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I started playing harp about a year ago (and have already upgraded from a 26 string to a 34 string -- must be a case of HAD) -- I wouldn't say that I particularly "clicked" as far as ability, but I am more drawn to it than to my whistles or recorders (enough so that I'm actually taking les...

A more reasonable explanation for the Lazarus story is that the fellow was never dead. Even in our own time people are occasionally believed to be dead, when suddenly they wake up or begin to move. Probably the bit about him getting smelly was added after-the-fact, simply because burial of the livi...

I don't know why everyone seems surprised -- given enough time, most people get older.




Except Crystal People.

The "D&I" shack at work -- a roughly 30 x 30 ft building that has to be away from magnetic interference. It has a sloped half-cathedral ceiling with the entire large wall a window facing out into the woods. Wonderful reverb, and I can watch the banana spiders that like to spin their we...

(Paraphrased from memory) -- "Oh sure, it starts out that way, then comes the running, and the screaming."

[Malcolm, Jurrasic Park II].

"MTGuru for Judge! MTGuru for Judge!" My rationale is simple - though I do believe his criteria is spot on, that is really a secondary issue. What is most important, it seems to me, is a sense of humor (as there will no doubt be a lot of humorous playing to be judged), and he has it in sp...

I'm going to reverse my decision on the dead guy thing. A contestant could easily claim to be dead, but still have some minute amount of brain activity. Besides, I never condoned affirmative action for the deceased. They're already ahead of most of us. It's much more likely you'll have guys claimin...

"You can't fight here -- this is the War Room!" (Dr. Strangelove)

Tuco: "If you need to shoot, shoot! Don't talk!"

(from memory, so maybe a paraphrase)

Oh. When I saw the title of the thread, "Windows" is what came to mind... My bad.

How many of you can really distinguish between the sound of your average off the shelf cheap whistle and it's cousin twenty times the price? I wonder. Playing my own whistles, I can tell a big difference -- my favorite for most tunes is my Humphrey (though most of them have qualities that recommend...

Recorders (they were first in my interests) Whistles (lots of cheap ones and a few not-so-cheap ones) A flute or two (haven't really learned to play 'em) Celtic/Folk/Lever harp Lately, the harp has been dominating my practice time (though I still play the whistles fairly regularly, and enough on rec...

It fared rather well in the movie. I also ate Burl Ives.

Adrian wrote:

WhistlingArmadillo wrote:What, no mentions of "The Princess Bride"? Inconceivable!

Dreadful film IMO. Quite possibly the worst film I have ever seen.

Then you obviously have never seen "The Bermuda Depths" (with Burl Ives and Connie Seleca) in which a demonic giant turtle figured heavily.

Really.

What, no mentions of "The Princess Bride"? Inconceivable!