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Things have changed since I was a U.S. Army tuba player!

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"Raise your pitch son, more, more, good. Now let the bastards have it!"
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Just how much air would you need for that?! Do you take it to the range to make sure it's "well centered?"
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"Out of tune tuba player ruins performance"?! I'll show you out of tune!


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"I'll teach that Bass Trombone player what it looks like to be buzz-sawed!"
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This picture looks really real. Is it shopped?
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The Jackson wrote:This picture looks really real. Is it shopped?
yes... :roll:

as the Elephant noted the k-90 is backwards, and too small (among other impossibilities of that picture :shock: _
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Your link to the picture is dead . I can't see anything .
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oldbandnerd wrote:Your link to the picture is dead . I can't see anything .
It was for me until I right-clicked it, then clicked "view pic". See if it works...
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I put the picture into my website file. You should be able to see it now.
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KevinMadden wrote:
The Jackson wrote:This picture looks really real. Is it shopped?
yes... :roll:

as the Elephant noted the k-90 is backwards, and too small (among other impossibilities of that picture :shock: _
Oh, duh :x

This is a very good shop, then. With the exception of the small lighting differences and choppiness in the bottom-right, it looks really real.
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Right down to the helmet reflection.
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I have to get one of these for the next time a Conductor gives me the hand.
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but use the proper trigger finger when you get the hand.
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Actually this is a new devise the army is developing. it is a super sensitive microphone that can eavesdrop on converseations miles away......

not photoshopped at all.....
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ken k wrote:Actually this is a new devise the army is developing. it is a super sensitive microphone that can eavesdrop on converseations miles away......

not photoshopped at all.....
...and considerably less cumbersome than its predecessor.

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I always wanted a sniper rifle to take down the conductor on occasion or maybe a random sax player.
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OldsRecording wrote:
ken k wrote:Actually this is a new devise the army is developing. it is a super sensitive microphone that can eavesdrop on converseations miles away......

not photoshopped at all.....
...and considerably less cumbersome than its predecessor.

<img src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii31 ... cf3e_o.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">
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