OT? Strange Use for Bagpipes

EricWingler · Post by **EricWingler** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:11 am

http://www.strangecosmos.com/view.adp?picture_id=15433

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 11:00 am

That is a hoot! But with three other drones, the lad could propabley go into business, doing four tires at one time

MarkB

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 12:05 pm

Some might argue that that's a finally right and proper use for 'em. Minus the reeds, of course.

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 12:43 pm

From a purely practical point of fiew, it's difficult to see how much air could be going into the tire with the finger holes on the chanter open.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:05 pm

Chuck_Clark wrote:From a purely practical point of fiew, it's difficult to see how much air could be going into the tire with the finger holes on the chanter open.

not to mention those drones are not corked either!!!!

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 10:43 am

Yes, yes, and I noted that the bag was uninflated...

Guid God, hae ye nae poetry in ye?

*walks away muttering about the surfeit of mere practicality these days*

Baglady · Post by **Baglady** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:40 am

Hey, that's a very important practice technique.

I can direct the air flow right through the blowpipe into the chanter without inflating the bag and bypass all of the holes in the chanter to create enough pressure to inflate the tire. Easy with practice.

You know you're ready for the St. Paddy's day pub crawl when you have this down.

Flat tires on the bus are a snap but there isn't much you can do about the bus sinking to it's axels in the asphalt parking lot. Spring runoff makes the ground wet and soft. We've got a lode of new harder reeds and are training to use our bags as a pneumatic lift if the problem arises again this year.

Although watching the bus owner trying to pull the bus out with his brand new truck was very entertaining.

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 12:05 pm

Baglady wrote:
Flat tires on the bus are a snap but there isn't much you can do about the bus sinking to it's axels in the asphalt parking lot. Spring runoff makes the ground wet and soft. We've got a lode of new harder reeds and are training to use our bags as a pneumatic lift if the problem arises again this year.

You're going about it all wrong. Just give several pipers a few good tots of single malt, then tell them that the only thing on the bus to eat is haggis. They'll CARRY it out if they have to.

brianormond · Post by **brianormond** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 1:09 am

-Hmmm...Bb so as not to Bb.