Posts made by BigDub

I don’t think I’d be able to really stretch out in those cramped conditions...

@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:

Please excuse this post placed under “Humor”. It is about Father’s Day, and being posted on the day itself, I felt that the discussion would be very limited and short lived. Never the less I wanted to share my thoughts with the group. Being a comeback of three years I have done virtually no posting in the technical sections of trumpet playing, so I am posting these thoughts in the section that I have the highest comfort level in.
It’s Father’s Day today in the United States, which caused me to reflect on the past 40 years of my life. During this time I have lived in the Florida Keys, a 112 mile long chain of beautiful tropical islands interconnected with roads and bridges south of the Florida Peninsula. I raised my family there, and now my children, who are well into their own independent lives, are raising their children. Over the last 40 years I have witnessed many touching situations. The following is one of the most memorable and touching experiences I have had in the Keys involving a father and his children, outside of my own family. It’s about a friend of mine, Doug P....r who was born in the Keys, as were generations before him dating back to the mid 19th century, when they came over by boat from the Bahamas. Doug was a true “Conch”.
Doug P.....r lived all his life in the Florida Keys and was on his deathbed. He knew the end was near. His nurse, his wife, his daughter and two sons, were with him. He asked for two witnesses to be present and a camcorder be in place to record his last wishes. This is where I came into the story as a witness. When all was ready he began to speak:
“My son, Bernie, I want you to take the Ocean Reef houses.”
“My daughter Sybil, I want you to take the offices over the Marathon Government Center.”
“My son, Jamie, I want you to take the apartments between Mile Marker 100 and Tavernier.”
“Sarah, my dear wife, please take all the residential buildings on the bayside on Blackwater Sound.”
The nurses and witnesses were literally blown away, as none of us realized that this wonderful man, the consummate father and husband, who lived his whole life so modestly had such extensive holdings. As Doug slipped quietly away, the nurse said, “Mrs. P....r, your husband must have been such a hard working man to have accumulated all this property.
Sarah, his wife, replied, “The asshole had a paper route.”

Why, I oughta........<|>…9¥@$$#$&” haha! You had me all the way till the end. Good one. What a setup! The name, the details....as if.......yeah, really got me good.

What do French people call French doors?- doors?
What do Turkish people call Turkish taffy? Taffy?
Do the British have English muffins?
What do Chinese people call Chinese food? Dinner.
What do they call American food? Filling?
"Eat American food, not hungry for whole day!"

@SSmith1226 said in pet peeves:

@BigDub said in pet peeves:

@SSmith1226 said in pet peeves:

@J-Jericho said in pet peeves:

Using the term "gut" instead of "intestines".

I have a gut feeling that you might not like chitterlings, “chitlins”, innards, entrails, or viscera either.

Don't get tripe about it

I will ruminate over that.

A friend in college came into my room and ate all my snacks

@J-Jericho said in pet peeves:

@BigDub OK, let's narrow it down to its predominant, and to my way of thinking, inappropriate use these days in a health context. "Gut" has its appropriate use, as does "intestines". I would attribute the following quote as an example, but I haven't found the author:

"String music sounds like the scraping of a horse's tail against a cat's intestine."

It’s ok. No matter what you say I still don’t hate your intestines.

@SSmith1226 said in pet peeves:

@J-Jericho said in pet peeves:

Using the term "gut" instead of "intestines".

I have a gut feeling that you might not like chitterlings, “chitlins”, innards, entrails, or viscera either.

Don't get tripe about it

@J-Jericho said in pet peeves:

Using the term "gut" instead of "intestines".

Well, maybe, but........
for example, catgut, which used to be what the strings on a tennis racquet were made out of, then should be called sheep intestines?
Or, I have an intestinal feeling something bad is going to happen.......
Just trust your intestines.....yeah. Everyone says that.

This is making my gastrointestinal track queasy.

Yes, I go on the Internet. I see stupid people. Does that make me stupid?
If you are on Facebook and can’t find one spelling or grammatical error in the first minute, you may just be one of those people mentioned in the first sentence.

@Dr-GO said in 2019 Jazz Festivals:

By the way, check out the valve action on the Kanstul in this cut:

W.O.W.
Outstanding. And Brenda Flowers definitely has got an Ella Fitzgerald vibe going on. A hint, at least.

@Trumpetsplus said in Buy your horns here, not there!:

People buy Jaeger trumpets from me.

And mouthpieces too

@Dr-GO said in 2019 Jazz Festivals:

The day after. Here is a post of one of the songs the quintet played backing up the vocalist Brenda Flowers. I decided to bring out my Harrelson on this day as we had a two set with rather challenging ranges to play. This song was to be played by the sax player but at the last minute he punted the song over to me due to the break neck tempo. So here I am, unrehearsed, as it was "Just One of Those Things":

A little too much coffee, Doc?
Haha, just kidding. SMOKIN'!!

@Vulgano-Brother said in Spread the Word and Help Lower my Blood Pressure:

Myself, Ive got moor then too trumpet's.

Ewe must be kidding

@Pinstriper said in Spread the Word and Help Lower my Blood Pressure:

I have trouble getting past people who use apostrophes for plurals. I mean, this is what, 4th grade grammar ? Third ? I can understand, sort of, that a lot of people weren't paying attention in high school. But they were already cooked by 4th grade ?

Also, people who report that they "seen" something. No, you "saw" it.

Commas are often misused as well, guilty as charged.
Then there's the "your" instead of "you're", there, their, and they're, “then” used when “than” is called for.
“I use to do that” instead of used to do that.
Here is a subtle one, people use “it's” when referring to possessive. It’s is only for when meaning it is..
Don’t know why that is so, but it’s so.

Dillon's has an amazing customer base range. I am about 40 minutes away but I have heard stories of people traveling from much farther away. If you judged it by its outward appearance you would turn around and leave. That would be a mistake. The inside is full of brassy goodness.

@Dr-GO said in Bundy!:

@BigDub said in Bundy!:

Well, I guess he could play an entire song without taking a breath. And whistle the whole time.

Not to forget to mention he will always have a drum behind him.

He had to ask his instrument repair tech why he was getting a waxy film on his lead pipe.

Believe it or not, I only made it through the fourth grade.

Well, then we moved to NJ and I resumed my education.

@Tobylou8 said in Bundy!:

@BigDub said in Bundy!:

@J-Jericho said in Bundy!:

Here's a demonstration of how to play a Bundy trumpet by ear:

This guy clearly doesn’t know how to play

EXCUSE ME!!!! He has an ear for trumpet!!

Well, I guess he could play an entire song without taking a breath. And whistle the whole time.

@J-Jericho said in Bundy!:

Here's a demonstration of how to play a Bundy trumpet by ear:

This guy clearly doesn’t know how to play

Woman in the stands, watching her son's first half time performance with the marching band: Look at my Bobbie! He's the only one going in the right direction and everyone else is out of step!

@MasterWannabe said in Did something unusual this morning:

@BigDub I believe Amazing Grace is one of those songs that really demonstrates how music is the language of GOD. This is one of those pieces that is relatively simple but if one opens up their heart while playing, it (the song) will create many variations and speak to multitudes of people in their own way. I have never played it the same way twice and I have never played it that I wasn't touched in a new way.

Amen to that, Ray.

“‘‘Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believed"

My daughter texted me that night that her students were talking about it all the rest of the day.