Comments on: Mission notes

By: esp

esp — Sun, 14 May 2006 09:02:23 +0000

Most married string players wear their wedding rings on their right hands. If (like me) you put it on your left hand, you have to be careful not to bang it on the fingerboard, especially when shifting into high postions or damping ringing strings. I actually damaged the perfoling on my cello by getting sloppy about shifting into fourth position.

By: clamor

clamor — Sun, 14 May 2006 08:49:40 +0000

Most string players that wear wedding rings wear them on their right hands. If you wear a ring on your left hand, it can make jarring noises when you shift into high positions and may even damage the perfoling if you are sloppy.

By: R J Keefe

R J Keefe — Mon, 01 May 2006 22:44:13 +0000

The European custom of wearing wedding rings on the right hand dawned on me at a Royal Concertgebouw concert in Avery Fisher Hall a few years ago. The orchestra was playing Mahler’s Fifth, and the full complement of double-bassists was fighting the good right. But, my God, they couldn’t all be gay!

By: sue

sue — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 04:09:39 +0000

I seem to recall an instance where I was wakened from an “eye-resting” and floundered around for my glasses while saying “let me get my glasses on so I can hear you.”

They haven’t committed me yet, so I guess that’s not a crazy statement.

By: mig

mig — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 01:29:59 +0000

I beg your pardon?

By: malbeth

malbeth — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:17:07 +0000

your glasses affect your auditory perception?

By: mig

mig — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:07:27 +0000

Actually, these are posts about *not* flirting. I pray Alpha will detect the difference.

I was in a train station a while ago rushing around and a young woman goes, Hey! Hey! etc and I ignored her because young women never yell at me. Then she yelled out my name, it was a teacher from my music school. I was also embarassed, but did not have the presence of mind to employ your excellent excuse.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:01:17 +0000

Yesterday, and now more talk of flirting today, makes me wonder, Alpha does read this doesn’t she?

I was walking down the street a while back and this pretty girl up and across the street yells out “TIM!”. The sun was in my eyes and I did not recognizer her, so I figured she was yelling for someone else named Tim. She called out again, and I ignored her. Finally, she crosses the street and comes up to me. Turns out she was a friend of my brothers and recognized me from his wedding. I apologized, telling her that pretty girls don’t usually (ie. never) call out for me on the street. She was flattered, I felt very embarassed.