Tech/maintenance SHWoodwind Updates

[Alphorn]

... wrecking my blazer and drew a neat line across the tops of my legs where the blazer stopped.

That's the difference between the mainland people an the British, they wear a blazer instead of an ordinary lab coat. There are some real gentlemen across the channel!

Alphorn

 

[Tenor Viol]

In 6th form for A Level chemistry we wore lab coats - over our blazers

 

[Targa]

In 6th form for A Level chemistry we wore lab coats - over our blazers

You must have gone to a posh school.
Probably now children all have to wear safety goggles and helmet if they're anywhere near the teacher doing a demonstration.

 

[JazzMatt]

You must have gone to a posh school.
Probably now children all have to wear safety goggles and helmet if they're anywhere near the teacher doing a demonstration.

We had a couple of teachers who, if they caught you messing around in lesson, would stand you in front of the blackboard, draw around you with chalk, tell you to sit back down and then fire the board rubber at the 'target' they'd drawn, advising that if you messed around again that it wouldn't be the target they threw the rubber at.

One pupil tested the theory and he ended up in the MI room!!

Different times

 

[Dibbs]

...
Different times

My chemistry teacher demonstrated latent heat of crystallisation by putting a pile of amorphous copper sulphate on the back of my hand and dripping water onto it. The back of my hand ended up looking like someone had stubbed a cigarette out on it. The wound got infected and took weeks to heal.

It's not all bad though. I still know about latent heat of crystallisation 45 years on.

 

[Tenor Viol]

You must have gone to a posh school.
Probably now children all have to wear safety goggles and helmet if they're anywhere near the teacher doing a demonstration.

Grammar school run by Jesuits...

 

[JazzMatt]

My chemistry teacher demonstrated latent heat of crystallisation by putting a pile of amorphous copper sulphate on the back of my hand and dripping water onto it. The back of my hand ended up looking like someone had stubbed a cigarette out on it. The wound got infected and took weeks to heal.

It's not all bad though. I still know about latent heat of crystallisation 45 years on.

😱😱😱😱

 

[Stephen Howard]

Latest Benchlife Blog update - Bodge Bother.

A rolling blog of everyday life on and around the workbench

 

[Stephen Howard]

Today's Benchlife Blog update - Pivotal moments.

A rolling blog of everyday life on and around the workbench

 

[Stephen Howard]

Hey folks! Two new updates today - a couple of 'boss' tenors, no less.
The Selmer Reference 54 and the Andy Sheppard Autograph. Open up your wallet and repeat after me: "Help yourself".

Selmer Reference 54 tenor saxophone review

Andy Sheppard Autograph series tenor saxophone review

 

[h4yn0nnym0u5e]

Thanks Steve. Here's the traditional prrof-redding contribution...

I haven't yet had to removed one
the side key rods screw were a touch on the short side
the topstack rod screw
welcome gains in precision ... is likely to be lost
dirt and grime seems to stand out on it
although the it holds the horn snugly
sneakers, surf short and T-shirts

should you ever feel so inclined to do so.
my unlacquered tenor still look quite tidy
the fibres the pencil sheds in use makes for a first-class itching powder.
shows you were the money's been spent
whatever tune your playing

 

[Stephen Howard]

Thanks for the ****-redring - much appreciated. Some nice catches there.

Topstack was deliberate...until I (just) realised that lowerstack doesn't really work. Bit gutted about that...topstack sounds kinda cool. Topstack lightnin'...yeah.
Ahem.

Speaking of splelchecking - I'm getting near the end of a major new article, and I don't want to alarm anyone but it's currently standing at around 70 pages of text (in Open Office). The average review comes in at around 7-9 pages...and the Haynes sax manual was around 150.

 

[Stephen Howard]

Oooer, seems you can't say p**f on here.
How about foop-redring then?

 

[David Dorning]

Oooer, seems you can't say p**f on here.
How about foop-redring then?

I think spoof rendering captures it

 

[Targa]

Oooer, seems you can't say p**f on here.
How about foop-redring then?

That's a little queer.

 

[Jazzaferri]

Its at moments like this that I wish there was a head scratching icon. Oh Well...the trials of being a colonial boy.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Oooer, seems you can't say p**f on here.

No there are a few terms that are not a good idea, for obvious reasons. They can easily escalate into unpleasantness.

How about foop-redring then?

Yes of course.

 

[Colin the Bear]

**** or puff?

 

[Pete Thomas]

Or pouffe?

 

[Alice]

Its at moments like this that I wish there was a head scratching icon. Oh Well...the trials of being a colonial boy.