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Good to see ya Seslo... sit down at the end of the bar and have a beer as the theme song continues playing... I too was thinking "Cheers" ... hey... at least you know you're always welcome to just jump right in where ever when ever and most will still be here posting with ya (unless of course they are MIA too... there's been a bit of that lately, you're not the only one)!  I hope all is well with your family, work, home and all that good stuff! 

Happy Birthday to your wife Badeye!  Sounds like fun... let us know how everything goes!

And there's my answer to another question on the forum re: Hendrix Grip ... thanks DM!

Personally... I have double jointed thumbs... but to the point that they are WEAK double joints (go figure, the thumb on my fretting hand is worse than the one on my strumming hand).  I played the clarinet for a few years as a child and gave it up because the weight of the clarinet resting on my thumb (again, my "bad" thumb) was painful as my thumb would slip out of joint while the clarinet was resting on it.  Ouch. 

I find that my Classical style guitar fits well in my hands and if I try to place my thumb where it "should" be... it pops out and is very uncomfortable causing pain if I push it too much.  Conversely, the neck on my husband's electric is too thin and it doesn't seem to matter how I hold on to it or where I put my thumb, it just hurts (of course, this could have to do with the weight of it too?).  I assume everyone is different with how/where they can hold the guitar to ease the strain placed on their hands.  I also have the beginnings of carpel tunnel and was concerned... but guitar playing doesn't affect me at all (knock on wood)... where typing really does a number on me if I do too much.

sooooo.... try holding on to the neck differently... try it "wrong" ... try that Hendrix grip... and try taking a break with some "easier" chords when it starts to hurt!    Maybe take a trip to the guitar store and try out a few different neck styles and see if there's one that fits in your hands better... you've been at it for over a year, maybe it's time for a New Guitar Day! 

Ohhhh.... I had a whole reply for this that was rather amusing... alas, I've decided it's bound to tick someone off... so I will leave it out!    Good for you DM for being SOOOOO patient with the "pushies" (pushies - people that insist you must do them a favor THEIR way).

Hendrix grip... hmmm... I might have to do a little reading about this.  Do you have any info?  Links online?  No doubt when I do a google search I'll find a ton of info... anything that's EASIER will make me happy! 

Very cool... Official Username for an official musical partnership! 

Excellent Ken!  It's very good... and so true... being a good friend doesn't mean fixing things for someone, just being there to help them get through things when they're down.  Thank you for sharing this with us!

Jim, totally understandable that your computer guy doesn't like internet explorer.  Sadly... it's so common in use that the hackers have preyed on it more than any other browser out there.  If you want to, you can download Mozilla Firefox from here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html

I personally use Google chrome for most of my surfing as I had problems with firefox in the past (although I do have firefox on my computer... I really should try using it more as clearly a LOT of other people are using it and not having problems with it... maybe my original installation was just no good and I'm biased against it for bad reasons).  There is no easy way to get to printer settings in chrome either.

You are welcome Jim.  I hope that you have luck with the work around(s) I suggested.  I'm not a computer guru or anything... I just like to think outside the box sometimes!  There IS at least one computer guru on the site however that I know of, so if you need other help just ask.  It's amazing the help you can find from the members on Chordie sometimes!  The songbook software is pretty basic in looks... but it sure can come in handy if you have a lot of songs that you want to organize (and EDIT!  whoo hoo)  in ways that you just can't quite do with the songbook feature on Chordie.  Feel free to email me if you need more help!

Very nice Stransongs... your have a very soft voice and it goes well with your music!

Jim...The suggestions from Topdown and Roger would be the ideal option.  I understand the frustration however if you can't get into your printer margin settings from the browser.  I have two other options for you... neither are "great" but they both should work.  I would have waited to see if their options worked first, but you did ask me to look at the thread specifically...so... here we go!

Do you have the SongBook software yet?  It's free... but it's worth whatever price they charge to register it if you wish.  You can find it here:  http://linkesoft.com/songbook/

So in Chordie from the song's page click on Chopro on the right (near the print button).  This gives you the formatting (computer language) that was used.  Chopro formatting is based on TEXT not pictures or tables ... so you have to do this the old fashioned way by putting spaces in if you can't get to printer margin settings (I don't see anywhere to set printer settings in this program either.  I was really hoping they'd be in there... but I don't see anything for margins.).  Copy the chopro formatting from chordie and paste it into SongBook (creating a new song).  Paste this in on the edit screen (from the edit tab in SongBook - tabs are at the bottom, edit and view)...

*before you go any further ... try printing this as is and see if you can get into your printer set up before continuing - while there's no "page setup" or "printer setup" feature in the file menu... sometimes just attempting to print will bring up some options for you it all depends on your printer* 

now get your thumb ready, put spaces in before each line (you'll have to fiddle with this to find what will work right for your needs to get the words over far enough for the holes... maybe 7 spaces?).  Anyhow, once you've done this and go back into the View tab you will see all the words have been pushed over (well, technically they just have a bunch of spaces before them, but hey... you can hole punch thru space!).  This *should* print out well for you... but I'm not making a promise on that one.  Sometimes spaces print out funny in programs and I haven't tried printing songs out like this myself.  This is just my idea that might be a work around for you not being able to adjust printer margins.

On another note... you COULD just go into your printer settings on your own and change the default printer settings... THEN go to chordie and print the song out.  Just remember to change your default settings back when you're all done, or else everything you print will be done with those settings!  This would probably be the *easiest* way around the issue if you know how... but if you print songs haphazardly here and there then it could be a pain in the tush... plus, the SongBook software is kind of fun to play with and organize your songs on your computer... not just on Chordie!   

Good luck!  Let us know what worked... I am hoping that you can just access your settings from the browser the way the guys have suggested however!

Amy

Welcome to the forum Olgee!  Glad you jumped in with a question... everyone here is pretty nice and helpful!

Toney I am pleased to hear you found a way to make it through the song.  Distracting yourself is a great way to make it all the way through, and with your emotions in the back of your throat... I am sure they came through in your playing and singing in a way that shares your true feelings and expression.  While I've NEVER been in your shoes, I know there's times when I've strayed my eyes from one that would have helped me to "lose it" so that I I didn't.  Blessings again for Shawn's family... how nice to hear that Shawn Jr. is continuing with the music!  His father obviously did him well by instilling a love of it in him! 

As always, I like it.  I can hear a love song in there... or a "I am who I am" type of song... although I'm not so sure with the title "fetus deletus" ... LOL... can't wait to hear some words with it!