Best posts made by barliman2001

All the best for our recovery!
Having recently suffered a minor stroke, I know what it is to lie around in hospitals... a good cure during rehab was seeing all those other patients who had been hit far harder than me.

From day one, I had my pocket trumpet with me to practise; unfortunately without a mute. I then ordered Thomann's own brand warm-up mute which did the job. Nice, small, and well intonated, it surprised me as being better than the Wick... can only recommend it.
As to sound reduction: Quite a few nurses encouraged me to play, seeing my horn. And were very astonished when I told them that I was working on Arban up to two hours per day. No one outside my room had noticed...

https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_compact_warmup_trumpet_mute.htm

"Emergency! There's a young man climbing up to my room!" -
"Madam, this is for the police. You called the fire service."
"Exactly! He needs a longer ladder!"

Just got this message from my friends at allegro optical - the Musicians' Optician:
"Here’s a shout out for all my musicians friends who struggle to visit West Yorkshire! The Musicians Optician can now visit you in your own home anywhere in England, Scotland and surrounding islands and Northern Ireland. If you struggle to get to West Yorkshire “Home consultations” are now available. Call 0333 335 5745 or visit https://www.performingartsvisioncare.com/ If you are struggling to #SeeTheMusic or more. The team is going mobile and can come to you!"

@dr-go It's the wrong slot here because there's not much to laugh about my condition. Since I temporarily left TB, I've had two large-scale eye surgeries, both to repair my retina ablation. #1 was fairly successful in that my torn and folded retina was returned to its rightful place, and after the operation, I still had about 30% vision left. But the retina developed massive scar tissue which tore the repair into pieces, and I had to undergo a second operation which lasted for a full five hours and was extremely painful; this was in mid-January, and since then I haven't seen much improvement - sight in my right eye is down to 10%, there is constant pain because the surgeons (some of the best in the country, fortunately) had to put a tight silicon band all round the eyeball which is still in place six weeks later... I am unable to drive, unable to bend down (because that would risk another ablation), unable to do almost anything, have been prohibited from touching a trumpet for six months now (and that's no empty advice, my ophthalmic surgeon is a trumpet player of some note)... there is the constant threat of a third operation looming, and of course the statistical fact tht there is a 15% risk of my other eye getting a retinal ablation within the year... I honestly don't know how I would survive such a blow. All in all, a pretty bleak outlook.

@dr-go I'd give money to see that!!

What's cheek?

Send a card "get better soon" to a viola player who's not sick.

(stolen from Rowuk)

Another clip from the same movie...

Not trumpet, but French horn, but still unbelievable...

https://www.facebook.com/FelixKlieser/videos/515111756293870

@georgeb Specially for you:

@bigdub Extremely rare... especially as in that picture a heron is standing in for the stork...

@ssmith1226

@bigdub Most people at some point in their lives have been in Consistent, and many senior citizens are now residing in Continent.

@administrator That's the second stage!

Is that your right or your left shoe?

@bigdub Finally, police asked a bystanding viola player: "Can you tell us something?" - "What about?"

@tjcombo A more or less accurate description of Austria at the moment... (Austrian police vehicle and uniforms in the pic)

@curlydoc I'll hunt out the newspaper...

Two elderly ladies are sitting on a bench in a cemetery. Suddenly, one pulls out some cosmetics and begins making up her face. With a sneer, the other lady asks, "How old are you?" - "79" - "And you still bother about make-up?" Silence. Then the reply: "And how old are you?" - "84" - "And you still bother about going home??"

And one more in the same vein... An old lady in a cemetery asks an attendant, "Excuse me, where's Grave 15, Row A?" - "That's funny... first sneak away, and then can't find your way back!"

And a third one... A doctor meets his rival in a cemetery, "Oh, you're stocktaking..."