Best posts made by barliman2001

"My mother-in-law used to live just a stone's throw away." -
"Why did she move?" -
"I think I hit her too often."

@georgeb At any rate it is much more relaxing to be invited by the greats to play with them than to be called into action due to emergencies... I once attended a concert by the Dusko Gojkovich Big Band where a friend of mine was regulation 4th trumpet. At the last piece before the interval, he collapsed on stage and had to be brought to hospital by ambulance due to a ruptured gall bladder... when he was carried out, he had me called and told me "my case is in the greenroom - you carry on", and I had the unenviable task of playing on another guy's instruments, in an orchestra I had only heard once before, a repertoire I had never played... without rehearsal... somehow i got through without too many notes left out...

The BBC story is here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-13092827,
and a video link is here: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/king-tutankhamun-trumpet-oldest-in-existence/

@SSmith1226

A reporter is doing an item about the longevity of inmates in a home. The first guy he meets looks like sixty, but exclaims, proudly, "Young man, last week I had my eighty-fifth birthday!" - "And how did you do it, sir?" - "No alcohol my whole life, no tobacco, and only had one little flirtation with a girl." Impressed, the reporter accosts another inmate who looks slightly older than the first: "And you, sir?" - "Don't waste your time with that riotous youngster! I'm ninety-nine. No alcohol, only vegan food, no tobacco, and no women at all. And just look at me!" - "Congratulations, sir," says the reporter and approaches a most decrepit-looking senior in the lounge. "And you, sir, did you use the same recipe as your neighbours ?" - "Me? No fear! I drank whatever there was to drink, I smoked heavily, and no girl was safe from me. And I had lovely steaks with chips, and won every eating contest on the calendar..." - "Oh really, sir? And may I ask your age?" - "Me? I'm twenty-nine and the ward nurse!"

Here's proof that even Eurovision Contest winning songs can sound nice... if you put enough brass in!

What do I feel about vibrato? Slightly shaken.

The Scottish recipe for tomato soup?

Hot water in a red bowl.

Ok, if there is no need to lock it, I won't. Just wanted to test the general feeling.

@Dr-GO said in A little humour:

@Vulgano-Brother said in A little humour:

I am a great Bible expert and even know the name of Noah's wife. It was Joan. Joan of Arc.

And I am sure you are celebrating this insight at the Arc of Triumph. And that's OK as there are many treatments we have for people exposed to Paris-sights.

À propos Paris:
A Japanese company director was very much looking forward to a business trip to Paris with some spare time to... well, see the sights. One day, he quarrelled with his CEO. A few days later, his colleagues saw him come out of the CEO's office rather dejectedly. "What's the matter?" they asked. "Did he cancel the trip?" - "That bastard? No. He doubled the travel allowance so that I should be able to take my wife."

Hi,

you are probably not correct in saying that you need a wider mouthpiece. It might just be that in the course of your life, your jaws and teeth have changed in shape and size so that your ideal embouchure does not sit in the middle anymore, but slightly to your right. That is no catastrophe - there are many fantastic players out there who are using an off-centre embouchure. Try where your tone and range are best and most comfortable to you; but that is something best done with a teacher. Try if rowuk here might take you in an online session - he's one of the wisest around here.

Ok, there have been enough misunderstandings in this thread now. I think we all now know what happened, and most of us would agree that inconsiderate behaviour in a band is not helpful, whosoever might be the perpetrator, and that some band directors are stricter than others regarding this issue.
With this statement, I am closing the thread. Thank you.

@kehaulani I have a dog that needs two one-mile walks per day. That helps too.

Electronic name for a leader of the orchestra: Semiconductor.

@dr-go ... and as the discussion seems to have maneuvered itself into no-man's-land (if not a dead end) and threatens to slip - again - into the murk of speculation and worse, I am finally locking this thread.

Two Scotsmen are having a posh meal in an expensive restaurant. At the end of the meal, one of them is heard calling for the bill for both of them.
The newspaper headline next day?

VENTRILOQUIST FOUND MURDERED

LOCKED, AT DR. GO'S REQUEST.

An Austrian comic paper today had recommendations for the gourmet in the times of Coronavirus... "Ten recipes for pasta with toilet paper". Things like "Boil pasta, rinse and dry. Mix in half-square inch bits of toilet paper, and sprinkle with hand sanitizer."

@bigdub Good on you to give away musical ability that way. A few months back, I donated three instruments and a heap of mouthpieces to a school in Bulgaria in a disadvantaged district... only last week, they sent me pics and videos of their founding a band at the school and their first performance at the End of School Year ceremony... with an official thank you document and an icon blessed by their local Orthodox priest... I can't tell you the joy I had from that. May you be similarly blessed.

@Niner An American, a Japanese and an Austrian are sitting together in a bar. Suddenly, there is a ring, the American spreads his fingers and begins talking. Finishing, he explains: "New American mobile phone technology. The phone is integrated into thumb and pinkie." Some time later, there is another ring and the Japanese begins talking rapidly. Afterwards, he explains: "Revorutionary Japanese technorogy. Mobire phone buirt into teeth." Some time later, there is a terrible smell. Quietly, the Austrian says, "I think I'm getting a fax..."

@j-jericho Can only concur with your description. Could not have done better myself (probably would have done far worse!).