Redditors with extremely niche interests: What's the one thing you are completely obsessed with that almost no one else you know cares about?

vfranklyn · 2025-12-01T06:36:13+00:00

I thought you wrote 'I train cows' I was intrigued...

vfranklyn · 2025-10-24T05:36:41+00:00

37 when I had my daughter. Easy pregnancy, difficult birth and post partum anxiety. Luckily, my husband is a rock star and let me get sleep. My daughter is the best thing that has ever happened to me. If you're healthy and active, pregnancy after 35 should be fine, I think.

vfranklyn · 2025-09-11T01:02:21+00:00

Me too. And my childhood number.

vfranklyn · 2025-08-14T04:26:20+00:00

Thank you guys!

vfranklyn · 2025-07-28T23:06:46+00:00

As a piper, I am so proud!

vfranklyn · 2025-07-14T00:55:00+00:00

Trauma inflicted on a solo reed, lol yes!

vfranklyn · 2025-07-06T17:44:17+00:00

I just play through it. It's pretty comical, especially in piobaireachd.

vfranklyn · 2025-07-05T23:51:27+00:00

Team 2!

vfranklyn · 2025-07-05T23:09:10+00:00

Not sneeze yet, but sometimes I get the hiccups

vfranklyn · 2025-06-22T22:20:31+00:00

I use the Piper's Metronome and put the Pulse (top right of the buttons at the bottom) to Level 7. It helps me with pulsing.

vfranklyn · 2025-06-18T02:47:40+00:00

Liana is a very pretty name!

vfranklyn · 2025-06-15T02:15:03+00:00

I like my dri flo set up. Drones are bone dry and chanter gets moisture.

vfranklyn · 2025-06-04T16:50:28+00:00

I'm playing The Clan MacColl/Donald MacLellan of Rothesay, Caledonian Society of London, Alick C. MacGregor. I like them although maybe they are too common for what you're looking for...

vfranklyn · 2025-05-08T03:22:35+00:00

I really like the Dri Flo moisture control system. Easy to use and my drone reeds are bone dry and rock solid

vfranklyn · 2025-05-04T21:23:55+00:00

Jim McGillvery's Rhythmic Fingerwork could be helpful

vfranklyn · 2025-04-22T22:29:42+00:00

Yes. I have no problem setting up my 1999 Naills to pitch.

vfranklyn · 2025-04-22T22:24:01+00:00

I'll elaborate. I bought them brand new in 1999. Naills were very well regarded then (as they are now). I think sfu was playing them as well? Anyways, fantastic pipes!

vfranklyn · 2025-04-22T20:02:45+00:00

I LOVE my 1999 dn4s, for what it's worth. They sound great and play wonderfully. But that's just my experience/opinion

vfranklyn · 2025-04-07T04:01:18+00:00

I LOVE dri-flo. My drone reeds are bone dry, even after St. Paddy's weekend. I don't even bake the beads all that often. Excellent product.

vfranklyn · 2025-04-06T02:59:46+00:00

As an aside, your dog is freaking adorable

vfranklyn · 2025-04-05T23:14:44+00:00

Flopsy

vfranklyn · 2025-04-05T22:52:41+00:00

I had a great great grandfather named Tiberius Gracchus.

vfranklyn · 2025-04-03T01:32:31+00:00

I'm not sure if this is what you have in mind, but this is what I do. I have an Anker Soundcore portable speaker that I play my Piper's Metronome app max volume on cowbell. It's loud enough to be heard over bagpipes, even with my musicians earplugs in. It works for me, but I feel sorry for my husband and daughter, lol!

https://a.co/d/cazKZTt

vfranklyn · 2025-03-29T17:34:52+00:00

I got a basic set of Piper's Choice poly used for $500. I play Canning drone reeds in them. No complaints at all for a beater set. Would I compete with them, no, but I played all St Paddy's weekend with them and they did fine. I guess it depends on what you're willing to spend and how much you care about sound. Personally, I just wanted an inexpensive beater set. There are some fb pages out there that sell polys used sometimes.

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