My Brush with Fame!

syn whistles · Post by **syn whistles** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 2:49 pm

Had a stall at the National Folk Festival last weekend. Met a nice woman there who had a couple of whistles that her uncle had made up for her, should have been tunable but were stuck, could I have a look? Easily fixed with a bit of muscle and grease. Turned out that the uncle is a retired gentleman now, but used to manage a workshop at an observatory. Nice whistles.

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:06 pm

What is the "fame" part, Eric?

Feadoggie · Post by **Feadoggie** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:15 pm

I know of one maker that worked in the shop at an "observatory".

Might they have been brass whistles? Like this maybe?

Kind of far away from Oz though.

Feadoggie

ecohawk · Post by **ecohawk** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:29 pm

My thoughts exactly.

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:32 pm

MTGuru wrote:What is the "fame" part, Eric?

It was the first time his muscles were mentioned in print.

syn whistles · Post by **syn whistles** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:59 pm

Feadoggie wrote:I know of one maker that worked in the shop at an "observatory".

Might they have been brass whistles? Like this maybe?

Kind of far away from Oz though.

Feadoggie

They were indeed brass whistles Feadoggie, just like those, but with white delrin in the mouthpiece. Very early ones I think.
Come on Guru, I don't get many 'claims to fame', and it doesn't help when you get my name wrong.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:23 pm

syn whistles wrote:Come on Guru, I don't get many 'claims to fame', and it doesn't help when you get my name wrong.

I'm sure he was just teasin' ya Floyd

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:32 pm

syn whistles wrote:Come on Guru, I don't get many 'claims to fame', and it doesn't help when you get my name wrong.

Oh, sorry, Erle. I was illustrating just how fleeting fame can be. Yeah, that's it.

OK, so what was the observatory? Is this a famous Sindt story I'm supposed to know? Between screwing up your name and not remembering the story, is it time for me to check myself into the geriatric ward?

hoopy mike · Post by **hoopy mike** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:14 am

At this point, I should tell you my claim to fame. My wife's mother used to play Mahjong with a lady that was at school with Andy Murray's mother. It's a small world.

Post by **benhall.1** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:51 am

I once stood next to Tony Benn in a public urinal.

Celticexile · Post by **Celticexile** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:15 am

benhall.1 wrote:I once stood next to Tony Benn in a public urinal.

So does that make you, like Tony Benn, a one-time peer of the realm?

hoopy mike · Post by **hoopy mike** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:16 am

benhall.1 wrote:I once stood next to Tony Benn in a public urinal.

Is it true that he leans to the left?

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:23 am

hoopy mike wrote:At this point, I should tell you my claim to fame. My wife's mother used to play Mahjong with a lady that was at school with Andy Murray's mother. It's a small world.

Oh yeah? Well, my grandmother used to play Mahjong with Henry Winkler's (aka The Fonz) mother!

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:25 am

My wife thinks Sting is a member of this forum.

ytliek · Post by **ytliek** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:25 am

Feadoggie wrote:I know of one maker that worked in the shop at an "observatory".

Might they have been brass whistles? Like this maybe?

where can I get one of these?... JS isn't taking orders anymore

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