Posts made by Dr GO

@Vulgano-Brother said in A little humour:

My teachers hated me.

I was home schooled.

...AND even then, still spent most of the time in the principal's office!

@Vulgano-Brother said in A little humour:

Q: Do you play the Trumpet Voluntary?
A: No, my parents made me do it.

....however, I'd prefer if you'd play "Long Ago and Far Away"

@Kehaulani said in pet peeves:

Not a pet peeve, but with language ambiguities - my son studied one year in England. As part of his orientation program, he was given a three-page paper of words/phrases that mean different things.

And we know what "Randy" means!

Used in a sentence: The lad became randy when he saw his teacher in tight sweater and jeans. [...and I am not talking about a "name change"]

@moshe said in pet peeves:

New Yorkers who say "standing on line" instead of "standing in line".

Also, never order a "Coffee and a roll" in a New York Deli.

They'll give you the coffee, then beat the crap out of you!

To most people, unionize means:

To me, a chemist, unionize means:

A true pet peeve:

Someone could be a nitwit (insult on one's intellect)

OR

Someone could be a nit wit (knowledgeable individual with advanced understanding of lice)

@Tobylou8 said in pet peeves:

To, too. two true! It can be so, sew annoying!

Now THAT is just knit picking!

@moshe said in Vocal warm-ups.:

moshe, smart aleck extraordinaire who gets on everyone's nerves

As long as they're not in the back. Those suckers really hurt, right Cyclone!

@moshe said in A little humour:

I need to create a porn name for myself...
Any suggestions?

moshe

Well, currently "Stormy Daniels" has a popular following...
How about "Cyclone Moshe"?

@Kehaulani said in Posting Photos:

Testing:

@Kehaulani said in Posting Photos:

When I click on the Upload Picture icon, I get , but there is no URL.

Are you are using the one high lighted in grey? Second icon from the right?:

This one takes you immediately to your computer file search (not to an internet URL search)
You should then get a window like this:

Then choose the picture file you want:

Open that file up:

Then click on the picture image you want, hit open... then it should post

@Richard-III said in Posting Photos:

Click on upload image from the icons above on the reply page and choose your photo. Done.

OR doing at as Richard II suggests also worked as I just tested this method with my TB avatar image.

@Kehaulani

I had this problem once and I was told by my IT assistant that it was a Cortona setting issue. He did a reset for me and now all entries appear. If you have an IT contract (as I do with Dell) then I would give them a call to try to reset the Cortona defaults.

@Kehaulani

Gary. Go to Windows tool bar at: "Type here to search" and type in "Snipping Tool". Then choose "New" and capture the photo you went with the + tool that appears. Next, go back to the menu, choose "Edit", then select "Save". Once you do this go back to the TB window and select "Paste". It will soon appear.

If you get the Error message (image is too large) then I find if I open Microsoft word, paste the same saved snipping tool picture into the word document, I can play with the size until TB accepts this.

Hope this helps.

@J-Jericho said in Top 50 Jazz Trumpeters of all time?:

Doc Severinsen; Jon Faddis; James Morrison; Conte and Pete Candoli; Lew Soloff

These are huge omissions. I know of two others that will never make the list as many do not respect their originality or music, but I would include Herb Alpert and Chris Botti as well. AND technically proficient above the all (albeit not as prolific in the commercial productivity world) there is also Alan Vizzutti.

AND just imagine the how much of a giant Roy Hargrove would have become if not for his untimely end on this spiritual plane.

HOWEVER: If you do want a bit of humor to the above post, here is a picture of me in the band that paid my way through college.

I know this is a humor thread, but the latest discussions has been the "humor" around wages in the 1970's. I would add to this discussion a rather "humorous" twist to wage comparisons to today being so low in relation to today's wages. During the 1970's, I had experienced the opposite effect.

From 1974 to 1977, I played in a very successful rock band. We played as a house band 4 nights a week and were able to typically book a 5th day of the weekend at other venues. Our manager made sure all venues (including the house band gig) paid us $100 a man... Yes, in the mid 1970's! So as a college student I was bringing in $400-500 a week at a time when my tuition was $300 a quarter, and room rent was $86 a month. Needless to say, I needed no parental financial support, was able to buy my own car, pay for my own food (I did go home on weekends to do laundry at Mom's house), and save money in my first personal bank account.

Today, I have to really fight when on my own to get a gig that pays me a $100 performance fee. Fortunately, when I get a Union gig, I will receive more then the acceptable $100 minimum. So not much has changed from club's willingness to pay musicians from 1970 to 2020 dollars. Actually, there is really not much humor in this comparison, but it is laughable!

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