Buying a ukulele can be an overwhelming and tricky job, especially if you’re looking for a beginner or basic ukulele. There are so many from which to choose, and quality is not always a function of price. Keep in mind though, that if you want more than a toy and want a ukulele that you can play seriously, it’s unlikely that you will get much acoustic value by responding to a pitch of ukuleles for sale $30 or $40 (pun intended).
Christmas Cracker Jokes (both good and bad) What beats his chest and swings from Christmas cake to Christmas cake? Tarzipan ! Mum, Can I have a dog for Christmas ? No you can have turkey like everyone else ! What did the eskimos sing when they got there Christmas dinner…
The 12 Days of Christmas Presents and All (a classic from the archives, with some minor changes and updated for the age of E-mail–I understand that the original is from a Bob Rivers comedy album) _____________________________________________ From: Sandy Clause, Sandy@Clausenet.com December 14 My dearest darling Nick: Where on earth did…
One day in early September the chief of a Native American tribe was asked by his tribal elders if the winter of 2008/9 was going to be cold or mild. The chief asked his medicine man, but he too had lost touch with the reading signs from the natural world…
“A Christmas Tale” By Jacqueline Ramm At this time of year it is patently clear That the males are the ones who are blest. Thoughts like “goodwill to men” we hear time and again And we find them quite hard to digest. As we women all know, men think they…
oooooooooooooOooooooooooooo A small cute little boy regularly went to Sunday school where he learnt the stories from Bible. One Sunday, he heard the story of Three Wise Men guided by the Holy Star. His version of story, which he told his parents after returning home, was: On the first Christmas,…
A new contract for Santa has finally been negotiated. . . Please read the following carefully: I regret to inform you that, effective immediately, I will no longer be able to serve Southern United States on Christmas Eve. Due to the overwhelming current population of the earth, my contract was…
‘Twas the Net before Christmas Version 2.1 ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the Net, There were hacker’s a surfing. Nerds? Yeah, you bet. The e-mails were stacked by the modem with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The newbies were nestled all snug…
The Christmas Holiday Best Wishes Disclaimer Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of…
Is this the Birth of the Tradition One particular Christmas season a long time ago, Santa was getting ready for his annual trip, but there were problems everywhere. Four of his elves got sick, and the trainee elves did not produce the toys as fast as the regular ones so…
The Inevitable Happens. When two people meet up. The stories get bigger and more unbelievable by the minute. Then there’s the customary advice. “Why don’t you do this…” The subject is, as always, the everyday ‘Niggles and Rituals’, the ‘Pot-holes’ of our everyday existence, and the ‘Pet-Hates’ that feed our…
Panic Alarm! My wife and I were sitting in the Cairns airport arrival lounge fixing our sight on the arrival gate, looking for our son-in-law when, suddenly, an ear-piercing alarm went off. It seemed to come from somewhere very close to my wife. The sound was so shrill that she…