OldsRecording wrote:I am getting a new washing machine. A front loader.
The word out is that the "new" washing machines with the sophisticated computers f**k up a lot. Good luck.
bloke "...It isn't an LG, is it?"
I bought a Whirlpool front loader 2 years ago.
It rocks.
I mean that in the best way.
We have an LG front loader. My wife likes it. I think it sucks. It really just doesn't clean clothes as well as the no-frills top loader from Sears that I used to have, despite costing twice as much. However, my wife does 20x the amount of laundry than I do, so my opinion of the washer counts 20x less than hers. Happy wife, happy life.
the elephant wrote:I have nearly half-gray hair, joint problems, hairy ears, halitosis and moles. I am unable to sleep through the night. My prostate and I are altogether far too aware of each other's existence. I have trouble remembering how to sign my signature. 21 year old hotties look like elementary students to me (this is quite sad, I must say). I need two separate sets of bifocals, one for when on stage and one for, uh, the rest of life. I probably will need trifocals in a few years.
It is a journey, isn't it? Always something new to deal with.
Some years ago, one of my friends went to visit her aunt in the nursing home. The aunt was quite elderly and getting frail, unable to do much for herself. Toward the end of the visit, she put her hand on my friend's arm and said, "Honey, don't ever get old ... gettin' old's a bitch!"
As someone else put it: "Old age is not for the faint of heart" ...
(and you have been updated)
"Don't take life so serious, son. It ain't nohow permanent." -- Pogo (via Walt Kelly)
Home today with two sick kids, so it's time for some overdue shedding on trombone accompaniments. Some surprising challenges are rearing their ugly heads:
Stjepan Sulek Sonata (Vox Gabrieli) - Mostly difficult because of the key centers (very heavy on the flats) and accidentals (who uses D double-flat...really?).
Galliard Sonata No. 3, movement 2 - Looks easy, but it's quite a finger-twister.
Tomasi Concerto - Not a great reduction, but playable. My pet peeve is the "ossia" staff they sometimes add to the piano part...you can't possibly play all three, so why bother? Always a gas to play (that is, I suppose, if you like the "French stuff") with a good trombonist!
Sachse Bass Trombone Concerto - I just did an orchestration of this for our local concerto competition winner. You would think that would make the piano part even easier to cover, but I'm experiencing the opposite effect for some reason.
Handel Concerto in F Minor, movement 2 - This piece makes it horribly obvious that I am not a "classically-trained" pianist. This one makes me wish I had spent more hours of my youth practicing Czerny exercises and less hours in sports. It also doesn't help that the freshman student playing this is apparently trying to woo the judges with his technique and plays this really fast...quite inappropriate for the period, actually.
Handel Sonata No. 3, movement 4 - The Keith Brown edition of this is really hard too read - way too much "cross-stemming" in the treble clef of the piano part. I appreciate that he is showing how the melodic lines cross each other, but I don't need to (nor do I care to) see it while I'm playing an accompaniment - save it for the forms and analysis class.
Johan de Meij Concerto - Another bad reduction. It's a chore to mentally "reduce" the amount of music on the page at sight. I kind of thought that's why they pay someone to do a piano reduction (ahem, Frank Mol...I hope they didn't pay him much). Note to Mr. Mol and Amstel Music Co.: If you need three staves in the piano part, you're probably putting too much on the page (I ain't playing organ, and my feet aren't going to cover the bass chords...sorry, Robert).
I should probably look at some of the trumpet accompaniments coming up, but I doubt I'll get to it today.
Todd S. Malicoate wrote:Johan de Meij Concerto - Another bad reduction. It's a chore to mentally "reduce" the amount of music on the page at sight. I kind of thought that's why they pay someone to do a piano reduction (ahem, Frank Mol...I hope they didn't pay him much). Note to Mr. Mol and Amstel Music Co.: If you need three staves in the piano part, you're probably putting too much on the page (I ain't playing organ, and my feet aren't going to cover the bass chords...sorry, Robert).
What? Your piano doesn't have an AGO-spec pedal board? What is this world coming to?
(AFAIK, the notes on the middle staff are intended to be played with the nose ... or maybe the forehead, toward the end of the piece )
"Don't take life so serious, son. It ain't nohow permanent." -- Pogo (via Walt Kelly)
[/quote] We have an LG front loader. My wife likes it. I think it sucks. It really just doesn't clean clothes as well as the no-frills top loader from Sears that I used to have, despite costing twice as much. However, my wife does 20x the amount of laundry than I do, so my opinion of the washer counts 20x less than hers. Happy wife, happy life. [/quote]
Okee dokee, let me get in on the washing machine stories. Circa last week.
It wasn't draining completely after the spin cycle. Took the whole thing apart. Took the drain motor off. Inspected the impeller. Took off the receiving hose from tub and main drain hose. Clean. Snaked drain to septic tank. Clear. Broke 2 of the rubber stabilizer cords while taking apart. Replaced with eqivalent length bungee cords. Inspected to see if a sock was clogging the tub drain. All clear. It turned out that the rubber drain hose was kinked and slowing the drain process. Cleaned out some dust bunnies and inspected the drive belt while it was all apart. Not too complicated.
If you need to know how to rebuild a dryer, I've done that too.
Get an old washer and dryer that are just controlled by circuit boards, you can keep them running forever. No computers for me.
bloke wrote:Today, Memphis' local newpaper, the Communist Appeal, just laid off their vomit-for-brains editorial cartoonist...(who would regularly do stuff such as ridicule the Boy Scouts of America, etc.)
You have been updated !
At last we have an update which I find to be good news.
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