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Just my two cents worth....not all guitars have the truss rods that so many folks are mentioning.
I returned to playing my old Yamaha 6 string accoustic after more than 20 years absence, and found that I had the same issue as you describe....the strings were far too high from the fret board for me to play it easily.
Folks suggested that I adjust the truss rod, but I was unable to find it and ended up taking it to a music store (the 12th Fret in Toronto) to have it properly set up.The fellow there informed me that my guitar didn't have a truss rod to adjust, but they did some work on it ( filing down the bridge, etc., that made it far more playable).
That being said, the rental I obtained to keep me playing while my guitar was in the shop, was way easier to play than mine, even after the work had been done.
It seems that if the neck has deformed sufficiently, you will never be able to get the action that you would like short of getting a new guitar.
Poop.!

Curiouser and curiouser...I have been trying to save a version of "Free Bird" by Skinard for the last week and having no luck.
Was cruising through the new books this evening as usual, saw a version of "Summertime" by Gershwin I thought I'd like to save and lo and behold, it saved perfectly.
"Hmmm" says I to myself...."Maybe the saving songs issue has been resolved", so off I goes back to the songbook where I first found the version of Freebird I wanted to save, confident that I could add it to my listings.
No go!
"Hmmm again" says I.
So off I goes to the home page and searches for Freebird I do.
Several hit's I get.
"Cool" says I. "Let's have a look and see if we can save one of *these* versions", and sure enough, I now have a version of Freebird in my songbook.
So it would'st appear that the saving songs issue is *selective*. Perhaps based on which version or where the song resides originally.
Either way, this is a new Chordie behaviour.

Wow! What a gratifying thread!
When I read the first post, I expected to see a lot of "take it and run...what they don't know won't hurt them" type of responses.
It's great to see every single respondant advising Dino to do the right thing and let the current owners know exactly what it is they have and it's potential value.
I think Upyerkilt and James have it dead on....explain the situation up front and honestly, offer a fair price, but if they still want to make it a gift to you, be gracious and accept it in the spirit in which it was offered AND be sure to give them a thank you gift in return. Something more from the heart than the pocket book in recognition of the sentiment of the item.
Way to go Chordites!

Hey Kap:
I've smoked in fits and starts for over thirty years....10 years on, 10 years off, 10 back on, quit for 8 months last year but started back again this past winter.
I can tell you without a doubt that my voice is hugely impacted by smoking.
The more I smoke, the lower my range for sure, but the high end is gone as well as the ability to sustain a note.
I can also tell you that some of my sickest and most miserable times have come in conjunction with quitting...the nausea, dizziness and just plain confusion caused by the withdrawal were unbeleivable last time.
BUT
Most of those symptoms passed within a month (anyone who tells you they pass after a few days is blowing sunshine up your skirts) and I found I could breathe easier within days and the raunchy throat also cleared up quickly.
Add to the health benefits the fact that I was saving about $50 - $60 a week not buying smokes and you can see where I'm going.
I've only been smoking again for 6 months and it's as if I had never quit. The phlegm, wheezing and dependance are back full strength and yes, I do a better job at Johnny Cash again, but Slim Whitman's out of the question.
Time for me to take another run at it and good luck to both of us!

I was wondering the same thing when I saw the latest bulletin on the home page.
Finding that the Coldplay songs had been removed from the site and the new disclaimer at the top of songs only makes me more concerned.
It would appear to me that Coldplay's management (hopefully they're the only ones!) have taken issue with thier material being posted here, perhaps misguidedly thinking that a publicly and freely available listing of their chords and tabs will make people less likely to purchase their songbooks.
For me at least, it is exactly the opposite!
While I do have a very large number of songs spread accross several songbooks, I can tell you unequivocally, that I would never have purchased all of those songs in a songbook or sheet format. Most of them are saved based on a casual and momentary interest and the majority of the songs in my books have been edited by me to sound more like what I think the song should play like making the original post a non-issue.
I *can* say that I have actually bought more books and specifically single artist books rather than multiple artist compilations *because* of my time on Chordie.
Quite often there will be a song that I am *really*  interested in playing and I can't find a really good version of it here. The time spent searching through all of the member's interpretations often drives me to by the original publication just so I can get it right, hence the  Beatles, Pink Floyd, Eagles, Yes, John Denver, Patsy Kline, etc, etc, etc, books sitting on my bookshelf alongside my Chordie printouts.
I liken finding a song on Chordie to hearing a song on the radio.
If I really like the song, I will buy the CD.
One great thing about Chordie is that I often find songs that I had really liked some years ago, but forgotten about. Chordie reminds me what a great song it was and the end result is often that I go out and find the song in a songbook which I pay for and the artist receives royalties that they wouldn't have if Chordie hadn't reminded me of the song in the forst place!
All Praise to Chordie and Poop to Coldplay for being so avaricious and short-sighted.

Jock said:
"I find that {soc} & {eoc} is not working like before, anyone else having this problem?"

Yep, me too. It seems that once you do a {soc} it will never revert to standard verse formatting, everything stays indented and italisized...almost as if the {eoc} is having no effect.
Is that what's happening to you Jock?

I think mine's kinda self explanatory!

As my life-long spiritual guide and mentor said.."The fact that you realise you have a problem means that you are not too far gone"

Tundeaf

Personally, I never saw the attraction to drugs.
I tried weed and hash as a teenager quite a few years ago and all they did for me was make me sleepy and paranoid.
I know a lot of people who, as adults, still partake recreationally and at least one who says he is much more creative under the influence, but I've seen his stuff and he's kidding himself.
Dope and alcohol both seem to have the effect of making you *think* you are saying something profound, writing something insightful or drawing something incredibly unique, (and that you're a great dancer as far as that goes) but I think that anyone who is honest with themselves and looks at their "chemically inspired" creations will recognise most of it for what it truly is.
A special piece of art, be it music, prose or visual, will allow you to perceive it in new ways by itself and does not require alterred thought processes to achieve that result.
So, perhaps I could suggest a song or two that has expanded my horizons simply by it's content or construction....Pink Floyd's Dark Side and Wish You Were Here albums, the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour and Sgt. Pepper's, Yes's Close to the Edge and Relayer albums, REM's Automatic for the People and Fiona Apple's When the Pawn.....
The beauty of all of those albums, for me anyway, is that virtually every entry stands up well alone or in conjunction with the other pieces on the program and each of them is unique and original in so many ways that they remain as vital and relevant after as much as forty years as they were the day they were released.
Oh, and Dope is for Dopes.
Tunedeaf

Hurling?
I've been known to do a bit of hurling in my day, but it usually well *after* the game....and a few too many celebratory "wobblies".
As for Lord Stanley's Hallowed Mug..if the Leafs couldn't win it, and we all knew they couldn't, then I fall into the "Anybody But Ottawa" segment and would rather see it with the Ducks in Anaheim than with the Turkey's in Ottawa.
Tunedeaf
"What? Bitter?.......me?!?!"

Hey...you don't post songs here.

Chordie works like a search engine and finds songs posted elsewhere on the web which allows the site to avoid the copy-right issues that have shut down many other chord sites.

If you want to "save" songs you have edited here, you can create a songbook of your own and store your songs there, but they aren't actually stored on Chordie.

I still haven't figured out how *that* works, but it does.

Have fun

Tunedeaf

Ah, the Puppy is wise!

Funny thing is, I played a bit when I was a teenager and learned my chords from the chord books I bought. That's where I learned, like you, to play them the way I do.

It wasn't til 30 years later when I discovered Chordie that I found out that those chord books had shown simplified fingerings for many of the chords I play.

Also like you, I kind of wish that I had learned the proper fingerings from the start, but I also know myself well enough to know that the struggle to play them "right" would have led to a nasty case of dusty guitar.

As you point out, the simpler fingerings allows for swifter progress and it's that progress that keeps me playing!

Thanks for the backup!

Tunedeaf

Hi Again:

Here's another quirk that might be related to the ad-overlay issue.

I've noticed that when I hit my "back" button to go back to the previous page, the ad goes blank and I have to hit "back" a second time to actually return to the previous page.

This only seems to happen on screens where the ad-overlay issue presents itself.

P.S...did you get the screen shots I sent?

Tunedeaf