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Sniffling Sickie: The reason there have been no posts this past week is that I have been sick with a cold. I have managed to carry out my work schedule but I left just about everything else to be done today. Nothing serious - just enough to drag the energy out of me. I'm starting to rebound since last night.

Musical Moment: The reed trimmer that I returned to Muscian's Friend (they sent an Eb reed trimmer when I ordered a Bb reed trimmer) has been received by the company and credited. The correct reed trimmer is...back ordered with no word on estimated delivery date.

BTW, the new clarinet continues to work well. I am playing it up to half an hour at a time without problems. The ring on the bell is slightly loose and will need to be tightened eventually. Time doesn't permit right now and there is no danger of losing it. Two concerts coming up: the Community Band on 12/20 and the Academy Band 12/10.

Computer Talk: The memory that I bought for Beth's computer to bring it up to 1 GB like her siblings' computers has not yet been exchanged by OEMPCWORLD.com. I ordered exactly the right product and it didn't work. They suggested trying to flash the BIOS but it already had the latest BIOS. They suggested that it was a 'memory density' issue and allowed that they would need to replace the memory.

Of interest is that Dell delayed the shipment of the replacement laptop hard drive until 2 weeks after it was ordered. It should arrive in a week or so.