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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 03-20-15  20:13 <=-

 ML>> the tapes. I believe that the two places where I screwed up
 ML>> were covered by the vocal soloist (it's filigree stuff
 ML>> behind the song line), so that few other than I would
 ML>> notice, or so I hope.
 NB>> Unless someone actually knew the music, they'd probably not notice
 NB>> anyway...  :)  Have you heard the tapes yet...?
 ML> The engineer is going to mess with them for a while, and I
 ML> had to get out of town. When I show up for the wedding in
 ML> July, they'll probably have cut a CD, and if it sounds good,
 ML> maybe there will even be copies for (limited) distribution.

So you might be able to get one to let others hear the concert...?

 ML>> and someone asked me if I had attended the Sunday concert,
 ML>> and I said, yes, I was in the orchestra; and then I was
 ML>> asked what instrument I played. Ah, well, sic transit gloria. 
 NB>> Maybe the questioner had been sitting in a nosebleed seat, or is
 NB>> short of sight...?
 ML> Short of brain, perhaps. At the end of the conversation she
 ML> asked me again if I had attended the concert. Not sure if she
 ML> was senile or whether she was just making conversation and just
 ML> not listening. She was no older than Lilli, so I don't know.

Age, of itself, senility doth not make... but I've known those whose
minds were already going at our age...  And there are plenty of people
who don't listen to the answers to their small talk... ;)

 NB>> I'd guess that since you weren't standing in front (I'm
 NB>> presuming you were sitting with the rest of the strings...?) of
 NB>> everything, the oblivious might not have noticed where the music was
 NB>> coming from...  :)
 ML> I was sitting sort of in front - orchestra to the right of
 ML> them, orchestra to the left of them, chorus behind,
 ML> volleying and thundering, with a little diamond in front,
 ML> myself, piano, soprano, conductor being the points. Truth
 ML> be told, probably only the front few rows center could
 ML> figure out where all the noise was actually coming from.
 ML> The soprano was easy, she was standing.

And it's hard to miss a piano... ;)
 
 NB>> You neither stole the show, nor botched things
 ML> That's what I get paid to do. And then I hope everyone's
 ML> happy.

Hopefully they were all happy... sounds like they should have been,
anyway... ;)

 ML>> I had just been thinking that the Marie Callender food
 ML>> I have tasted would have benefited from a goodly dose of
 ML>> one of the peppers or another.
 NB>> One of the less-bland store offerings is their herb-roasted chicken,
 NB>> which has been probably our favorite of the offerings... not the least
 NB>> because the chicken is a leg and a thigh...  :)
 ML> A clever way for them to get rid of the dark meat that's
 ML> left over from their all white meat chicken pot pies.

Perhaps...  :)   But we certainly benefit thereby... :)
 
 NB>> Wholesome but not distinctive...  I think that probably is a good
 NB>> summation... :)  We've found the frozen meals sufficiently wholesome
 NB>> to have them as a ready back-up supply of food...  :)  I'm sure that
 NB>> the frozen meals are even less distinctive than the restaurant food
 NB>> was, though... :)
 ML> You could spice them up, I suppose, which is somewhat
 ML> harder to do in the restaurant (I used to carry around a
 ML> little shaker of hot pepper back before TSA days).

Now that too is considered a dangerous weapon...?  Sad commentary on
life... 

 ML>> Note: this post was from before Lactaid came out with
 ML>> extra-strength pills, so the 30 translates to 10 new style.
 NB>> That's still a fair bit of dosing needed... ;)
 ML> Considering that you're not supposed to use more than
 ML> 2 of the Ultras or 6 or so old-styles.

Yeah, that does put a slightly different perspective... :)
 
 ML>>> I've tried and still can't get past 50 seconds, much less
 ML>>> into the minutes.
 NB>>> Guess it needs building up again... or maybe it's something that
 NB>>> aging bodies don't do so well...  ;/
 ML>> 56 seconds as of today.
 NB>> Progress, anyway...  :)
 ML> Back down into the 40s last I checked, but then I have
 ML> a cough, but then a catastrophe won't care whether I
 ML> have a cough or not if it decides to happen.

And maybe even 2 minutes wouldn't be enough, either... 

 ML>> and lots of passengers would probably be
 ML>> interested in safety training. So figure out the cost of a
 ML>> training session, translate that into miles, and add a percentage,
 ML>> and boom, everyone's happy.
 NB>> Sounds reasonable to me...  ;)
 ML> I've thought so. There are plenty of people who would
 ML> be willing and able to assist in an emergency (I need
 ML> a verbal yes from each of you) if they had just a little
 ML> extra confidence-building information.

Having been through the instruction, they'd know that they could do it,
or know better than be in those seats... :)

ttyl       neb

... Thhis takline iz slitely out of cofus.

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