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Post by kevinharrell on Jul 18, 2016 18:37:36 GMT -5
Which instrument is more macho? Didgeridoo  Bassoon  |
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Post by flyangler on Jul 18, 2016 19:22:06 GMT -5
I'll take the Didgeridoo Kevin.... although back in the day I think we had a different name for them  |
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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 19, 2016 7:29:59 GMT -5
Must vote bassoon for my friend Bob. He started out on trombone but the Band had about 76* of them. So he switched to flute, which we only had maybe 50* of. So he switched to bassoon 'cause we only had one, and because it's the single most complicated instrument ever created by man so very appropriate for an engineer to play.
>'Kat
* numbers may be slightly exaggerated....
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Post by floridagull on Jul 21, 2016 6:11:09 GMT -5
Instrument B has lots of buttons and things, whereas Instrument A seems to be a bong...  |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jul 21, 2016 16:53:05 GMT -5
Hard choice...
But I'll go with the didgeridoo since Australian Aborigines play 'em, and THOSE guys are pretty MACHO... Neat sound too. Although the bassoon is a magnificent instrument. Sorta like the clarinet meets Godzilla... LOL! But I can't envision an Aborigine playing a bassoon...
As for me, I'm more of a kazoo guy!
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Post by wheelbender6 on Jul 22, 2016 19:32:09 GMT -5
The Didgeridoo is so simple that it could be made by "survivor man" or Bear Grell, so therefore,it is more macho.
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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 23, 2016 6:33:50 GMT -5
The Didgeridoo is so simple that it could be made by "survivor man" or Bear Grell, so therefore,it is more macho. So, you're saying that being macho is being simple....  |
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Post by wheelbender6 on Jul 23, 2016 11:18:13 GMT -5
Macho men speak few words and use simple means to intimidate their opponents. Scar Face used the just two words for most of the movie. Less is more when it comes to macho men.
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Post by kevinharrell on Jul 23, 2016 11:45:13 GMT -5
Macho men speak few words and use simple means to intimidate their opponents. Scar Face used the just two words for most of the movie. Less is more when it comes to macho men. Damn straight. |
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Post by wheelbender6 on Jul 23, 2016 13:09:05 GMT -5
I can't picture Charles Bronson or Vin Diesel playing "Peter and the Wolf" on an oboe. Maybe a harmonica.
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Post by wheelbender6 on Jul 23, 2016 19:52:38 GMT -5
"So, you're saying that being macho is being simple.."Ever seen Walking Tall? Joe Don Baker got his revenge on an army of drug dealers with a big stick. Duane Johnson, The Rock, did the same in the remake of the aforesaid Walking Tall. Billy Jack, Bruce Lee, Van Damme, Jason Stratham, Chuck Norris - didn't need gadgets. I don't think this dude will try to run over Chuck again. 
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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 24, 2016 7:23:30 GMT -5
Never seen Walking Tall. Did see San Andreas where the Rock tore a door off a car! Okay, sure, it was probably rigged but there was still effort (watch his muscles--oh yeah baby watch those muscles!!  ) Nothing simple about keeping those muscles, guys. That takes some serious work. Now, keeping a belly, that's different .... >'Kat |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jul 25, 2016 7:28:15 GMT -5
Never seen Walking Tall. Did see San Andreas where the Rock tore a door off a car! Okay, sure, it was probably rigged but there was still effort (watch his muscles--oh yeah baby watch those muscles!! ) Nothing simple about keeping those muscles, guys. That takes some serious work. Now, keeping a belly, that's different .... >'Kat
You brought back some fun memories of my outlaw biker days 50-some years back...One of the most memorable of my riding pals was "Tiny" who actually COULD tear a car door off. His family owned a junk yard and I've seen him do it. I also saw him many times lift the front (heavy) end of a sixties sedan over his head, and fold a quarter in half like a taco with his fingers... Same fingers he could remove and tighten car lug-nuts with... tightening them until they squeak without a wrench!
This is a portrait I did of him around 1962 for a cycle magazine... A poor kid, I had no camera... LOL! Probably better, as I cleaned up his less-than-handsome image some from "real-life" by leaving off some of his scars and face-tattoos...
Old tiny was 6'11" tall, and his weight varied from a svelte 650 to 750 pounds in "taco season"... We were a friendly bunch of bikers, all things considered so real altercations were few. One time however, a HUGE trucker, determined to find out just how "macho" Tiny was, pushed the envelope too far. To keep from possibly killing the jerk (and he was a plenty big fellow too, around 6'6" and 400 pounds) with his bare hands, old Tiny hoisted his 450 pound Triumph bobber overhead and threw it at the guy, hitting him dead-center in the gut...   He got a standing ovation from bystanders, and the guy starting the trouble got the mother of all belly-aches. Now, back then, we had not heard the term "macho" but I do believe it applies...Good old Tiny... Simple, effective and needed no gimmicks. Just gorilla muscles.
He had no trouble maintaining the muscles... His daily work day included plenty of pulling car engines, rear ends and trannies from the junk cars, using just his own hands...
I need to note that while somewhat "intimidating" to adults, little kids adored him, and he loved kids too. I've seen him pick up a new-born kitten in a foot-wide hand, and give it a gentle "nose-nose" and the kitten squeal with delight cuddled up in that monstrous hand... A true genetic giant, but a very nice one most of the time.
One of my favorite memories of Tiny was his teensy  -pound gal-friend. She wore his class ring on her WRIST as a bracelet.
Ya jus' gotta love the good old days!Leo (still happy with the not-so-macho little Minnie Mouse) in Texas PS: Back then, Tiny got some flack asking "why the Nazi helmet"? His answer always was "My uncle took it off a Nazi he killed. I had it chromed and wear it to honor his memory... You got a problem with that?" Golly gee, nobody ever seemed to have a problem with that... |
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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 25, 2016 8:04:46 GMT -5
Leo, that just goes with my belief that the biggest macho-iest men are also the gentlest nicest ones when not pushed. Thanks for sharing! One question though--did Tiny prefer the didgeridoo, or the bassoon? |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jul 26, 2016 6:03:41 GMT -5
Leo, that just goes with my belief that the biggest macho-iest men are also the gentlest nicest ones when not pushed. Thanks for sharing! One question though--did Tiny prefer the didgeridoo, or the bassoon? Have a bone on the Old Chopper Guy! Ah, back THEN, we probably didn't actually KNOW just what instrument that musically flatulent sound in "Peter and the Wolf" came from... LOL! And we SURELY didn't know what a didgeridoo was... "Crocodile Dundee" was decades in the future... SOUNDS like something one might smoke... "Hey, bro, take a chaw of this Skoal and roll me up a didgeridoo..."
I think Tiny's favorite instrument probably was Bo Diddly's cigar-box guitar... I leaned more toward Chuck Berry "duck-walking" his axe... And, yes, I must agree with you that the most macho guy or, God forbid, gal (enter Tiny's AWSOME 500 pound Mom!). EEEWWW!... is the half-ton behemoth who can uproot trees, but still coochie-coo a kitten, or an adoring little nipper gently to sleep in his/her fearsome bear-paw... the lovable side of the "Gentle Ben" syndrome at its best!
HMMMM... Not being well-versed in Spanish, is a hard-case kick-butt gal "Macha"? Me thinks " Macho" in the Hispanic tradition, most likely totally sexist and reserved for guy-types. Well, ride SAFE, if not MACHA... LOL! Hey! I may have coined a new word to describe my "Minnie Mouse"! I think she's a tad "Macha" at least in a pointy-nosed, floppy-eared, rodent-like sort of way...  Leo in Texas |
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