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Captain Beeflat
User ID: 1738604 Jun 22nd 9:23 AM
As suggested by another poster, I am opening this thread for general chatter on any subject.
Those with no social skills, the grumpy, they who feel inclined to hide their background, they who still live with their mother, the anti social, they who never go out, those who know it all, those who contribute nothing but moans, those who tell us how to behave, the self opinionated, and the Oh, so serious, please feel free not to contribute.

Captain Beeflat
User ID: 1738604 Jun 27th 8:13 AM
jazzbug.
Some of your Countrymen say that they do not understand the English sense of humour...you are one of the few exceptions. It is really a matter of not taking yourself too seriously...as simple as that.
I would be interested in your views on "Monty Python's Flying Circus"; surely the very apotheosis of so called English humour. My guess is that you love it.
By the way...Why are Indian saxophones our responsibility?...or perhaps I mis-read you.

alan (uk)
User ID: 0651814 Jun 27th 9:25 AM
jb1 "sitting at home alone, fondling his horn..." ?

What I do in the privacy of my own home, is my business.... ;-))

jazzbug1
User ID: 1836024 Jun 27th 10:53 AM
Fondling saxophones was first investigated by Freud. It frequently involves adults, who through a spelling-related dyslexia in adolescence, thought "sex" to be spelled "sax" and became involved, in an abnormal way, with their horns. Those who lust for senior citizens are inclined to focus on the C Melody. This leads me to believe that many of the beautiful, innocent old horns that I painstakingly restore and sell on Ebay are not played, but are instead shipped to the UK to be used as sax slaves. A pity. Yes: I enjoy "Python". Furthermore, I view the production of Indian saxophones as being the lowest work position in the world, except perhaps for creating SPAM.

jazzbug1
User ID: 1836024 Jun 27th 10:56 AM
Tony Blair was OK, but I preferred his sister, Linda, as the little girl in "The Exorcist."

alan (uk)
User ID: 0651814 Jun 27th 11:06 AM
jb1 - I find dark bronze vintage lacquer most 'fondlable', it exudes a warmth seldom found in humans, closely followed by bare brass.

I'm afraid that silver, whilst looking good and playing just fine, leaves me cold and unemotional..... :-((

Blair ? I think the "Blair Witch Project" summed up his effect on most of us.

Guwapo, 'Tone' is busy sorting out his new job as International Envoy to the Middle East, to bother about us any more - let's see if 'Gordo' shows up in Leeds ? Hmmm, I won't hold my breath !

Captain Beeflat
User ID: 1738604 Jun 27th 11:52 AM
Jazzbug.
With the C Melody being focused at senior citizens, are you implying that the size of the bell plays an intrinsic part in your research?
We have yet to learn why we, the English, are, in your eyes, responsible for Indian saxophones. Indian motorcycles were OK despite having the twist-grip on the wrong side.

jazzbug1
User ID: 1836024 Jun 27th 12:18 PM
Perhaps at our age, the curved soprano would work best. I once saw an Indian made Royal Enfield 500cc Bullet. It appeared nice, but I didn't ride it. I much preferred the workmanship and finish on my Matchless G80. Maybe I owe my British humor to vibration-related brain damage from riding a British 500 single for 18 years. Do the Indians still make the old pattern motorcycles?
In response to your controls comment: Yes, I am twisted, but sometimes I get a grip.

jazzbug1
User ID: 1836024 Jun 27th 1:24 PM
I just turned in Wendy's Restaurants to the Veterans of Foreign Wars for insulting the army led by Charles DeGaulle during the recent war. Their salad dressing was most insulting, being labelled, "Fat Free French".
Furthermore, I am suing Feel-Rite Health Food Stores for my medical problem: Brewer's Yeast Infection. Please note that I am intent on making up for my recent informative statements.

Captain Beeflat
User ID: 1738604 Jun 27th 2:19 PM
Alan.
Apologies for talking about saxophones on this thread, but you mentioned that lovely dark bronze patina that occurs on vintage lacquer.
We have an old ornate copper kettle that has been in the family for yonks. It has a brass handle and brass knob on the lid. I can remember that my grandmother used to polish it....I don't. It is not lacquered and has been sitting in my hearth for about 12 years. The strange thing is that it now assumed that lovely dark bronze colour....both the copper and the brass being indistinguishable.
Why is this?...did the brass in about 1800 have a higher copper content?
Based on the colour of the kettle, my bare brass Grassi should now be bronze....but it is green; like a jazzer's Mk6...if you will pardon the expression.

alan (uk)
User ID: 0651814 Jun 27th 2:32 PM
Lewis - green ? Oh dear - I did say that I hadn't tested the 'yoghurt theory' personally......

This topic has more twists and turns than Blair's retirement speech(es) !

Captain Beeflat
User ID: 1738604 Jun 27th 2:46 PM
Alan.
No, the effect of the yoghurt washed off....the horn is that faint green colour all over.
This topic is only five days old and it is already up to 52 posts...there must have been a need for it.
Anyway...why is the unlacquered brass handle bronze and my Grassi of the same material, green. We expect you to know these things. Could it perhaps be due to the fact that it is Italian, with a high vermicelli content? :-)

Cool Runnin' Man
User ID: 9725373 Jun 27th 9:05 PM
Wow - J R Montrose. What a Gas. That guy is a Fierce Tenor Player. He teaches and plays. What an aggressive style he has. I love him. You just never know who you will find visiting this forum.

alan (uk)
User ID: 0651814 Jun 28th 7:48 AM
wasn't the word for green corrosion on copper, something like "verdigris" ? Starts the same as "vermicelli" !

Of course there's a need for inspired lunacy, and slightly surreal debate, the world would be a sadder place without it....

'Cool'- I used to get confused between the two tenor players JR Montrose and Jack Montrose (now sadly deceased) - I've even seen 'JR' printed as JR Monterose, with an extra 'e'.

(but I do know the difference now, before anyone explains...)

WW2
User ID: 8973393 Jun 28th 1:12 PM
From Yahoo News - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070628/ap_on_fe_st/odd_trumpet_scare;_ylt=AqbFbK7TuU7nfSZF9K3AbjrtiBIF

Wed Jun 27, 11:01 PM ET

SALT LAKE CITY - A suspicious package left outside a fast-food restaurant Wednesday turned out to be a trumpet that has sounded its last note.

Someone noticed a suspicious package, and several blocks were closed down for about two hours as police investigated.

A robot detonated the case — and the fears were resolved.

"Some very alert citizens watched this package for a considerable amount of time and then they called the police thinking it didn't look right," Salt Lake City police Detective Gary Trost said.

"Gratefully enough, it was just a trumpet."

Captain Beeflat
User ID: 1738604 Jun 28th 1:53 PM
Some years ago, during our IRA hassle, we had a gig in Nottingham. Arriving early, we parked the Transit van near the gig venue and headed off for a drink. On our return, the whole area was cordoned off by the police.
Further enquiries revealed that a suspicious white Transit contained a bomb like parcel on the shelf behind the windscreen....the bass player's sandwich box.
Apologies to the worthy citizens of Nottingham for disrupting their town for an hour.

alan (uk)
User ID: 0651814 Jun 28th 2:34 PM
When I was working in London at the same time, we came back from a liquid lunch (someone was retiring) to find the occupants of the many floors all out on the pavement.

The chap who was retiring asked to go and pick up one of his retirement presents, which he'd left in reception, to save taking it to the pub.

"It's an a;arm clock" he said "you know, the one that looks like an old fashioned alarm clock, but with curly wires and imitation sticks of dynamite...."

Oooops....... (true story !)

Amazingly, the Natwest Tower was blown up by the IRA shortly afterwards !

Guwapo
User ID: 9363883 Jul 4th 11:10 AM
I don't know if any of you noticed, but the Pound smashed through the 2 Dollar barrier today, making buying items from the states even cheaper. Six months ago it was 1.85 Dollars to the Pound. Of course it also means that Americans buying from the UK have to part with more Dollars than before.

Captain Beeflat
User ID: 1738604 Jul 4th 11:35 AM
Guwapo.
Shall we go halves on a container load of 10Ms?

Guwapo
User ID: 9363883 Jul 5th 5:05 AM
Yeah, why not!!

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Captain Beeflat User ID: 1738604	Jun 22nd 9:23 AM As suggested by another poster, I am opening this thread for general chatter on any subject. Those with no social skills, the grumpy, they who feel inclined to hide their background, they who still live with their mother, the anti social, they who never go out, those who know it all, those who contribute nothing but moans, those who tell us how to behave, the self opinionated, and the Oh, so serious, please feel free not to contribute.
Captain Beeflat User ID: 1738604	Jun 27th 8:13 AM jazzbug. Some of your Countrymen say that they do not understand the English sense of humour...you are one of the few exceptions. It is really a matter of not taking yourself too seriously...as simple as that. I would be interested in your views on "Monty Python's Flying Circus"; surely the very apotheosis of so called English humour. My guess is that you love it. By the way...Why are Indian saxophones our responsibility?...or perhaps I mis-read you.
alan (uk) User ID: 0651814	Jun 27th 9:25 AM jb1 "sitting at home alone, fondling his horn..." ? What I do in the privacy of my own home, is my business.... ;-))
jazzbug1 User ID: 1836024	Jun 27th 10:53 AM Fondling saxophones was first investigated by Freud. It frequently involves adults, who through a spelling-related dyslexia in adolescence, thought "sex" to be spelled "sax" and became involved, in an abnormal way, with their horns. Those who lust for senior citizens are inclined to focus on the C Melody. This leads me to believe that many of the beautiful, innocent old horns that I painstakingly restore and sell on Ebay are not played, but are instead shipped to the UK to be used as sax slaves. A pity. Yes: I enjoy "Python". Furthermore, I view the production of Indian saxophones as being the lowest work position in the world, except perhaps for creating SPAM.
jazzbug1 User ID: 1836024	Jun 27th 10:56 AM Tony Blair was OK, but I preferred his sister, Linda, as the little girl in "The Exorcist."
alan (uk) User ID: 0651814	Jun 27th 11:06 AM jb1 - I find dark bronze vintage lacquer most 'fondlable', it exudes a warmth seldom found in humans, closely followed by bare brass. I'm afraid that silver, whilst looking good and playing just fine, leaves me cold and unemotional..... :-(( Blair ? I think the "Blair Witch Project" summed up his effect on most of us. Guwapo, 'Tone' is busy sorting out his new job as International Envoy to the Middle East, to bother about us any more - let's see if 'Gordo' shows up in Leeds ? Hmmm, I won't hold my breath !
Captain Beeflat User ID: 1738604	Jun 27th 11:52 AM Jazzbug. With the C Melody being focused at senior citizens, are you implying that the size of the bell plays an intrinsic part in your research? We have yet to learn why we, the English, are, in your eyes, responsible for Indian saxophones. Indian motorcycles were OK despite having the twist-grip on the wrong side.
jazzbug1 User ID: 1836024	Jun 27th 12:18 PM Perhaps at our age, the curved soprano would work best. I once saw an Indian made Royal Enfield 500cc Bullet. It appeared nice, but I didn't ride it. I much preferred the workmanship and finish on my Matchless G80. Maybe I owe my British humor to vibration-related brain damage from riding a British 500 single for 18 years. Do the Indians still make the old pattern motorcycles? In response to your controls comment: Yes, I am twisted, but sometimes I get a grip.
jazzbug1 User ID: 1836024	Jun 27th 1:24 PM I just turned in Wendy's Restaurants to the Veterans of Foreign Wars for insulting the army led by Charles DeGaulle during the recent war. Their salad dressing was most insulting, being labelled, "Fat Free French". Furthermore, I am suing Feel-Rite Health Food Stores for my medical problem: Brewer's Yeast Infection. Please note that I am intent on making up for my recent informative statements.
Captain Beeflat User ID: 1738604	Jun 27th 2:19 PM Alan. Apologies for talking about saxophones on this thread, but you mentioned that lovely dark bronze patina that occurs on vintage lacquer. We have an old ornate copper kettle that has been in the family for yonks. It has a brass handle and brass knob on the lid. I can remember that my grandmother used to polish it....I don't. It is not lacquered and has been sitting in my hearth for about 12 years. The strange thing is that it now assumed that lovely dark bronze colour....both the copper and the brass being indistinguishable. Why is this?...did the brass in about 1800 have a higher copper content? Based on the colour of the kettle, my bare brass Grassi should now be bronze....but it is green; like a jazzer's Mk6...if you will pardon the expression.
alan (uk) User ID: 0651814	Jun 27th 2:32 PM Lewis - green ? Oh dear - I did say that I hadn't tested the 'yoghurt theory' personally...... This topic has more twists and turns than Blair's retirement speech(es) !
Captain Beeflat User ID: 1738604	Jun 27th 2:46 PM Alan. No, the effect of the yoghurt washed off....the horn is that faint green colour all over. This topic is only five days old and it is already up to 52 posts...there must have been a need for it. Anyway...why is the unlacquered brass handle bronze and my Grassi of the same material, green. We expect you to know these things. Could it perhaps be due to the fact that it is Italian, with a high vermicelli content? :-)
Cool Runnin' Man User ID: 9725373	Jun 27th 9:05 PM Wow - J R Montrose. What a Gas. That guy is a Fierce Tenor Player. He teaches and plays. What an aggressive style he has. I love him. You just never know who you will find visiting this forum.
alan (uk) User ID: 0651814	Jun 28th 7:48 AM wasn't the word for green corrosion on copper, something like "verdigris" ? Starts the same as "vermicelli" ! Of course there's a need for inspired lunacy, and slightly surreal debate, the world would be a sadder place without it.... 'Cool'- I used to get confused between the two tenor players JR Montrose and Jack Montrose (now sadly deceased) - I've even seen 'JR' printed as JR Monterose, with an extra 'e'. (but I do know the difference now, before anyone explains...)
WW2 User ID: 8973393	Jun 28th 1:12 PM From Yahoo News - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070628/ap_on_fe_st/odd_trumpet_scare;_ylt=AqbFbK7TuU7nfSZF9K3AbjrtiBIF Wed Jun 27, 11:01 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY - A suspicious package left outside a fast-food restaurant Wednesday turned out to be a trumpet that has sounded its last note. Someone noticed a suspicious package, and several blocks were closed down for about two hours as police investigated. A robot detonated the case — and the fears were resolved. "Some very alert citizens watched this package for a considerable amount of time and then they called the police thinking it didn't look right," Salt Lake City police Detective Gary Trost said. "Gratefully enough, it was just a trumpet."
Captain Beeflat User ID: 1738604	Jun 28th 1:53 PM Some years ago, during our IRA hassle, we had a gig in Nottingham. Arriving early, we parked the Transit van near the gig venue and headed off for a drink. On our return, the whole area was cordoned off by the police. Further enquiries revealed that a suspicious white Transit contained a bomb like parcel on the shelf behind the windscreen....the bass player's sandwich box. Apologies to the worthy citizens of Nottingham for disrupting their town for an hour.
alan (uk) User ID: 0651814	Jun 28th 2:34 PM When I was working in London at the same time, we came back from a liquid lunch (someone was retiring) to find the occupants of the many floors all out on the pavement. The chap who was retiring asked to go and pick up one of his retirement presents, which he'd left in reception, to save taking it to the pub. "It's an a;arm clock" he said "you know, the one that looks like an old fashioned alarm clock, but with curly wires and imitation sticks of dynamite...." Oooops....... (true story !) Amazingly, the Natwest Tower was blown up by the IRA shortly afterwards !
Guwapo User ID: 9363883	Jul 4th 11:10 AM I don't know if any of you noticed, but the Pound smashed through the 2 Dollar barrier today, making buying items from the states even cheaper. Six months ago it was 1.85 Dollars to the Pound. Of course it also means that Americans buying from the UK have to part with more Dollars than before.
Captain Beeflat User ID: 1738604	Jul 4th 11:35 AM Guwapo. Shall we go halves on a container load of 10Ms?
Guwapo User ID: 9363883	Jul 5th 5:05 AM Yeah, why not!!