@Niner said in Anyone like fishing?:
@Kehaulani You must have been living a long way from salt water at the time.
Hawai'i. A couple of blocks away from the entire Pacific Ocean.
@Niner said in Anyone like fishing?:
@Kehaulani You must have been living a long way from salt water at the time.
Hawai'i. A couple of blocks away from the entire Pacific Ocean.
I couldn't stand watching an animal gasping for air. Cruel way to die. But I'll let somebody else do the fishing and I'll eat the spoils, so . . .
Went along on a fishing trip with my father-in-law in Arkansas and after a while, noticed that we were floating under overhead moss on the trees. I asked him if there were snakes up there and couldn't they fall in the boat. Yes. he said,, but if it happens don't do anything, I'll take care of it. Right. Comforting.
The last time I actively fished was for my Eagle Scout rating. I used canned shrimp that dissolved into the water. Never caught a fish. Never got my Nature Merit Badge. Never made Eagle Scout. All because of cocktail shrimp.
@flugelgirl said in So, how's your Fourth?:
BTW I donβt miss any of the 4th gigs with the Navy - so much work for so little reward. Iβm also not fond of fireworks, so the celebrations are kind of wasted on me.
Thar's too bad. At my last A.F, assignment, we had guest artists. paratrooper drops and, yes folks, two real Howitzer canons from a local Army base for the Overture of 1812. All in a sports stadium. I would do anything to be doing it again.
flugerlgirl. I hope you get better. soon. The Flu sucks!
Ah, pianist. My bad. Funny story, anyway. Interesting info from you, both. Thank you.
Then, a related question. If you closed your eyes, would you be able to say that Chet was playing a Committee, contrasting his sound on other horns? Let's stick with pre-embouchure damage. (1966).
Not the greatest solo in the world, but is this a Committee Chet's playing? I've hear him on a myriad of horns but not specifically a Committee, that I'd know about.
BTW, that is Mussolini's son on bass and the funny story is that, when he first met Mussolini, he patted him on the shoulder and said. "That's a drag what they did to your old man".
@Kehaulani said in Practicing with drones:
@tjcombo said in Practicing with drones:
@kehaulani, sax players are as obsessed with various practice techniques as trumpet players are with mouthpieces.
The statement was not about obsessiveness with practicing, it was about relative humility.
@tjcombo said in Practicing with drones:
@kehaulani, sax players are as obsessed with various practice techniques as trumpet players are with mouthpieces.
The statement was not about obsessiveness with practicing, it was about relative humility.
LOL, been goin through that ,multiple times, lately.
I have had operations on both eyes and my overall vision (which sucks anyway) is clearer, but I can't read anything. If I use my old glasses, everything is foggy but I can read, if I use the distance lenses (go figure). And through it all, I keep having those eye, lens-prescription tests, and, yes, I am uncertain each time.
I think that I might not have expressed it well or read it correctly.
I would rather see laws and policies that protect local vs. international workers. These circumstances have more universal consequences. But that doesn't change the reality that higher wages will result in higher U.S. prices.
Yes, my question was not that a lower than U.S. labor cost is not more financially advantageous to choose, but that "slave labor" is an "emotion" word and putting such a wage into the context of the average workers cost of living may in, their own country, be perfectly acceptable in that economy.
I used to be active on Sax on the Web, and several of the participants used drones regularly for intonation work.
Those are "slave labor" wages only when compared to ours. How do they compare to their own cost of living?
@mrhappy said in So, how's your Fourth?:
@Kehaulani said in So, how's your Fourth?:
Chilled canned drinks and pizza followed.'Chilled canned drinks'... now why didn't I think of that!!
Uh, Dr. G - it's not burgers you smoke while watching the fireworks show.
@Dr-GO said in Another one slides in, quietly taking a seat at the end of the bar...:
Let's grill venison for the 4th and save Americans and America.
You can even pick your teeth with its antlers.
You can even pick your teeth with its antlers.
When I was in the military, involvement in Fourth of July ceremonies was par for the course. Later, I spent every Fourth playing in a community picnic at the end of a parade. In both cases, cookouts followed.
Then, in the evening in my city wind ensemble, I played a dusk-to-dark 4th concert on the shore of a lake followed by a fireworks show. Chilled canned drinks and pizza waited on the bus. Nice way to spend the 4th.
Unfortunately, due to my immobility and lack of interest in the festivities by those who could help me, today consists of no marching or playing gigs but just eating in the community dining room. Whoopie.
Do any of you have any playing events, today?
I saw a fly last week.