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Wut chu meen dat hour chillen doan use good englesh dese dayz. Ifn you ax me wes be talken ass good ass udder folks do butz wes just doit wid axcents.

nela

Last year, when all the hummingbirds would swarm the feeder, I would go out and stand real still next to it and I have had them lite on my shoulders, head and arms. Our feeder(s) are made where they can light on them while they sip the "nectar" and usually there ia one that will stay there and try to chase all the others away. Our biggest problem is with the honey bees finding the feeders and taking them over.

Nela

In Louisiana it's against the law to hold "fake" wrestling matches.

Also, it's against the law to steal crawfish or alligators, punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment.

Nela

Beamer, guitar lust is not good. It can cause many ailments such as cramps, twitches, fits, farts and freckles. Be very careful, my friend. If you happen to be in GC, and get overcome with the "lust"  thay won't be a good thing. Be sure to carry a towel with if you plan to try out the guitar. They have put a "drool" policy in affect and, depending on the amount of "slobber" you leave on the guitar you may have to make a purchase you are not wanting to make at this time. Be very, very careful.

Nela

Don't everyone get the wrong idea. I'm still active, do a lotta things I wanna do and some I'm not supposed to do. Have my good days and have my bad days but I kinda take them as they come. It's mind over matter - if you don't mind it don't  matter. Sitting here drinking coffee, now, and just as soon as I get full I'm going outside, cranking up my tractor, changing out my cultivator for my middle buster and plowing my garden while the weather is good. Then I'll probally clean out the horse stall if I feel like it, if I don't it'll wait until tomorrow. Working on a couple of new songs for Friday nite (playing out with friends), Before you kill us all by Randy Travis and Mirror Mirror by Diamond Rio. Gotta get the key right for my wife to sing and get our timing down pat. Staying busy is what it's all about.

Bill, come on over.

Nela

My doctors are well aware of what the drug I'm taking for kidney cancer is doing to me. I keep them well informed and provide daily reports of my blood sugar readings, blood pressure readings and anything else the doctors may need. In November 2012 I was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer and during surgury at M D Anderson Hospital it was discovered that it had spead to my pancreas, lungs and lymph nodes. During the sutrgery my left kidney and the "tail' of the pancreas was removed. I was taken to the recovery room where it was later discovered I was still bleeding inside and was taken back to the operating room. This time my spleen was removed. I stayed a week in the hospital before I was released then told I needed to stay locally for another week before I attempted the 350 mile drive home. After 2 days I went home. When I got home I was very sick, could not eat anything, hurting and just about completly out of it. I was home for 5 days, hurting so bad I could not stand it, when my wife made me go to the emergency room at our local hospital. No way could I have made another trip back to M D Anderson. then. What was discovered at my local hospital was I was still bleeding internally + I was leaking pancreatic "juice" in my abdominal cavity. I was put on a morphine diet and spent the next 8 days not knowing who I was or who anyone else was. After the doctors finally found out what was happening there was nearly 2 liters of fluid drained from my abdomin(sp) and I began feeling better. Through all this I lost nearly 65 pounds and put my wife and family thru hell with worry. Both before and after the surgury the doctors in Houston had told us to not expect more than about 2 years - that was 2 1/2 years ago. All things considered, side affects and everything, I am doing good now. My kidney and pancreas is clear as well as my lungs. There are still signs of the cancer in my lymph nodes but there is no growth I am told at all my scans (treatments) at M D Anderson that everything is shrinking and they are pleased with the results. This medicine I'm taking fior the kidney cancer has a host of side affects and I believe I am suffering every one. I have been on this medicine for 2 1/2 years and that is the longest anyone has been associated with this clinical trial. The medicine is working and doing what it is supposed to do so I'll gladly suffer any and all the side affects that comes with this drug, I am being monitered every 3 months with blood work, x-rays and scans. I provide reports of my daily issues to my doctors in Houston, my diabeties doctor and my cardiac doctor. I still don't have a whole lotta engery and am not able to do everything I want to do but I do enjoy what I do do. I work in the yard, plant a garden each year, fish, hunt, play my music and love my wife, family and friends. I just do it slowly. My biggest problem now is controlling my blood sugars. There is no rhyme or reason to the high and low readings I have other than my medications. I just visited with my doctor and it looks like I may be getting an insulin pump. Might not be a bad thing and since all my ductibles and out of pockek medical expenses are paid up it will be free. And as you can see by the length of this post I do have a lot of free time. Ya'll come and see me.

Nela

I, too, am on a clinical trial. I don't get paid for taking the medicing but I do get it free. Each day I take 17 different pills + 5 shots. Most day's I feel like crap and it's not due to any illness but due to the side affects of what I'm taking. The medicine I'm taking with the clinical causes me to have nose bleeds several times a day. I will get a skin rash if I stay out in the sun too long, my blood sugars are difficult to control, fluid will build up in my lungs causing "new-mon-ia" like symptoms, coughing, shortness of breath + a whole lotta other things. I used to be a very active person = hunting, fishing, camping, gardening and a host of other activities. Now I have to take it easy and after any outings I have to rest for a couple of days. With my garden, I'm ok as long as I'm on my tractor but it takes me several days plant and harvest everything. Haven't gotten to do any hunting in the last couple of years due to being in the hospital during hunting season with the "new-mon-ia" and I really miss that. I fish as much as I can but really need someone to go with me. Anyway, life is wonderful.

Nela

Bill, when Zurf said he "diddled" with fingerpicks I don't think he was really diddling.

Zurf, a little tip I read somewhere about finger picking a 12 string requires reworking the nut and the bridge of your guitar. If you will hold up your guitar and sight across the strings you will see that the octave strings of the E, A, D & G strings are even along the bottom of the strings. This won't allow to have a good "attack" angle on the strings with your nails or finger picks. Getting the nut and bridge reworked so all strings are even across the top  makes it easier to get to the octave strings. Can't remember just where I read this but I think I was just searching sites for finger picking a 12 string guitar. Talk to a guitar tech and get his comments on this. The article I read said to be sure and keep ypur old bridge and nut just in case you didn't like this set-up so you could change back. All this takes is a little time and money.

Nela

Old school. I print out the songs, put them in a clear protector and place in a 3 ring binder. I make multible copies so if I am out playing with others and they don't know the song I can give them a copy. Since I don't sing I "rewrite" the song so it can be sung by a woman, if needed. My wife handles all the singing and dioes a very good job of it.  Most songs hosted on Chordie or other sites all have errors in them. You need to listen to a recording and change the words and chords, as needed, so they match. If it's one thing I hate is "white-out" on the screen of my laptop or tablet.

Nela

Muting the strings as TF said is good advice as well as DS's comments. Always keep a pick with you so you can pratice anywhere you can listen to the song. As you listen to a song try counting the beats per measure of the song. That'll be the strum pattern. Some basic patterns are;
3/4 timing 1 - 2 - & - 3 - repeat
4/4 timing 1 -2 - 3 -4 - repeat
                1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - repeat  ( typical blues pattern)
                1 - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - repeat   (very common pattern)

These are some useful patterns that you can start with but you are not limited to them. Play what you hear. If you know someone who you can play with or get some lessons from that would be very helpful. Playing with others and paying attention to what they are doing is a very usefull tool. Maybe the most important.
Keep practicing as you listen to a song, count the beats from the bass guitar or drums in your head and apply that to the strum pattern. Keep us informed on how you are progressing.

Nela