Posts made by Robrtx

@Rapier232 said in Game of Thrones Thread:

Why did she not fly her dragon round to the rear of the fleet and attack from behind?

Right ? Instead of allowing what was left of her naval forces get wiped out.........

Ok......How do sailing ships "sneak up" on flying dragons..............

Awesome video, great song, thanks for sharing!!

@trickg said in Game of Thrones Thread:

@Robrtx said in Game of Thrones Thread:

Yes but Cersei has the sinister Qyburn in her service who has already raised Gregor Clegane from the dead and invented a somewhat effective surface -to-air dragon missile.........

Qyburn didn't invent the ballista - he just decided it might be a good weapon to use on a dragon. Now that Dany is aware of it, it's not something she's going to forget about.

As for his ability to resurrect Ser Gregor, my thought there is that once the Hound decapitates him, or puts a sword through his brain via the eye slits of his helmet, it might be a touch difficult for Qyburn to resurrect him in any kind of reasonable length of time.

Point being;

Qyburn is an Evil Genius who thinks outside the box.

Dany is the military strategist who launched a "Custer-esque" cavalry charge against a sea of undead warriors at night without the benefit of close air support.......

Yes but Cersei has the sinister Qyburn in her service who has already raised Gregor Clegane from the dead and invented a somewhat effective surface -to-air dragon missile.........

@Dr-GO said in A little humour:

@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:

@Dr-GO said in A little humour:

The WORSE case of rectal prolapse I've ever seen! Hell's bells, the damn thing looks like it has fibrosis as hard a brass.

Is that what is known as a "Culohorn" ?

One of the best episodes of any show...........ever

I went to see the Dr. because I was constipated but I never paid the bill.........

........it was a non-binding contract

@moshe said in A little humour:

@BigDub said in A little humour:

A man decides it’s about time he gives in and moves into a retirement home. He notices a woman staring at him as he gets settled in his room. Later, eating his meal he notices her again, just staring at him. She’s not even eating. Just sitting there. Everywhere he turns, there she is, staring. He finally can’t let this go any longer and decides to confront her.
"Excuse me, ma'am, but I couldn’t help but notice that you keep looking at me everywhere I seem to go"
"Oh, I'm so sorry, she said, I couldn’t help but notice you look so much like my third husband"
Now he felt a little bad for calling her on it like that, so he said, "How many husbands did you have?"
"Two"

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After 34 years of marriage, my wife decided that she wanted a divorce.
I still don't understand why.
She received the final court decree on her birthday, April 3.

Because of my severe health problems,
I have spent 2 years desperately trying to get into a nursing home,
but I have been unsuccessful.

So I have been daydreaming about the above post event happening to me.

But what are the chances that one of the other residents is a slender 20-year-old lady who wants to date a 63-year-old who is near death and has no money to his name?

I am a romantic trapped in Stephen Hawkings' body.

moshe

I'm sorry for your hardships and sincerely hope that you soon find an arrangement that brings comfort to your life........

(........kinda puts a damper on the ole "humour" thread)

And let us not even get started with English English vs American English.............

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-jazz-trumpeters/?utm_source=ka&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=FB:Louis Armstrong-Lists&utm_term=8b3e64dc-127a-405f-8f8e-c4dd7db2066f

Top 10 is somewhat predictable but I find any top 50 list of Jazz Trumpeters that does not include Bunny Berigan as suspect..............

@Kehaulani said in LONG TONES:

Bob, any chance that we could have you post your warm-up/long tone (Blee) exercises? Thanks.

That was Dr. Gary's post (about Blee).

I was curious about what Gary's opinion is about the "Cat Anderson method" in which he used a 20 minute warm-up doing an open G long tone with the tips of the teeth lightly touching, at the lowest volume possible to achieve a tone, breathing through the nose and not re-setting the embouchure.

@Dr-GO said in LONG TONES:

My take on long tones: As a trumpet player; As a physician that taught muscle physiology for 27 years at a medical school.

As a trumpet player. I studied for several years under Eugene Blee, the longest running Principle Trumpet player for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He was the individual that drilled into me the importance of warming up with long tones. He taught me this skill in the 1970's. I still use this today, almost 50 years later. I use his exact routine before I start ANY rehearsal or performance when time is under my control. Why? Because I have been very successful when playing for an audience for these 50 yeaars. The RARE times I have not been able to use his warm up because I have arrived late at a performance, I fatigue early into the performance. So for me, those long tones are essential to get warmed up so to make it through even the most demanding performance.

As a physician teaching muscle physiology. Long tones gets the muscle fibers to align to a performance strength demand while gently providing blood flow to the muscle fibers. That stretch coordination is vital to keep the motor units to function optimally as a group in series that will minimize fatigue. Blood flow is essential, not only to get oxygen into the muscles to allow as much aerobic combustion with optimal ATP production (the bottom line fuel source for muscle [ATP is NOT only the racer's edge... also the Trumpet player's edge]) . THEN there is the exhaust. Once this oxygen burns, phosphate bonds are transferred and consumed, carbon by-products begin to form. The most stress causing carbon by-product is lactic acid. Lactic acid is removed and eliminated by the liver, but you got to get it out of the muscle and delivered to the liver to prevent a back up in the muscle AND for the liver to convert that lactic acid back to glucose to recycle that fuel source BACK to the muscle (This is called the Cori Cycle). That is the second essential component of blood flow, it gets the lactic acid out.

So putting it all together: Long tones improve blood flow to muscle that is being recruited for performance. The blood flow gets oxygen in and toxic by-products as a consequence of this oxygen delivery out. So if we are using long tones EFFECTIVELY this process WILL optimize performance.

Gary,

What is your view on the "Cat Anderson 'Whisper G'" long tone method compared to traditional long tones, in terms of effectiveness from a muscle physiology perspective and why?

I guess that I never thought of Sansa as "bad", but more of a spoiled, bratty, teenage rich girl who is forced into terrible hardships that made her mature into the strong, savvy, leader that she has become.

The Hound, and Jaime Lannister are characters who started off with little moral fiber and having done truly despicable acts emerge as flawed "heroes" who will seemingly play pivotal roles in the final episodes.............

Favorite (although not major) all time GOT character Ser Brynden "Blackfish" Tully. Awesome one liners:

"As long as I'm standing, the war is not over........."

"I've had wet sh#ts that I like more than Walder Frey."

Sad that he was killed off, although, we never did SEE him die, did we...........

I have not read the books but I think that Game of Thrones is a great show that is well written and well acted.

I think that it parallels real life in that the good guys don't always win, crime and treachery often pay off (at least for awhile), bad people sometimes do good things and are sometimes re-deemed, and all humans are flawed. Strange and awkward alliances are sometimes needed to combat a common threat.........

Very entertaining with great twists.

@administrator said in RIP Trumpet "Master":

We can get a good sticky going for "How to Breathe."

I wonder if it has something to do with valve oil reacting with tuning slide grease given that on the 2/v, the greased portion of the slide is in closer proximity to the valve and may be more likely "mix" with the valve oil ?

@Tobylou8 said in residue in valve ports:

Pull the whole slide out like the Frenchies AND as Bach makes you do for the 3rd slide on their Strads.

Pulling the 2/v slide and depressing the 3 and 2 valves is also a good way to "de-water" a Schilke.

Sometimes shady sellers can be quite crafty in how they word their description as well, such as adding "replica" someplace in the add using a 1 font.

Definitely a good reason to know the seller at least by reputation.....