fast forward to about 15 years ago when I bought a Strat and decided to try again. I went through 3 teachers until I decided I was guitar dyslexic. Nothing made sense and they pushed too hard.
About two weeks ago I decided that it's now or never so I dragged the (mint) guitar from under the bed and started again. I bought the Jamorama guitar course and I'm at the start of book 2 Advanced (that's a laugh!). Anyway, I'm working on it.
Then today I typed "beginner guitar forum" into Google and found this place! I've been here about 15 minutes and it looks great. Thanks Kirk and Clancy; I'm itchin' to look through your site. I'll flip you some $ if I stick around. So far so good though. I wanna be able to do that "Over the Rainbow" tune.
See ya!
Mike T.
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February 24th, 2007
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Welcome along Mike.
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February 24th, 2007
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Welcome Mike. I'm from Ontario as well.
I'm sure we all felt at one time or another we had 10 thumbs when we started out. This will pass. Over the Rainbow is a great tune...the easy version (for me). There are some other easy versions out there too. When these were posted, it made me feel a lot better!
Practice, practice, practice. It does pay off.
Cheerios!
Nutty
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February 24th, 2007
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Small world. My nic is allthumbs and I am dyslexic. Are we related???? This place should help and if your so inclined, Kirk's Plain Talk materials enabled me to play a bit in spite of my dyslexia.
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February 24th, 2007
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Welcome Mike, nice to have you here.
Cheers
Clancy
"I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours". Jerome K. Jerome
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February 24th, 2007
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Wow what a nice welcome. Thanks guys and gals. I see two of my welcomers - nutty and allthumbs (hey I have ten of them) are from here in frigid Ontario Canada. I'm down in Woodstock; where are you guys?
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February 24th, 2007
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Originally Posted by TenThumbs
I wanna be able to do that "Over the Rainbow" tune.
See ya!
Mike T.
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Hey Mike welcome to the site. It's a great place to settle into and "Over the Rainbow" was the hook for me too! It took a little while but it's worth it when it comes out for the first time. 
John
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February 24th, 2007
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Welcome tenthumbs,
And despite his claim he can "play a bit" allthumbs is a master and an all around nice guy to boot. There are quite a few Canucks on this site, but then again there are lots of Aussies, Brits, Yanks, and just about every other nationality. Welcome aboard!
Those outside Canada probably can't appreciate how funny your avatar is. That's not 10 thumbs, it's a TV character called Bubbles from a TV show called Trailer Park Boys. He's a riot!
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February 24th, 2007
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Originally Posted by TenThumbs
Wow what a nice welcome. Thanks guys and gals. I see two of my welcomers - nutty and allthumbs (hey I have ten of them) are from here in frigid Ontario Canada. I'm down in Woodstock; where are you guys?
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Your in the flatlands. I'm in the hills of North Ontario.
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February 24th, 2007
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Welc  me Mike T.
"Good Music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and quits the memory with difficulty" Thomas Beecham
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February 24th, 2007
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Location: Ontario Canada
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Originally Posted by CanuckTodd
Those outside Canada probably can't appreciate how funny your avatar is. That's not 10 thumbs, it's a TV character called Bubbles from a TV show called Trailer Park Boys. He's a riot!
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Hey I could be the real Bubbles! Don't forget Bubbles is a great fan of Rush and Alex their guitarist. Maybe I'm trying to play so I can jam on stage with them and not just feed Loonies into the dryers (insider joke for Rush concert-goers there!)
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February 25th, 2007
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G'day Mike, welcome aboard
Make me a sandwich <<>> NO! Make it yourself
sudo make me a sandwich <<>> OK
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February 25th, 2007
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Hi Mike,
I'm in Eastern Ontario - outside of Ottawa. I was originally from Windsor, so I 've travelled past Woodstock many a times.
Nutty
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February 25th, 2007
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Welcome Bubs.I hope your shed is heated,you don't want them guitars to warp.
Long live TP boys.Nice to have an ex FF here  .I'm a volunteer FF from BC
Notice the modified axes in my avatar.
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February 25th, 2007
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Originally Posted by juslikeplayin
Welcome Bubs.I hope your shed is heated,you don't want them guitars to warp.
Long live TP boys.Nice to have an ex FF here .I'm a volunteer FF from BC
Notice the modified axes in my avatar. |
Nice axes! I hope you don't chop with those axes like Pete Townshend did. I was squirtin' the wet stuff on the red stuff for a lifetime and retired last April as a Cappy (which means I told others to do the squirtin).
Nutty, I had a mini 4 day holiday in Ottawa (National art gallery) last spring. We took the easy way out and flew from Hamilton - a whopping forty minute flight! Think of all that  traffic we missed! 
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