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Down Up Dick
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So, it's settled then, thank God! 
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Where. Is everyone?
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KaraUkey
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Yep. If they are being snarky they're not really Ukulele players. Imposters for sure, fiddlers or percussionists or maybe just fibbers who knows.So, it's settled then, thank God!
Or perhaps they just don't live in Seahaven, with Truman Burbank.
Sorry - that comment was not in the Aloha spirit, but I couldn't resist it!
JC.
Sorry - that comment was not in the Aloha spirit, but I couldn't resist it!
JC.
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ukantor, well, don't worry about your lack of Alohaness, most of didn't get it anyway--keep smilin'! ld:
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KaraUkey
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Not so much snarky then as sarky?
When I was a member of Rotary I used to visit Rotary clubs when I travelled. Various parts of England and Scotland, Holland, Hong Kong and all around Australia and New Zealand. Now I visit Ukulele clubs. Like the one right there in the centre of London in the basement of the Royal George Hotel on a Wednesday night. You just lob in, find a seat and play and sing and enjoy a few drinks with people of all ages singing the music on the big screen. A great night with a bunch of people you've never met before. The same in all those other places I mentioned, you can always find a Ukulele club and I've not been to one yet that was not welcoming and a whole lot of fun.
I'm sure it would be the same in Canada and the USA and lots of other places. I don't know that first hand, but plenty of folks from those places and others, visit my group when they are here on holidays and sing and play. So no, it's not shades of Seahaven, nothing pretend about it, no paid actors, just a lot of fun. If ever you're down our way look us up. The meetup group website is in the signature below. Not so much Aloha but certainly Gidday.
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igorthebarbarian
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The only snarkiness allowed is Snark Tuners!
KaraUkey
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I second that and the signature message.
consitter
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Oh, yeah? Well, all I have to say to that is...
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight!
Glad you like my sense of humour.
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consitter
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Glad you like my sense of humour.
JC.
I get you, man. I get you.
I should have been born British. The only caveat to that is...I hate tea.
coolkayaker1
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Aloha, my friend Pete.
I think UU is less snarky than most websites. The reasons that the former posters are no longer here are mainly as Staci mentioned in her well-reasoned post.
. What the heck, I'll quote it above.
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coolkayaker1
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Reposted as it makes so much sense. Thanks, Staci.
I think, too, that once a uke player gets the buying, trading and selling out of their system, and owns what they like, they are less likely to peruse the UU Forums, too. Funny how nowadays if I see a uke and say "Now there's one to consider!", I lay down for a bit and it passes. Lol.
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consitter
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Hi Steve. Glad to see you still around these parts.
coolkayaker1
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Aloha, brother Scott. Still here, not as often. Life's been caught up in the thick of thin things.
Kanaka916
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It was asked and I posted this in Aug 2012 and hopefully answers your question . . . http://forum.ukuleleunderground.com/showthread.php?69637-Aloha-Spirit-Hawai-i-s-DefinitionWhy doesn't somebody explain what the heck the Aloha Spirit is.
Here's a lttle something Chuck wrote several years ago and yea, Chuck's (#616) been here from the git go . . .
Moore Bettah Ukuleles said:Thank you, I feel exactly the same way. If I can't be helpful or positive, then there's really no need for my comment. That's why I've been out of the Luthier's Lounge lately. It's become sad, distasteful and embarrassing. I've been on this forum for so long I feel like I helped build the Lounge and I'm pretty upset with what's happened to it lately. Along with the spirit of ALOHA, the other attitude that is held in high regard in Hawaii is RESPECT. Folks got to learn to respect; agree or disagree but respect each other. If you acted in a disrespectful manner in my home I wouldn't tolerate it. I can't boot anyone off this forum but I CAN remove myself. Although I haven't participated in any of the angry threads mentioned, it'll be a while before I feel comfortable in the Lounge again. It saddens me when I think of the valuable members we've lost in the past because of such nonsense.
Kudos to the majority of the members here who are respectful of this PUBLIC forum. If we act with kindness and respect we can continue to learn, share, discuss topics intelligently and even kid around a bit. The health of this forum is the result of the behaviour of it's combined members. Let's keep it as great as it can be. RESPECT. ALOHA. MAHALO. (Most of us learned these things when we were five.)
........stepping off my soap box now............
A lot of the members have moved on and there are a few who still frequent and linger and while preferring to stay in comfortable confines of the background.
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Well, Kanaka916, thanks for the information. I appreciate it. ld:
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No....but I get up a few times a night to make the sound of a waterfall so to speak....Doesn't anyone stay up late? To talk about music stuff? Or anything else? What a boring bunch we are.
Guess that is kinda boring I agree.
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Down Up Dick
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Larry D, you oughta take your Uke with you-- maybe less boring. Maybe a lot of us should be uking during the middle of the night rambles -- plunka, plunka, plunka. Perhaps we old folks could get a new fad started. ld:
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This!
I maintain we should all be on UCT (Universal Coordinated Time) (AKA Zulu or Greenwich Mean Time). People could adapt to the local meaning of the universal time.
Larry D, you oughta take your Uke with you-- maybe less boring. Maybe a lot of us should be uking during the middle of the night rambles -- plunka, plunka, plunka. Perhaps we old folks could get a new fad started.
Never even occurred to me DUD! I can't play the uke with one hand so I will have to take a seat and work on this one......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlCiDEXuxxA
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