Normal????

[i.citizen]

I appear to have MOD (mandolin obsessive disorder)

I find myself constantly thinking about my mandolin, I'm even dreaming about her (and John Lennon's secret mandolin and harmonica tour?????)

Is there help for my affliction? A help-line I could call?

Is this normal?????

[Mike Black]

Welcome to the club. You’re definitely in the right place here at the Mandolin Cafe. We’re all blessed/cursed with the disease here.

[MikeEdgerton]

You act like this is a bad thing...

[Cecily_Mandoliner]

Welcome to the "New Normal"
I am glad to know I'm not the only one...
For me, I find myself hearing my practice tunes from my lesson book while I'm at work. As I go to sleep at night, I catch myself fretting on the pillow... doesn't work, so don't do it!
I just love playing the mandolin.
For a help-line, just log in to Mandolin Cafe, of course!
Have fun! Make music!

[billkilpatrick]

i watch tv with mine in my lap, rubbing it a polishing cloth ... can i get a witness?

[OtterJ]

Welcome," i", please no last names at this 12 step support group. Let's go around the group and introduce ourselves and the last time we thought about or touched our mandolins....

[OldSausage]

Think about mandolins all the time? You people are sick.

[Elliot Luber]

I have dreams of playing my mandolin while my wife, sleeping beside me, has dreams of El Kabong. (for non-boomers that's a cartoon character who smashes his guitar over the heads of bad guys).

[SternART]

<<<< Is this normal????? >>>>

Normal around here.......and it could be worse!
Welcome aboard.

[Denny Gies]

Welcome, it only gets worse but what fun. Take two aspirin and call me in the morning.

[PhilO]

MOD is MUCH cheaper than MAS....

Count yourself to be one of the lucky ones.....

[Austin Bob]

Normal is a setting on the washing machine. It does not refer to mandolin players.

[OldSausage]

Normal is a setting on the washing machine. It does not refer to mandolin players.

What's a 'washing machine'?

[Wilbur James]

Define Normal?

[Marty Henrickson]

MOD is MUCH cheaper than MAS....

Count yourself to be one of the lucky ones.....

Yes, but MOD can lead to MAS.

[shortymack]

Sounds normal to me, except the part about it being a her.

[i.citizen]

MAS appears to be setting in too!

And my mandolin is definitely female with hips like that and her sweet sound. Just as all of my guitars have been girls for the same reasons.

[billkilpatrick]

mine's a eunuch ... er ... unique.

[i.citizen]

I'm ever so slightly worried about you Bill.... I hope that you're using protection....

[dang]

What's a 'washing machine'?

Electric or old fashioned?

[billkilpatrick]

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[billkilpatrick]

I'm ever so slightly worried about you Bill.... I hope that you're using protection....

i've been rubbing my mandolin so much that it's granted me three wishes!

[Fretbear]

Wife? Oh yeah, I remember.......

[JH Murray]

I keep telling my good spouse that my mandolin obsession is costing us much less than a new boat or a Harley. It's the poor man's mid-life crisis !

[mtm]

... I did the Harley's first, so that makes MAS a lot more palatable ....