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by waitingame
Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:34 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Overton Low D on EBay
Replies: 8
Views: 2039

Another Overton Low D on Ebay. This time a blue anodized one.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=011

Item no 320206632478
by waitingame
Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:35 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Abell Delrin D on eBay
Replies: 6
Views: 1752

Abell Delrin D on eBay

Thought some of you might be interested in this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Abell-Delrin-D-Ir ... dZViewItem
by waitingame
Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:14 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Thin Weasel on Ebay
Replies: 0
Views: 610

Thin Weasel on Ebay

Item 320009176438
by waitingame
Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:09 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: V.A.T. on whistles
Replies: 3
Views: 914

The short answer is yes. However, in practice sometimes you get hit for it and sometimes you don't. It seems to rest really on the value the sender puts on the Customs Declaration. Bear in mind that if you get caught for VAT you will also be charged Import Duty and a charge from Royal Mail (usually ...
by waitingame
Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:53 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Alternatives to whistling
Replies: 18
Views: 2615

I've made a couple of low D's with removable extensions that convert them into walking sticks. The five inch head joint is angled at 45 degrees to double as a handle and there is a rubber tip on the bottom. I've got one of David's walking stick low D's and it's also great for getting conkers off of...
by waitingame
Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:11 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: NEW O'RIORDAN FOR SALE.
Replies: 74
Views: 11648

What's next? A few Ayn Rand quotes? Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice - and the alternative his nature offers him is: rational being or suicidal animal. Man has to be man - by choice; he has to hold his life as a value - by choice; he has to learn to sustai...
by waitingame
Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:02 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Abell madagascar rosewood D to trade.
Replies: 16
Views: 2791

A Abell for a Copeland sounds a reasonable trade to me. I also see nothing sinister in selling the whistle to fund buying a different one if a suitable trade doesn't materialise. As I said in the other thread I've recently dealt with this guy and found him perfectly straightforward and great to do b...
by waitingame
Sun Oct 31, 2004 6:50 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: NEW O'RIORDAN FOR SALE.
Replies: 74
Views: 11648

A couple of months ago I bought an Abell from the original poster. I paid a little under the list price for a superb as new whistle. But bearing in mind that we are both in the UK, if I had bought direct from the US I'd have been hit with 17.5% VAT, goodness knows how much Import Duty and a further ...
by waitingame
Wed Oct 27, 2004 3:37 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: R.I.P John Peel
Replies: 6
Views: 979

So sad.....and another victim of the current diabetes epidemic.

I hope that where John's gone there will be new bands every day.
by waitingame
Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:26 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
Topic: Feathered T-Rex
Replies: 187
Views: 29858

And I thought this thread was going to be about Marc Bolan in a feather boa!
by waitingame
Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:17 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: octaves and tongues
Replies: 9
Views: 1277

I haven't noticed any significant tongue movement but I do tend to pull my chin in slightly when going down any distance to low D.