On 15/01/14 18:49, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 05:08:27 +0000, Doctor John wrote:
> I was never quite brave (?) enough to try something like that.

I think you might mean stupid

> were a couple of kids on the football team (well, one in particular that 
> I remember well) who were really good to me, but mostly I just didn't 
> make friends easily because I was as I described.

Oddly, I've always pictured you as a typical US high school jock. You
know, 6 foot three and 190 lbs.

> 
> I didn't give it up because of the bullying - I was actually pretty good 
> (though I do say so myself).  I still have it, but I need to have some 
> work done on it before I can play it again - a repair gone bad several 
> years ago left the sound post stuck to the top face of the instrument, 
> and it's got a really bad wolf on the E string (the open E, at that).
> 
> I haven't played in years, though, because of that.  One of our neighbors 
> is a violin maker, even, but he said it'd cost about $400 to get it 
> fixed, because he'd have to take the front off the instrument to fix it.
> 

Good luck in selling the house then. House prices here in London seem to
be heading for the inflation levels of '74-76 with many buyers queuing
up to gazump each other.

> ...
> Thanks, that helps.  Oooh, coffee. :)
> 

<Looks at the time> A small snifter of the malt of your choice?

John
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It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children

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