Re: OT members' ages (was Re: OBNatlang: German Pronunciation)

Jan van Steenbergen wrote:

> --- Stephen Mulraney skrzypszy:
>>So I noticed after a glance through the archives! You were mistaken for
>>a drunken sailor, as I recall :)
>
>
> Indeed. Must have been the T-shirt. However, if you prefer to mistake me
> for a mafioso, you might have a look at my wedding pictures:
> <http://steen.free.fr/wedding/photos1.html>
Indeed! It must be an interesting job, providing *security services* to
marrying couples ;)



>>>It works indeed. Wow, you must be a lucky guy! :))
>>
>>Lucky to have managed to get a photo up?
> No. What I had in mind was the well-formed hand hanging loosely from your
> shoulder...
Ha! I'll tell my friend (note: friend :)) that her hand has been so praised
next time I see her! See that tie I'm wearing? Well, my bow tie was way too
lose so I fashioned a suitable piece of replacement neckwear from her
conveniently extraneous sash (if you could see the rest of the photo you'd
see she was wearing a dress of the same fabric).


I was going to reply: Why thank you! I take great pride in my hands :)


>>Have others tried and failed?
>
>
> A few, yes. IIRC.
Bzzt. Correct response was

"They tried and died"

('Dune', methinks)


>>I've never tried to learn any instrument seriously enough to get anywhere.
>>I think it might be fun to learn maybe violin (or better: viola da gamba :)
> Great, I love gamba! Especially when there is five or six of them playing
> ancient English consort music.
Indeed. It's hard to go wrong with old English consort music!


>>or piano (or better: church organ :) but I don't think it's likely to
>>happen soon...
> Depends on your experience. Playing the piano always makes sense, even if
> you consider a later switch to organ or harpsichord.
Unfortunately, they lack a certain...portability. A bit of a problem when
(being a student) I'm likely to live in a different house every year for the
next few years. Though we do have one at home, out of tune naturally. My
ex-girlfiend, a composition student, saved herself a lot of angst and
inconvenience and invested in a ... electronic piano thingy (whachyamacallit).
A good replacement for a (non-performance) composer's piano, which itself is
somewhat cheaper and less bulky than installing an orchestra/old english
consort/50 piece pipe band in your garden shed :)

>>Of course, I'm about 4 Pythagorean commas (if I may abuse that as a unit
>>of determination :) closer after having this conversation, so there might
>>be some home for me yet.
>
>
> Well, if every message about the subject brings you 4 Pythagorean commas
> closer, then I hope to welcome your first gamba/violin/organ CD within a
> year! :)))
Well, I'll be sure to send you a copy gratis, on account of your encouragement
an support at a crucial time!


> Jan
s.
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Stephen Mulraney... ataltane at ataltane.net... ataltane.net
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because
he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears,
however measured or far away.                     ~Henry David Thoreau

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