I've still got a working desktop Jerome, else I would sooooo be on that mac mini! The laptop however, is done. It wasn't the hard drive after all. It likely however was the motherboard. I fried my last computer's mother board as well. They were both HP's... so, I'm done with HP. Rather than get a new laptop, I am thinking of just going down the tablet road. As long as the desktop is still working, a tablet will do for me rather than a whole laptop. Once the desktop dies however, I will DEF be looking at Macs!
1,552 2013-01-07 13:24:42
Re: Carly Jean (34 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Well I wasn't too far off, the melody is totally different, but some of the notes are there. LOL! It's BEAUTIFUL Russell! Absolutley beautiful!!!
1,553 2013-01-06 15:10:44
Re: Beginner - help me with song selections please (20 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Here's my list of beginner songs, the ones I personally started with: http://www.chordie.com/songbook.php?sel … did=269030
"Leaving on a Jet Plane" was the very first song I learned. Just three chords, and for the most part you're just playing two back and forth and then throwing the E in there occasionally. I liked it, because it was simple enough to figure out and made me feel like I got somewhere soon enough.
FYI - best FREE place to learn online is www.justinguitar.com - no one here is affiliated, we just plain like his method. Start with the beginning, and go through the steps. You'll learn proper chord fingering, and how to practice. He's great!
WELCOME TO CHORDIE and enjoy the guitar!!!
1,554 2013-01-06 15:05:51
Re: Busted guitar (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
ouch! Clearly the guitar wasn't packed for being placed in baggage... it would have been a surprise if it wouldn't have sustained any damage just from being tossed around, forget the terrible circumstances. Here he was willing to buy a seat for his guit, and instead they demolished it. very very sad.
1,555 2013-01-06 15:01:10
Re: Carly Jean (34 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I couldn't help attempting to hum out the melody with my terrible sight reading skills, and came up with the famous, "I dreamed a dream in time gone by..." LOL. Maybe I shouldn't have given away that sight reading book, huh? Perhaps if I get some time, I'll pull out my daughters keyboard and drum this melody out while showing her a little about how to read music. 
1,556 2013-01-05 15:33:04
Re: CHORDIESTOCK 2013 - February 23 - Madeira Beach, FL (110 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
topdown wrote:
OK - I have reserved the clubhouse at my condo for Saturday, 2/23. We have it all day and night, must be cleared out by 11:30 pm. Not sure about grilling arrangements, but there is a full kitchen in the clubhouse and a very good pizza place close by. I figured we'd make Saturday the main jam get-together day but of course folks are welcome to come / go as they please. The clubhouse is right next to one of the (heated) pools, so bring your suits (kids too).
Amy - the rules allow for 72 hours of RV parking "for loading purposes". I'm confident that as long as the noise was kept down, parking an RV for the weekend would likely go unnoticed. Not sure what you do for utilities though.
AWESOME! Sooooo... I could come and park for a couple days... get a campsite for a couple days, and then come park again... maybe... if necessary to save money! LOL! SWEET!
We aren't a 100% yet, but it's a strong 95% - it's going to be a matter of $$ in the end. I'm hoping there's a way I can get our taxes done before then, and we'll be golden!
1,557 2013-01-03 15:28:50
Re: Why can't I log in with my new iPad? help? (3 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
if you're still having issues, contact the site admin, Per at admin@chordie.com - he should be able to help you out. Mind you, he's a busy guy and Chordie is a hobby, so be patient as he may not get back to you immediately, but he will eventually. Good luck!!!!
1,558 2013-01-03 15:25:51
Re: Amys birthday! (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Thanks guys! My birthday was the 30th of December. I've decided I don't really care for them anymore. I used to love birthdays, but now they just bring me a reminder that I'm continuing to get older. I turned 36, but EVERYONE kept thinking I was turning 37. It made me mad. The worst part is, I had to actually sit down several times and do the math and remind myself that I was right and the were wrong! ha ha! How bad is it when you can't remember how old you really are? LOL! In my opinion, 34-36 is mid-thirties... 37-39 is late thirties, getting ready for the big ole 40 - over the hill. I don't want to be late-thirties, at least not before I actually am! ha ha ha!
Mind you... I realize many of my Chordie friends are over 40, heck my husband is too. There's nothing terrible about it, I just don't want to get there prematurely! 
1,559 2013-01-03 15:20:42
Re: shooting in ct. (16 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I watched it all unfolding, and before they said it... after hearing people descibe him... I saw, Autism and likley either some type of bipolar disorder or possibly even schizophrenia. Autism alone wouldn't be enough to cause someone to act so rashly, however... it would allow someone with other disorders to organize, to not be capable of thinking with a "clear mind" about the aftermath, or the OTHER people who would be sad (to put it lightly). Clearly he had to have been being treated, and if not, then his own parents, doctors, and school system failed him and every single person that lost their lives and will forever be affected by that day. Actually, it seems the guns belonged to his mother. She taught him to shoot. I can see this happening if he just had Autim without the other issues on top... maybe he had an obsession with guns and this was her way of keeping him focused... Autistic obsessions are near impossible to quell. However, I digress, there was something else there inside this young man that wasn't being treated properly and I can only blame those closest to him. Clearly he was mentally distrubed. And what happened to his father and older brother? They just left him behind with his mother who was buying assult weapons and teaching him how to use them.
No matter the spin, it's terrible for every single person involved and especially for children to lose their lives so early in such an incomprehensible act. Sad... to put it lightly.
What I don't understand, is what is the purpose in the average person owning an assult weapon? You don't hunt with it, and a pistol seems like it would be a better choice for personal protection. I don't think assult weapons belong in homes - period.
1,560 2013-01-03 13:11:57
Re: Windows 8 (15 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
MIKE! Wait! My solution didn't work. Turns out my hard drive was dying. It's not 100% dead, but dead enough that I can't get windows to load at all now. I ordered a new faster one from Amazon that should arrive today. Here's hoping this is the fix. I'll keep you updated and let you know. FYI - run a hard drive test from within the BIOS to get a handle on if it's the hard drive or not.
Here's the stupid stuff:
Old hard drive was made my Samsung, who apparently sold that portion of their company out to Seagate who of course no longer supports my hard drive. Called HP, they wanted $170 for the SAME OLD REPLACEMENT drive (not to install, to just send it to me for me to install) and recovery disks and were giving me a line about how it was a "genuine HP part guranteed for 3 months". THREE MONTHS? WHAT? GENUINE? No. So, I looked around online at prices and chose Amazon for the deliver speed. I ordered myself a Western Digital drive guranteed for 5 years, faster, can run hotter, and for under $100... oh, and I have my recovery disks thank you very much (although I could get them from HP for only $12)! LOL! So... always liked HP, but not so much after they tried to steal my money for my out of warranty product.
Jerome - next time I am shopping for a computer, I will likely save up for a Mac. While I like being able to fix my computer and honestly don't mind installing new drives myself - it would be nice at this point in the game if the stuff didn't die on me. I managed to save all my photos, videos and music... however I lost my contacts from my isp pop email account, and quite a few emails I had saved on my machine (hoping I can get them off the dead hard drive though at some point - AFTER I get the laptop up and running again of course... that will be another fun little job). I'd rather NOT fiddle with this so much any more. I've come to like the higher end machines and that means almost a thousand as it is for my laptop... I don't want to replace it or have it die just yet. Jim's looking now, and I am pushing him toward a Mac.
1,561 2012-12-31 13:56:07
Topic: Windows 8 (15 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
This year for Christmas and my Birthday my computer decided it hated me... or rather, Windows 7 decided it hated my computer. Some of the "critical" updates were somehow crashing windows. First it was that my main log in account became corrupted. I was able to activate the hidden admin account and transfer all my files over to another computer on my home network. Then I deleted the corrupted account and started over. A couple days later, windows crashed completely. I couldn't get it to load at all, so I did a fresh win 7 install. A few days after that, as the last 2 years of updates came though, windows again wouldn't load... another install. I thought it was non Microsoft drivers... did just critical updates and low and behold yesterday the only way I could get into my system was in safe mode. So, for my birthday I updated to the dreaded windows 8. I figure since it clearly has to do with the win 7 updates, upgrading to 8 would be the only way to resolve the issue (unless I were to throw my computer through a window in my house, but that would create other issues of course).
So far... so good. I don't like Win 8, but I'm getting used to it. It's absolutely designed for touch screens, which is funny because there's not THAT many laptops out there for sale at the moment that are touch screens. In the end, it's design is to sell more of everything else. Sell more windows phones. Sell more tablets. (because they both run a similar interface to win 8) and mostly to sell APPS. Yes, in 8 they are calling EVERY PROGRAM an app and take you to the "app store" to update, download, and buy more "apps" like you do on a smartphone or tablet. It's annoying, but not as annoying as my computer DIEING every other day.
Anyhow... I haven't been around much the past few weeks and that's why... here's hoping I don't get too annoyed with 8. I'm trying hard to embrace it.
1,562 2012-12-31 13:43:27
Re: Bushy's Christmas adventure (24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Bushy! Get better quick sir! What a terrible way to spend Christmas, however, your wife will forever be grateful for the day to come and go with you still in her world. I'm glad that it all went well in the end.
Nela - my dad went through it and a year later is still cancer free. He's got some serious nerve damage from the chemo that didn't all appear until about 6 months after he was done, but he's alive and enjoying his permanent disability (something very difficult for him to do... retire!).
Both of you hang in there and get better. I can't imagine Chordie without either of you!!!!!
1,563 2012-12-21 13:29:42
Re: Worst christmas songs 2012 (14 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Jim is a Baaaa Humbug. This is his favorite song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLgeV02q4tw
NOT FOR CHILDREN!
1,564 2012-12-21 13:20:09
Re: CHORDIESTOCK 2013 - February 23 - Madeira Beach, FL (110 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
We are actually thinking... RV... OMG! Figured it would cost the same to rent an RV or rent a car and stay in motels. Although, we've never done the RV thing before. The movie scares me (that's our luck! LOL). I can see us parked in some truck stop somewhere sharing a meal with some scary trucker and Katie saying he looks like Santa. Oh geez! Is there a spot to park an RV in front of your place Jeff? ha ha ha!
1,565 2012-12-19 15:42:37
Re: CHORDIESTOCK 2013 - February 23 - Madeira Beach, FL (110 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Well, The kids are actually on vacation that week. So NOW, we are looking into the possibility of renting a minivan and taking the whole fam damily on vacation to Florida! We have never done this by the way. Our biggest vacations have been without the kids. With the kids, we've gone on staycations (a hotel room about 45 minutes away). BUT... it's time, so you all might be in for more than you bargained for! LOL! Just kidding! That's what the TEENAGER is for... babysitting while the adults go play!
1,566 2012-12-19 14:20:04
Re: Your Christmas Wish List (2012) (20 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
dino48 wrote:
Roger Guppy wrote:Well Santa visited our Rock Choir Christmas concert last night so I told him that as I have been a really, really good boy this year could I have a really bad woman for Christmas.
Roger
Could you send your santa my way,I would like too get one of those ladies also.
Sorry guys, my husband already got the last one. 
1,567 2012-12-19 13:14:44
Re: CHORDIESTOCK 2013 - February 23 - Madeira Beach, FL (110 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
You guys are so funny! I may be able to sing, but that doesn't help my playing a BIT! LOL! You all had be beat by the bazillions there (and Zurf, you did go after JIM a couple times!)
So it turns out, Dad is going to be in the KEYS in February (about 70 miles out from a major airport)! AHHHHHH!! He'll be closer to Toney and Jeff in January and March. So now, I have to make some enormous decisions. Of course, I see Dad all the time so I could survive not seeing him when I go to Florida... but this means I may have to crash on Jeff's floor with the rest of ya'll! The other thing that stinks about this, for those of you that don't know, is that Dad is the reason I play guitar. He sings and plays quite well and I had hoped he could join us. 
Jeff, send me some info on your address so I can figure out just where you are and look at some maps and see if there's a way to make this happen the way I was hoping it would. Maybe Dad would be willing to leave the keys for a day!
1,568 2012-12-13 13:20:07
Re: CHORDIESTOCK 2013 - February 23 - Madeira Beach, FL (110 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Nail that date down, I need to find out where in FL Dad will be at that point so he can come get me from the airport - see if my brother will fly with me (oh geez, a little scared at the idea of flying alone... haven't been in a plane since I was 13!!!) - and find out just how far Jeff is from where Dad will be! OH... and then we have to find out when and where Toney's playing in that timeframe!
I just don't think I'll bring my guitar though. I'm a little scared as it is to take a plane trip. I'd die of saddness if I survived it and my guitar didn't!
1,569 2012-12-13 13:11:20
Re: Archery (6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
We set up archery targets and did a little unit each year in the high school. Too bad my kids go to such a small school, they won't ever get to do that. I loved it when I was younger! As long as that bow isn't too heavy, I think the girls might like it too... remember to protect their arms though! Nothing turns people off from playing around with bows and arrows quicker than hurting yourself when letting go of the string!
1,570 2012-12-08 13:35:00
Re: Check this out . . . (4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Thank you for sharing! Very good stuff! I shared it on Facebook too.
1,571 2012-12-05 13:01:26
Re: Now it`s permanent. (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
JJJ - Find a fierce animal that she likes, and then put it near your nether regions and tell her it's her guard and it's there for her since she's the only one that will ever see it. Maybe that'll work! LOL!
Jim won't put names on either. He also won't wear his wedding ring (construction and rings don't mix and I get that). I'm still working on getting him to tattoo a ring on his finger instead. In the mean time... a "guard hyena" does exist although it's his favorite and I drew it!
On the other hand, all my tattoos are from him - so I don't need any names or anything representative of him as he's the one that's put them all on my body. ha ha!
This is mine ... looking very dry and needing a lil touch up:
1,572 2012-12-02 14:31:32
Re: CHORDIESTOCK 2013 - February 23 - Madeira Beach, FL (110 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Let me know when too. Dad is going to Florida again this winter and is harassing me to come down and take a vacation from the kids and the snow.... probably in January, but because I'm such a procrastinator it could get held off till February. If Paul's coming over, and people are meeting up, it'll force me to get my hiney down there!
1,573 2012-12-02 14:28:26
Re: Sticky Suggestion (8 replies, posted in About Chordie)
I agree, and actually I thought that there was one in here, but apparently I was wrong. The section mod will have to do it, if they agree as well. Absolutely a good idea. It won't stop people from asking, but at least we'll have a place to send them when they do (because they really don't bother to read the stickies most of the time )
1,574 2012-11-26 12:49:20
Re: Cold Shot (19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
We have snow here in Central NY too. I have a feeling this year will be like the "good ole days". I kind of enjoyed the scarce snow last year and got spoiled. The really weird thing though is that I live right by a lake. WE don't usually get a lot of snow here until the lake gets colder and freezes (or at least starts to ice over). They usually get more about 15 miles from us until that happens. However, they currently have less than us. So, if my bat senses are correct, we are IN FOR IT this year! I hope Jim gets a plow for that old clunker soon. I think we'll need it. I forsee the kids sledding in the back yard on the snow piles from plowing the driveway this year.
1,575 2012-11-24 12:46:43
Re: Thanksgiving (10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
It was good here! Tons of food, and a little bit of family. However, I made the mistake of putting up ONE string of Christmas lights last night, and the Christmas clock that chimes out a holiday tune on the hour ever hour. Of course that meant we woke up to our first snow of the year this morning. As much as I WANT to be annoyed by the snow (because it means cold that I'm not ready for), it sure does look pretty.