Installment #1: Mixed bag of DIY projects

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Survival Whistle from a Soup Can
http://www.instructables.com/id/Survival...-Soup-Can/

EXCERPT: I want to show you an awesome survival hack by turning a soup can in to an emergency whistle. Watch the Video...

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2017 – Top 5 DIY Projects on the Oz DIY Handyman Site
http://www.ozdiyhandyman.com.au/2017/01/...-2017.html

EXCERPT: Here’s a list of the top 5 DIY Projects articles that had the most views and shares for 2017. [Includes: Picture Frame from Pallet Wood, Coffee Table - Side Table, Cookbook Stand, Mitre Saw Stand, Guinea Pig Cage]

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How to Identify Whether Your Child Has Dyslexia
http://m.wikihow.com/Identify-Whether-Yo...s-Dyslexia

EXCERPT: Dyslexia is the most common of all reading disorders. Many parents notice the learning disability in their pre-preschoolers. Some kids struggle to recognize or create rhymes, to learn the ABCs, or to recognize the combination of letters that made up their names. For children diagnosed in middle-elementary or beyond, parents might describe emotional or behavioral problems that accompanied academic failure. If these problems sound familiar to you, you might be the parent of a child with dyslexia. Although it is an incurable condition that lasts a lifetime, there are ways to help children with dyslexia learn to overcome the challenges of dyslexia and go on to have highly successful lives....

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Kitchen Progress: The Next Three Things
http://diydiva.net/2017/01/kitchen-progr...ee-things/

EXCERPT: I officially started the kitchen renovation about a year ago, and between February and May I tore most of the kitchen apart...

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Blues Guitar for Beginners - the Train Whistle Lick
http://www.instructables.com/id/Blues-Gu...stle-Lick/

EXCERPT: There's nothing says The Blues like the sound of a lonesome train whistle, and it's really easy to do. In this video lesson I'll be playing a blues in E quite slowly, and show how it's easily doable to create something that sounds great without having to be a finger-picking wizard...

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Tackling Chores You Can’t Ignore
https://www.todayshomeowner.com/video/ta...nt-ignore/

EXCERPT: Young families like Chuck and Allison Kelley’s have plenty of things vying for their time, energy and money; so we helped them catch up on some chores that shouldn’t be ignored.

Cleaned the gutters, roof valleys and skylights
Repaired damaged shingles and replaced the roof jacks
Trimmed low-hanging branches
Built a new no-sag gate
Pressure washed the home exterior
Fixed a dripping tub faucet
Added insulation to the attic

[elte]

The (top) cap of an acorn can be a pretty good whistle too.  Hold it with the sides of the thumbs pressed over the opening.  The thumbs are bent a bit so the opening is pie piece-shaped.  Hold that opening up to the mouth by pressing the lips to the thumbs at the place that isn't blocked and blow hard.

[C C]

The (top) cap of an acorn can be a pretty good whistle too.  Hold it with the sides of the thumbs pressed over the opening.  The thumbs are bent a bit so the opening is pie piece-shaped.  Hold that opening up to the mouth by pressing the lips to the thumbs at the place that isn't blocked and blow hard.

I had to seek pictures. As if an acorn cap having enough range to to play the notes of a simple tune wasn't unreal enough, they then had to mention how "to change the octaves..."

http://m.wikihow.com/Whistle-Using-an-Acorn-Cap

[elte]

Thank you for that link.  I was wondering how I remember things like the acorn cap whistle.  Some of the things from childhood are stored away in the mind's back recesses, sometimes getting brought back recently by something related.  An explanation is that the best friend of my brother was probably a boy scout.