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@administrator said in TrumpetBoards Moving Servers this Week -- Expect Disruptions.:

Yes, American Buffalo are really Bison. But, either way, they are delicious to eat.

There is a Buffalo farm near me, ( believe it or not, in NJ! ) actually closer to our Daughter and son in law's place. Anyway, I took our granddaughter there to see them. I'd say she was about 3, or 4 at the time. The farmer came up to us and asked her, “do you like the buffalos?”
She says, they're Bison.

Absolutely true story. I was pretty embarrassed, as much as I would be, which isn’t a lot. The farmer handled it pretty well. He just said, I know, but most people know them by that name.

@georgeb said in TrumpetBoards Moving Servers this Week -- Expect Disruptions.:

@bigdub said in TrumpetBoards Moving Servers this Week -- Expect Disruptions.:

@dr-go said in TrumpetBoards Moving Servers this Week -- Expect Disruptions.:

@bigdub said in TrumpetBoards Moving Servers this Week -- Expect Disruptions.:

You won’t hear a discouraging word... while the deer and the antelope play.

And the skies are not cloudy all day…….

ALL TOGETHER NOW ...
Home home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play...

Fun fact: two animals mentioned in the song are incorrectly named.
Buffalo are really Bison.
Antelope are not that, but are American Pronghorns.
That would just ruin the song, though. How would you fit those names into the lines and make them rhyme to boot? Haha.

You're welcome everyone!

@dr-go said in TrumpetBoards Moving Servers this Week -- Expect Disruptions.:

@bigdub said in TrumpetBoards Moving Servers this Week -- Expect Disruptions.:

You won’t hear a discouraging word... while the deer and the antelope play.

And the skies are not cloudy all day…….

You won’t hear a discouraging word from the Dub, that’s for sure

I probably told this story before. But it’s worth telling again for those who may not have had the torture of the boring story told to them.
Anyway, 6th grade group trumpet lesson, and a kid named Jack stood out on a certain line of music we were all playing in ……sort of……unison.
Stood out- in a very bad way. The teacher tried to make him feel better and approached him from behind his metal folding chair, to squeeze his shoulders teasingly like. Well, Jack was sort of leaning on his trumpet with his chin on his hands and the bell directly on the metal chair, with no place to go. The teacher was a big guy, and continued twirling him around while still applying good natured pressure on Jack's shoulders.
After he felt Jack was reasonably reassured that all would be ok, he stepped back to resume the lesson, when Jack looked at his rented trumpet. The only way I could describe the way it looked was if you were somehow able to shoot it like an arrow in a bow at a concrete wall.
We didn’t laugh. I laugh now. But we didn’t laugh then.
The teacher took it right away and had it repaired. Came out great. Couldn’t tell anything had happened at all. Crazy experience.
And that was 1962 or 63.

One of my former Bandmates with the community band's name is Steve Young. He hardly even knew he had the same name as the Hall Of Fame Quarterback for the 49ers.
An even weirder thing about him was that he played the viola, and quit to play more viola stuff. Now that’s weird.

@dr-go said in New old friend:

@barliman2001 said in New old friend:

Coolerdave - whom some of you may remember from TM days - has found the light and is now where he belongs: in this community of trumpet lovers.
Welcome, Dave!

Ohoh That means I will need to stop plagiarizing his Facebook memes that I have been posting in the Humor section. Coolerdave, can you find it in your heart to forgive?

Remember, most jokes are not entirely original. Nearly everyone “borrows” at one time or another….
Hmmm. I may have done the same thing at one time or another, or maybe the other way around

I dug a little deeper to find out more about this former elementary school student of my wife, who taught vocal music in Hillsborough, NJ for 40 years, now retired.
He attended Indiana University Bloomington and is now the principle horn player for the NYC Ballet. He also subs for the Philadelphia Philharmonic and way too many other groups to keep up with!
I will not mention here anything specific in the interest of privacy, but suffice it to say, he overcame some pretty big obstacles. I think I can say that?

Don’t assume anything by the title of the song. And…..it’s a French horn player to boot! One or two other things: this was a former student of my wife's when he was a boy in elementary school. He is now a professional horn player. He definitely lives up to it. Stay with it. It gets more amazing as it goes along!

I stopped into a convenience store at a crazy hour for a quart of milk. The sign says, “OPEN 24 HRS”, but there’s a guy locking up!
Hey!, I said, the sign says open 24 hrs! What’s up with that?

Yeah, we get that a lot. It’s just not in a row.

I think the reason this subject of brand name brainwashing, so to speak, is such an issue with me is because I had a Sears, Roebuck catalog trumpet as I entered High School band. I also was catching up, not having started quite as early as the others. The stigma of playing such a horn did not go unnoticed by me or anyone else. Kids could be cruel, as we know. My band director, thank the Lord, said, this Trumpet is made for Sears by Blessing, and it is a good horn. That was a good thing, since my parents did not consult him or anyone else about it.
Next thing I knew I was first chair by the time I was a junior, leaving everyone else in the dust!

Another thing here is that NO brand or make of trumpet is going to make a great player out of any of these students. Repetition of correct methods. Lots of repetition, even on a no name trumpet will do it.

@ssmith1226
Few have been in Telligent, I am afraid.

Our granddaughter just turned 13. She had an outdoor sleepover party for her friends and was sharing with us about it.
I said to her, that must have been in tents!

Requiring middle school students to have only one of two brand instruments is ridiculous.

Where'd you get that pencil? Not a Tigonderoga #2? Very bad.
Spiral notebook, you got that at Walmart?….oh, no. No. Tell your parents they have to get all your supplies at either Staples or Target or you will receive an incomplete on your report card.

@dr-go said in Artist on BOARD:

@bigdub said in Artist on BOARD:

@dr-go said in Artist on BOARD:

Other than that, how did you like the painting?

Ahh... now asking me for second opinions. You think you can afford it?

Yikes! I never thought about it……touché
Some opinions are pretty cheap, though. Some I wouldn’t give two cents for, and a penny for their thoughts should call for change back as well…..

@dr-go said in Artist on BOARD:

@bigdub said in Artist on BOARD:

@dr-go
Last night I stubbed my toe on the leg of our bed….big time.

Take two aspirin and call me in the morning.

PS: That'll be $248... less then half the cost of one of your paintings... so who's making the big bucks now?

Haha. Good one. Answer to your question: you! Already knew that.

I sometimes forget things, but I'm sure I remember not asking for any medical advice. It was all self diagnosed, self medicated. You should see the toe now. It’s not the same color as the others. And starting to fall off, but other than that, fine. That much I can say. Again, not asking for scientific diagnosis here……I’m on a fixed income.
I will call you if you wish, though. No charge.

Other than that, how did you like the painting?

@georgeb said in Artist on BOARD:

@bigdub

Well, now, maybe he's a witch doctor and put some kind of hex on you....

No. I'm pretty sure he's a veterinarian.

@dr-go
Wanna hear something crazy? Last night I stubbed my toe on the leg of our bed….big time.
I am so sorry. I will not tease you any more, Doc.
Is that what they call “Karma”?
I think I might have broken my middle toe, no less.

@georgeb said in Artist on BOARD:

@dr-go

I'd love to have a coffee with you two and listen to the banter between you. It would be a riot...

I would love to as well. Never met the guy. Haha. ( in person, that is )
He does, however, have quite the extensive art by Wayne R Mathisen collection…..