A Samuel F. Russell dulcimore replica
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A Samuel F. Russell dulcimore replica
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Thank you, friends! This is what I like to do for fun.
A Samuel F. Russell dulcimore replica
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Exception work, as always, my friend. Bravo. That's a real beauty.
A Samuel F. Russell dulcimore replica
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Stunning! Wonderful work right there, John !
A Samuel F. Russell dulcimore replica
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You do excellent work on making historic dulcimore replicas, John, and this is no exception!
A Samuel F. Russell dulcimore replica
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I finished my Sam Russell dulcimore replica exactly 81 years after Mr.Russell finished his prototype! You can see photos of his in L. Allen Smith's Catalogue, on page 52 (D15). It's made of black walnut, with a rosewood nut and bridge, birch accents, full-width staple frets set in a mean-tone scale, and Perfection pegs. It was quite a project!
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Hats off to you Belinda, for becoming avid hikers with your husband!
I find it interesting how different people get creative in figuring out ways to get their exercise safely during the pandemic. We each gravitate towards types of exercise that suit both our current situation, our comfort level, and our individual personalities. 
updated by @strumelia: 07/17/20 09:11:11PM
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I look forward to Belinda fireside concerts.....
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My oncologist still has mer quarantined to home, but wedd can do outdoor activities like walking, camping, hiking, etc as long as it is people-free... we have become avid hikers and go early in the morning to avoid people. Not sure how I'll survive winter because I hate the cold. Sadly, my oncologist told me last week I (we) can't do Clausing this year, which is understandable, but still heartbreaking because it means so much to us and helps us thru the hard holidays without our son. By the way.... This is us !
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Okay Strumelia, I'll email later. Thanks!
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Magic, I'm needing to see your IP address from the location you usually use and where you are usually seeing this issue happen... so maybe let me know when you are logged in from your normal home location- then I'll get the IP address that I can double-check on about possibly you being blocked from our end. Thanks! You can just email me using the "contact site owner" email link at bottom of site to let me know once you're logged in from home. :)
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Okay Strumelia, I won't sign out. I'm at my daughter's house today though so using a different WiFi network than usual and hence a different ISP.
For a while yesterday I was getting the error message on WiFi (at home) but able to connect on mobile internet. So that would fit with an ISP issue I guess. I'm confused though because I'm fairly sure the issue hasn't only occurred when using my home WiFi in the past.
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There's something else I'd like to check on, Magic. But you'd need to be logged in at the time I check on it. So if you are able, please try to get logged in and STAY logged in today, so I can do this check. I need you to be logged in at the time I do this checking. Thanks!
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Here is what my site platform developers (and my server provider) think:
"So it seems that he's tried different browsers etc. and still intermittently gets this issue.
I'd suggest that he contacts his ISP to see if they are somehow occasionally blocking your site, or maybe a server that might be used on the route to your site."
The idea is that your ISP internet service provider servers are intermittently blocking access to fotmd.com for one reason or another, seeing it as a possible threat. Perhaps that has to do with higher UK protection settings, or not.
It's a good idea to contact them- it's likely that they can whitelist FOTMD.com or adjust that server's settings to stop blocking.
--> Be sure that ALSO on your end, you go into any virus protection programs you might have (and also your browser settings), go into any cookie preventing extensions on your browser, or AdBlock programs etc, and add fotmd.com to any whitelist/'allow' lists there might be within those programs and software.
If this frequent access blocking was coming from fotmd software or fotmd servers, then a whole bunch of members would be experiencing this, and that doesn't seem to be the case. Something you have going on is blocking you from accessing fotmd.com and the pages on our site server.
updated by @strumelia: 07/16/20 01:42:20PM
Does anyone know anything about Jim Hamilton Dulcijos?
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I had not heard of Jim Hamilton nor his Dulcijo. Like Dusty, I have heard good things about Mike Clemmer's instruments.
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I had a similar problem the other day and I just figured the site was offline for awhile. I came back later and got right on, so I don't know what the issue was. That's the ONLY time I've had a problem getting on in 2020.
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It is weird! I can only think it's to do with my IP address being in the UK, or something. I really think the problem must be at the site/server end; like I say, when I get that message, I get it across the board on different devices, different browsers, different WiFi networks, so I don't see how it can be a software/security issue at my end.
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weird. I have no advice for you. Sorry.
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Dusty, as I say, the problem is intermittent and always resolves itself. I have no way around the error message; I just keep trying and a day or three later the site just loads up normally.
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Magictime, I have a question, but maybe I'm just a little slow this morning. If you get an error that you can't enter the site, how are you able to post comments here? What are you doing to bypass that error screen? I wonder if you are not running some kind of virus-protection or internet firewall software that wants to double check that you want to visit this site. I'm no expert, though, so my questions and comments may just reveal my own ignorance.
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This is helpful additional information, thanks. :)
I've asked a couple of knowledgeable folks about this to see if they have any ideas.
Meanwhile, if any other members are experiencing this, please post it here.
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...sorry, to be clear, by 'no effect' I mean I just had the exact same problem.
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I don't have the site bookmarked, Strumelia, but I do usually let my browser 'autocomplete' the address when I type it in. Anyway, the problem recurred this morning, so I took the opportunity to clear my cookies in Chrome and make sure I was typing the address myself; no effect. Then I tried installing Firefox for the first time (so no existing history, bookmarks, cookies etc.) and typing the address manually. I got exactly the same result: a blank page with a 'You do not have permission to access this server' message. I can try getting in the habit of logging out when leaving the site to see if that makes a difference, I guess. I'll get that email address saved anyway. Thanks!
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I have kept your place tucked away in my mind ever since you told me about it in Berea. Nina
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Try not using the bookmark you created a while back. See my last post. Also purposely log out when you do it. Clear your browser cookies. then come to the site by typing in the location fotmd.com and not using your old bookmark to get there. Replace your old bookmark with a new one. Tell me if you get the problem when doing the above.
BTW, the email link at the bottom of the site "contact site owner" works outside the site, through regular email.
updated by @strumelia: 07/15/20 08:08:01AM
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Thanks. It happens when I try to go to the site initially rather than once I'm there, and on whichever page I try to go to first (e.g. home page, my profile, forums, any of which might happen to be the first page I try). Usually when I do successfully get on to the site, I find I'm still logged in from the previous time. When it goes wrong, I have tried using Internet Explorer rather than Chrome, and my phone rather than my laptop; it doesn't seem to matter (although I could try another browser next time it happens). Unfortunately there's no way to alert you when it happens because I don't think there's a help email or suchlike I could note down and use outside of the site itself.
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Nina -- anytime. Our AirBnb listing is open once again (cautiously), and I'll certainly make you a gourmet seafood dinner!
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I call my husky/malamute my Trail Buddy and try to get out with him for about an hour every other day. Recent hot weather has forced me to try doing that in the morning. (I'm NOT an a.m. person and tend to muddle along until finally alert.) I've tried night hikes, but he's just not as happy with paved walking, our local parks shut down at sunset, and flashlight hikes in fields and woods can be tricky. <sigh!>
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Magictime, to help determine if this is indeed a browser issue, try a different browser. If you usually use Firefox, try Chrome or vice versa.
I've never heard of this happening before either.
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Dulcinina, Jane and her older sister Kate play softball, are on the girls wrestling team and throw during track season.
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Magictime, I've never heard of this happening before, and I'm not sure what it means.
Have you tried coming to the site by directly typing in fotmd.com into your browser location window, instead of using a bookmark you may have created a while back? Try that. If it gets you here ok by typing in the address new, then make that the new bookmark and get rid of your previous bookmark. This could be a bad bookmark or a browser issue.
Important--> When does this happen? When you are just trying to get to the home page and have not logged in yet, OR when you are already logged in and trying to go to some page on the site? Please tell me exactly what page you are on when this happens, and what you are trying to do when it happens.
Ed Thomas replica by John Knopf
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@magictime I've listened to your play and it sounds really good! Just keep playing and having fun!
Ed Thomas replica by John Knopf
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You've made a wonderful start, Greg! Keep it up.
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Wow, Don. Good for your grandaughter! Another Outdoor Woman! I attended a few KY Outdoor Woman weekends put on my KY Fish and Wildlife. They taught all kinds of outdoor skills--fishing, archery, orienteering (sp?) survival skills, canooing etc. I had so much fun. Alas, I am not a fisherwoman. But I'm always delighted when I seen young girls doing such sports.
Ken, I can only dream and live on memories of fresh ocean seafood. Maybe some day I can rent your little place and you can fix a gourmet seafood dinner for me.
Lisa, I, too, have not been walking regularly because of the heat and humidity. But I do my yoga stretches every morning. And since we live in a two-story house, I get to climb steps all the time cuz when I'm upstairs, I need something that's downstairs and vice versa. Nina (aka Dulcinina)
Ed Thomas replica by John Knopf
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Thanks Ken. I've just begun making some recordings so this is the sort of thing I hope it'll help with.
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I prefer the intimacy of Ozark streams. I enjoy the sound of the streams and watching the braiding currents. Assuming the picture came through...my granddaughter last week.
