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You PLAY the tuba, so you're a "tuba specialist."

BULL$H!T !!!

I fix instruments, and the smaller and less-complicated the more I like 'em ' cause the faster I can fix 'em, the faster they shine up, and (since small-instrument players have the biggest egos) the more I can charge.

Mrs. bloke wrote:We have to leave in an hour.

bloke wrote:I can straighten this thing out, chem-clean it, shine it up, align it's #1 and #3 slides, wipe it off, take pictures, post, and get MYSELF cleaned up - all in an hour - and charge a "tuba" price.

Viola student: I really don’t like my viola playing.

Viola teacher: That’s actually very common.

Viola student: Really?!

Viola teacher: Oh yeah, tons of people don’t like your viola playing.

I have a trumpet that needs a little fixing. My local preferred person is still closed, 2 years after the riot. "Soon," apparently... I'd send it to you, but I'd bet the 2x shipping costs as much as the lil repair it needs.

Schlitzz wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 9:15 pm Viola student: I really don’t like my viola playing.

Viola teacher: That’s actually very common.

Viola student: Really?!

Viola teacher: Oh yeah, tons of people don’t like your viola playing.

Boo! Hiss! I love violas.

Ace

bort2.0 wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 10:11 pm I have a trumpet that needs a little fixing. My local preferred person is still closed, 2 years after the riot. "Soon," apparently... I'd send it to you, but I'd bet the 2x shipping costs as much as the lil repair it needs.

At least you can send a trumpet to be worked on without it being outrageously expensive and risky.

History has wallpapered over this, but a month or two before Martin Luther King came back to Memphis - and ended up being shot by a kook from Illinois, he came to Memphis to lead a march which deteriorated into a riot downtown. People died, businesses were destroyed, and that riot defined an abrupt ending to Memphis downtown commerce. All sorts of subsequently-spent federal money - over the years - were spent on all sorts of schemes to bring it back. People - who see pictures of downtown Memphis through the mid-1960s - are astonished at the hustle and bustle. Today, whatever business is going on down there is basically synthetic. Riots have consequences, which is why subversives engage in them, and why billionaires hire people to instigate them.

bloke wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 7:44 am History has wallpapered over this, but a month or two before Martin Luther King came back to Memphis - and ended up being shot by a kook from Illinois, he came to Memphis to lead a march which deteriorated into a riot downtown. People died, businesses were destroyed, and that riot defined an abrupt ending to Memphis downtown commerce. All sorts of subsequently-spent federal money - over the years - were spent on all sorts of schemes to bring it back. People - who see pictures of downtown Memphis through the mid-1960s - are astonished at the hustle and bustle. Today, whatever business is going on down there is basically synthetic. Riots have consequences, which is why subversives engage in them, and why billionaires hire people to instigate them.

South of where I live is a quaint resort called Rockaway Beach. In a similar manner, it used to be the go-to getaway on the eastern arm of Lake Taneycomo, twenty to fifty years and more before Branson became a destination. Then, there was a biker brawl/riot in 1965 which killed its tourism. The location essentially died, and only now that the Branson Strip has been up and running as a tourist destination these last @ 40 years has there finally been some renewal for Rockaway Beach. So I agree with your conclusion completely.
https://www.ozarksalive.com/stories/ann ... ns-history

Cities build big boondoggles to attract people back to places which have been ruined by past events, and those (often) quarter of a billion dollars (or more) boondoggles end up simply being tombs to nothing - and with no one anywhere in sight.

iiipopes wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 9:45 am

bloke wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 7:44 am History has wallpapered over this, but a month or two before Martin Luther King came back to Memphis - and ended up being shot by a kook from Illinois, he came to Memphis to lead a march which deteriorated into a riot downtown. People died, businesses were destroyed, and that riot defined an abrupt ending to Memphis downtown commerce. All sorts of subsequently-spent federal money - over the years - were spent on all sorts of schemes to bring it back. People - who see pictures of downtown Memphis through the mid-1960s - are astonished at the hustle and bustle. Today, whatever business is going on down there is basically synthetic. Riots have consequences, which is why subversives engage in them, and why billionaires hire people to instigate them.

South of where I live is a quaint resort called Rockaway Beach. In a similar manner, it used to be the go-to getaway on the eastern arm of Lake Taneycomo, twenty to fifty years and more before Branson became a destination. Then, there was a biker brawl/riot in 1965 which killed its tourism. The location essentially died, and only now that the Branson Strip has been up and running as a tourist destination these last @ 40 years has there finally been some renewal for Rockaway Beach. So I agree with your conclusion completely.
https://www.ozarksalive.com/stories/ann ... ns-history

Semi-related trivia no one asked for:

You aren't too far from my uncle and cousins. They have cabins/resort on Table Rock Lake on Indian Point.

My dad, uncle, brothers, and I have been going up there fishing on Table Rock, Taneycomo, and trout fishing float trips below the dam on the White River since I was a kid. I think Branson had a 1-2 theaters back then? (late 70's) My uncle loved it so much, he sold his car dealerships in Valparaiso and bought the place. He owned the Branson Chevy dealer for a few years. Tradition being strong with such things, we hired the same fishing guide every year (even after he retired) to take us out, even though we knew our way around and my uncle fished on the lake daily.

I don't recall every being in Rockaway Beach, but I'm sure we were all around it at some point or another.

Of course, we had the annual obligatory side trip to Bass Pro headquarters once we learned about it, especially the outlet store next door, and the occasional trip to Mountain Home because... God's country.

Branson, for better or worse, ain't the same as it used to be. We don't go much anymore (everyone is old, spread out, dad is gone), but we learned a long time ago to go through Kimberling City to Branson West and bypass the strip. And we all had to stop for a snack and dip our feet in Roaring River Springs on the way up. It was tradition, of course.

For those people keeping score, this thread has mentioned tubas, trumpets, violas, wallpaper, and Branson.

I suppose an instrument repair tech, with former careers as a viola player, interior wallpaper designer (oh so late 20th century aesthetics), living in Branson might be offended. However, I am aware of a violist/dulcimer performer out of Brinnon, WA that still watches Perry Mason reruns.

While we're juggling topics, could I toss in some kumquats?

bloke wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 2:52 pm While we're juggling topics, could I toss in some kumquats?

I wish we had HDTV back when Ms. Parton had those TV specials. Juggling, has a wrong letter.

bloke wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 2:52 pm While we're juggling topics, could I toss in some kumquats?

No, I am allergic to them. Even reading the word makes me break out in hives. Please refrain from typing the word.

York-aholic wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 9:00 pm No, I am allergic to them. Even reading the word makes me break out in hives. Please refrain from typing the word.

金橘

If you import your hives, the supply chain issues should - at least - delay them by several months.