Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 10 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said: You can definitely use binoculars on a bike. You can either pull off for a second or just look through your bins and bike no-handed for a few seconds. Yeah, as people said above that's a bit dangerous and not very steady. Biking to go to a birding place is good, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 On 8/11/2021 at 10:45 PM, Connor Cochrane said: ... or just look through your bins and bike no-handed for a few seconds. 'Cause whose dentist doesn't want a bigger boat? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Does anyone else know what BoardGameGeek is? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Kevin said: Does anyone else know what BoardGameGeek is? Absolutely no idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 On 8/11/2021 at 11:51 AM, Quiscalus quiscula said: Mostly pretty simple stuff. Allegro Molto, Russian Sailor's Dance, Entrance of the Queen of Sheba, to name a few. Just out of curiosity, is that Allegro Molto the first movement of Mozart's 40th symphony, which is marked Molto Allegro? (I'm pretty sure it's not the finale of the 41st.) I envy you musicians. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Just now, Jerry Friedman said: Just out of curiosity, is that Allegro Molto the first movement of Mozart's 40th symphony, which is marked Molto Allegro? (I'm pretty sure it's not the finale of the 41st.) I envy you musicians. On my music it is marked Allegro Molto from Symphony No. 1, K.16. It's a really classic piece that most musicians play. Well, it's nice to play music, but I'm not sure you envy being yelled at and your toes being stomped on by a conductor! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: On my music it is marked Allegro Molto from Symphony No. 1, K.16. It's a really classic piece that most musicians play. Well, it's nice to play music, but I'm not sure you envy being yelled at and your toes being stomped on by a conductor! Thanks. It does sound familiar. And let's just say I wish I had enough musical talent that I could have my toes stomped on by a conductor. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Absolutely no idea. I thought there might be some other board gamers here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 21 hours ago, Jerry Friedman said: Thanks. It does sound familiar. And let's just say I wish I had enough musical talent that I could have my toes stomped on by a conductor. Haha, actually it happened, but not to me. Another person was tapping his foot and it was spreading throughout the orchestra, (not me of course!), so he went over and stamped on it! Conductors have a reputation of being, ahem, artistic. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombycilla Cedorum Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Haha, actually it happened, but not to me. Another person was tapping his foot and it was spreading throughout the orchestra, (not me of course!), so he went over and stamped on it! Conductors have a reputation of being, ahem, artistic. Wow, my experience with conductors is nothing like that, the worst thing my conductors ever did was crack bad jokes. 😂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Bombycilla Cedorum said: Wow, my experience with conductors is nothing like that, the worst thing my conductors ever did was crack bad jokes. 😂 Really?? My conductor was sort of different..Although he didn't yell at us that much, it was mostly he guilted us into doing better by sighing and being dissapointed in us. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombycilla Cedorum Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 29 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Really?? My conductor was sort of different..Although he didn't yell at us that much, it was mostly he guilted us into doing better by sighing and being dissapointed in us. I have never had a conductor that yelled, although there was one who sorta did the thing you're talking about. With most of my groups we are pretty well prepared heading into rehearsal. My conductors don't have too much to be upset about. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, Bombycilla Cedorum said: I have never had a conductor that yelled, although there was one who sorta did the thing you're talking about. With most of my groups we are pretty well prepared heading into rehearsal. My conductors don't have too much to be upset about. Huh, okay. I wouldn't call my fellow musicians in that group at the time that well prepared. Their music was constantly falling off the stands, they played off time and sometimes of tune, and constantly tapped their feet or shook their legs. Of course we improved by the end of the season, though we still weren't great. It seemed that the worst people were put toward the back, so you had to try and not listen too closely, because then you would hear the off-rhythm music drifting from the back. I was put in front of the second violins. Not too brag, because this group was pretty bad, but I was probably one of the best musicians in the group. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombycilla Cedorum Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Huh, okay. I wouldn't call my fellow musicians in that group at the time that well prepared. Their music was constantly falling off the stands, they played off time and sometimes of tune, and constantly tapped their feet or shook their legs. Of course we improved by the end of the season, though we still weren't great. It seemed that the worst people were put toward the back, so you had to try and not listen too closely, because then you would hear the off-rhythm music drifting from the back. I was put in front of the second violins. Not too brag, because this group was pretty bad, but I was probably one of the best musicians in the group. That's not good. I, thankfully, have never had that experience. Most of the people I have played with have been very capable. In most of the groups I would have older friends that would act as mentors in a way, so that helped me a lot when I first started orchestra. Also I have been blessed with having good concertmasters in my groups. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Bombycilla Cedorum said: That's not good. I, thankfully, have never had that experience. Most of the people I have played with have been very capable. In most of the groups I would have older friends that would act as mentors in a way, so that helped me a lot when I first started orchestra. Also I have been blessed with having good concertmasters in my groups. It was sort of a young group and this was my first time. We didn't even actually have a concertmaster. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombycilla Cedorum Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: It was sort of a young group and this was my first time. We didn't even actually have a concertmaster. Are you going to be in it again this year? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Bombycilla Cedorum said: Are you going to be in it again this year? No, I've moved up a level so hopefully this group will be better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombycilla Cedorum Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 1 minute ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: No, I've moved up a level so hopefully this group will be better. Ok. Did your group last year have a lot of young kids in it? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 1 minute ago, Bombycilla Cedorum said: Ok. Did your group last year have a lot of young kids in it? Yeah, some pretty young kids younger than me. Not very good at violin and didn't even practice the orchestra pieces outside of rehearsals either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombycilla Cedorum Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Yeah, some pretty young kids younger than me. Not very good at violin and didn't even practice the orchestra pieces outside of rehearsals either. Ok. That explains it. I have always been in orchestra with people at least my age or older. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Just now, Bombycilla Cedorum said: Ok. That explains it. I have always been in orchestra with people at least my age or older. Yeah, though these kids weren't that much younger than me and there were some kids older than me. I was in this group mostly because I had played for quite a while before actually deciding to get into youth orchestra. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GracesWarbler Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 I like to write! In my job, I do research about the climate system, but in my free time I write weather-themed mystery books. My goal is to get people more interested in weather and science. Here's my latest one: https://www.weatherdetectives.org/the-weather-detectives 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 1 minute ago, GracesWarbler said: I like to write! In my job, I do research about the climate system, but in my free time I write weather-themed mystery books. My goal is to get people more interested in weather and science. Here's my latest one: https://www.weatherdetectives.org/the-weather-detectives Wow, very cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 On 8/14/2021 at 10:27 AM, Kevin said: Does anyone else know what BoardGameGeek is? Yes, but only casually. I'm going to assume you're into Wingspan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 7 hours ago, neilpa said: I'm going to assume you're into Wingspan? I'm going to get that game for Christmas! 😁I do like board games, but it's sometimes hard to convince the rest of the family to play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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