Question about buying a used stringed instrument...

My grand daughter (age 10) is learning to play the violin in school. She is using a borrowed one for practice. We are thinking of buying her a used one, my question is...what do we look for? I know nothing about stringed instruments and don't know how to tell a good one from a piece of junk. Can someone give me some pointers? Thanks for any help.

Well now I know personally why our insurance is so high

...My doctor prescribed a drug for high cholesterol, I took it and it made me very ill, so bad I had to go to the ER. Naturally I stopped taking it. Doc said try cutting it in half, so I did, no go, still made me sick.

So he writes me a prescription for Crestor, the name brand, non-generic drug.

First I have to wait a week and a half to be "pre-authorized"by the insurance company (death panel?) for this drug, then I find my co-pay is $30 for 30 pills!!!!...

So I decide to find out how much these suckers cost out right, this is what I found out...

In the US they cost $129 for 30 pills, that approx. $4.30 per pill.
In Canada they cost $79 for 100 pills, that's 79 CENTS per pill.
That's a difference of $3.51 per pill, and I know Canada isn't selling them at a loss!

THIS....THIS is why we need health care reform in this country!!!!

Need some info on Obama care...

a friend here is telling us that he was told by the social security admin. that his contribution the medicare part B will be approx $400 a month because of Obama-care, up from $99. Any truth to this? Thanks.

Ok someone help me out here...

just had someone tell me there is a new law saying if you are going to college, you are no longer eligible for food stamps. I haven't heard anything about this. Is there any validity to it?

This person is married with 2 children, hubby works at McDonalds.

This....

Hilarious talking animal video

Hubby just read about a great idea...

buy a remote control helicopter, paint it blue with a big white UN and fly it around town. See how many people freak out!

Ok that was kinda creepy. I just went outside to take the trash out and heard

an exceptionally loud jet going over. So I looked up trying to find it, as we all are want to do on occasion. I saw a large jet escorted by two smaller jets, one on each side. Then a little further back another large jet escorted by two smaller jets. I couldn't make out anything but silhouettes (didn't have my glasses on). They were traveling in a west-southwest direction over NW Ohio.
Anyone have a clue as to what/who it might have been?

92 Year Old Vet Comes Out for Obama-Slams Mitt Romney Brilliantly

Learned a new word today, and I think it discribes the rightwingers

perfectly..


paracosm
paracosm

noun
a prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history