Anyone ride with a Musette?

[Tom Nakashima]

I've been riding with a canvas musette for the last few years.
I found it to be a convenient way to store extra clothes
when layering. When not in use, I fold it and carry it one of the
jersey pockets.
-tom

[Chalo]

Tom Nakashima wrote:
>
> I've been riding with a canvas musette for the last few years.
> I found it to be a convenient way to store extra clothes
> when layering. When not in use, I fold it and carry it one of the
> jersey pockets.

I often use a "musette" made by Chrome:

http://chromebags.com/products/bags/show/14/

It accomodates my 4XL Carhartt zipper hoodie-- I guess that would be a
"layer"-- with room to spare for a twelve-pack. When it's empty I
sometimes use the shoulder strap to bind it to the front of my BMX
bars.

Chalo

[maxrad@rvms.com]

On Dec 18, 11:23 am, "Tom Nakashima" <t...@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
> I've been riding with a canvas musette for the last few years.
> I found it to be a convenient way to store extra clothes
> when layering. When not in use, I fold it and carry it one of the
> jersey pockets.
> -tom

Um, isn't that what musettes were <i>invented</i> for? Me, I just
stuff the odd wind shell or tights or whatever directly into jersey
pockets

--max

[Scott Gordo]

On Dec 18, 12:23 pm, "Tom Nakashima" <t...@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
> I've been riding with a canvas musette for the last few years.
> I found it to be a convenient way to store extra clothes
> when layering. When not in use, I fold it and carry it one of the
> jersey pockets.
> -tom

I like to stuff extra clothing into the front of my shorts, but I'm
insecure.

/s

[frkrygow@gmail.com]

On Dec 18, 12:23 pm, "Tom Nakashima" <t...@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
> I've been riding with a canvas musette for the last few years.
> I found it to be a convenient way to store extra clothes
> when layering. When not in use, I fold it and carry it one of the
> jersey pockets.
> -tom

I greatly prefer to hang a bag from the bicycle, not from myself.

- Frank Krygowski

[landotter]

On Dec 18, 11:23 am, "Tom Nakashima" <t...@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
> I've been riding with a canvas musette for the last few years.
> I found it to be a convenient way to store extra clothes
> when layering. When not in use, I fold it and carry it one of the
> jersey pockets.
> -tom

I have a canvas shopping bag bungeed on the front of my city
bike,"just in case" when I don't have panniers on it. Fixed gear
luggage is one classic size huge Timbuk2 messenger bag. It holds more
than my panniers.

[Werehatrack]

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:23:32 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"
<tom@slac.stanford.edu> may have said:

>I've been riding with a canvas musette for the last few years.
>I found it to be a convenient way to store extra clothes
>when layering. When not in use, I fold it and carry it one of the
>jersey pockets.

Must have an amazing zipper to be able to still hold air when playing.

Where do you put the drones and chanters when you stash stuff inside?

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On Dec 18, 11:23 am, "Tom Nakashima" <t...@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
> I've been riding with a canvas musette for the last few years.
> I found it to be a convenient way to store extra clothes
> when layering. When not in use, I fold it and carry it one of the
> jersey pockets.
> -tom
>
I use a Deuter Speed lite 20
http://www.deuterusa.com/products/productDetail.php?packID=speedlite20&sub=alpine&tert=speed
for the same purpose. It is the most comfortable and useful pack I
have ever worn.

At this time of year, I wear a down vest as an insulating layer on my
pre-dawn ride. For the afternoon ride home, I usually pack the vest.

To my way of thinking, it makes more sense to carry the load equally
on both shoulders.

J.

[Tom Nakashima]

"Chalo" <chalo.colina@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4be3a26a-3e64-4bf2-aa0f-5f06a215c8cc@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> Tom Nakashima wrote:
>>
>> I've been riding with a canvas musette for the last few years.
>> I found it to be a convenient way to store extra clothes
>> when layering. When not in use, I fold it and carry it one of the
>> jersey pockets.
>
> I often use a "musette" made by Chrome:
>
> http://chromebags.com/products/bags/show/14/
>
> It accomodates my 4XL Carhartt zipper hoodie-- I guess that would be a
> "layer"-- with room to spare for a twelve-pack. When it's empty I
> sometimes use the shoulder strap to bind it to the front of my BMX
> bars.
>
> Chalo

Mine are not as elaborate, actually they're freebees from Bike to
Work Days. I've been collecting them from years past and putting
them to use.
http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/57647866.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939847EC77F5F8D1CE761733265F557DCC A40A659CEC4C8CB6
-tom

[datakoll]

the musette is a forerunner of the "messenger bag"?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/business/16bags.html

[Jay Beattie]

On Dec 18, 12:44 pm, max...@rvms.com wrote:
> On Dec 18, 11:23 am, "Tom Nakashima" <t...@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
>
> > I've been riding with a canvas musette for the last few years.
> > I found it to be a convenient way to store extra clothes
> > when layering. When not in use, I fold it and carry it one of the
> > jersey pockets.
> > -tom
>
> Um, isn't that what musettes were <i>invented</i> for? Me, I just
> stuff the odd wind shell or tights or whatever directly into jersey
> pockets

They were food bags handed to riders in a feed zone. Used and
discarded. Simple little cotton bags and not the expensive ballistic
nylon messenger bags so popular with the fixie poseurs in PDX (no
offense to Chalo who undoubtedly likes his). -- Jay Beattie.

[Pat]

> the musette is a forerunner of the "messenger bag"?

shouldn't that be "forerider"?

[Chalo]

Frank Krygowski wrote:
>
> I greatly prefer to hang a bag from the bicycle, not from myself.

Me too, but not all my bikes are willing to get with the program.

Chalo

[* * Chas]

"Jay Beattie" <jbeattie@lindsayhart.com> wrote in message
news:e5817b37-f11e-4b3a-8448-390e6d12dc09@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> On Dec 18, 12:44 pm, max...@rvms.com wrote:
> > On Dec 18, 11:23 am, "Tom Nakashima" <t...@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > I've been riding with a canvas musette for the last few years.
> > > I found it to be a convenient way to store extra clothes
> > > when layering. When not in use, I fold it and carry it one of the
> > > jersey pockets.
> > > -tom
> >
> > Um, isn't that what musettes were <i>invented</i> for? Me, I just
> > stuff the odd wind shell or tights or whatever directly into jersey
> > pockets
>
> They were food bags handed to riders in a feed zone. Used and
> discarded. Simple little cotton bags and not the expensive ballistic
> nylon messenger bags so popular with the fixie poseurs in PDX (no
> offense to Chalo who undoubtedly likes his). -- Jay Beattie.

Fakinger bags! ;-)

Chas.

[Chalo]

Jay Beattie wrote:
>
> Simple little cotton bags and not the expensive ballistic
> nylon messenger bags so popular with the fixie poseurs in PDX (no
> offense to Chalo who undoubtedly likes his).

I was trying to make a little joke comparing my heavy, clunky bag
complete with seat belt buckle to an almost-disposable tote. It is
only a feed bag in the sense that a week's groceries are feed.

Chalo

[carlfogel@comcast.net]

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:53:14 -0600, Werehatrack
<rault00@earthWEEDSlink.net> wrote:

>On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:23:32 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"
><tom@slac.stanford.edu> may have said:
>
>>I've been riding with a canvas musette for the last few years.
>>I found it to be a convenient way to store extra clothes
>>when layering. When not in use, I fold it and carry it one of the
>>jersey pockets.
>
>Must have an amazing zipper to be able to still hold air when playing.
>
>Where do you put the drones and chanters when you stash stuff inside?

Dear Werehatrack,

Bah! French impostor!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Ch%C3%A9deville#Impersonation_of_Vivaldi

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

[alanstew@sbcglobal.net]

On Dec 18, 6:53 pm, Werehatrack <raul...@earthWEEDSlink.net> wrote:
> Must have an amazing zipper to be able to still hold air when playing.
> Where do you put the drones and chanters when you stash stuff inside?

Mr Werehatrack...are you making a reference to bagpipes? Fair stirs
the blood doesn't it, the thought of bicycles and bagpipes?
ABS (S for Stewart)

[rcousine@gmail.com]

On Dec 18, 6:53 pm, Werehatrack <raul...@earthWEEDSlink.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:23:32 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"
> <t...@slac.stanford.edu> may have said:
>
> >I've been riding with a canvas musette for the last few years.
> >I found it to be a convenient way to store extra clothes
> >when layering. When not in use, I fold it and carry it one of the
> >jersey pockets.
>
> Must have an amazing zipper to be able to still hold air when playing.
>
> Where do you put the drones and chanters when you stash stuff inside?

I can't answer the second question, but as for the amazing zipper,
it's surely a drysuit zipper.

This price list [pdf] quotes retail prices of $100-200 for a bare
drysuit zipper:
<http://www.aquariusdivers.com/Diving%20Concepts%20Retail%20Price
%20List.pdf>

Installed, some of them cost more than $400.
However, these zippers are waterproof and pressure-proof. Because they
use the zipper to compress two strips of rubber together to make the
zipper seal, I suspect they would be air-tight.

Of course, your musette now costs $400, and all you've done is added
the zipper,

[still just me]

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:50:34 -0800 (PST), alanstew@sbcglobal.net
wrote:

>On Dec 18, 6:53 pm, Werehatrack <raul...@earthWEEDSlink.net> wrote:
>> Must have an amazing zipper to be able to still hold air when playing.
>> Where do you put the drones and chanters when you stash stuff inside?
>
>Mr Werehatrack...are you making a reference to bagpipes? Fair stirs
>the blood doesn't it, the thought of bicycles and bagpipes?
>ABS (S for Stewart)

A musette is a musical instrument:

mu·sette (my›-zµt“) n. 1. Music. a. A small French bagpipe operated
with a bellows and having a soft sound. b. A soft pastoral air that
imitates bagpipe music. 2. A musette bag. [Middle English, from Old
French, diminutive of muse, from muser, to play the musette, muse. See
MUSE.]


I believe the OP was referring to definition 2, while the musical
reference is to definition 1. Also, please avoid confusing it with "A
Muzi", which is completely different than "a musette".

[Werehatrack]

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:50:34 -0800 (PST), alanstew@sbcglobal.net may
have said:

>On Dec 18, 6:53 pm, Werehatrack <raul...@earthWEEDSlink.net> wrote:
>> Must have an amazing zipper to be able to still hold air when playing.
>> Where do you put the drones and chanters when you stash stuff inside?
>
>Mr Werehatrack...are you making a reference to bagpipes? Fair stirs
>the blood doesn't it, the thought of bicycles and bagpipes?
>ABS (S for Stewart)

The musette is a French variant, with the usual decadent inclusions of
pointless frippery that you would expect. Somehow, though, I don't
think that even they would try to use the bag's cavity for storage.

As for bagpipes and transportation, I will relate that I have employed
them to good effect in that area. In the late 1970s, I had an overly
powerful sound system in my vehicle (a car which gave the outward
appearance of a 1965 VW Beetle), and I used to keep a selection of
cassette tapes at hand for use in situations which demanded them. One
was a tape of the massed pipes and drums of the Jubilee, playing
Scotland the Brave. When a car would pull up next to me at an
intersection with the radio turned up to the point that the sound was
hopelessly distorted (as was almost always the case in that day when
someone tried to play a car radio at a high volume), I would simply
flip on the extra amplifiers, slot in the tape (already cued to the
correct position) and run the volume up to about three quarters.

The effect was generally quite satisfactory. The opening skirl of the
drums would have people diving for cover half a block away, and when
the pipes hit...one would have expected several regiments to be close
behind, from the sound of it.

I miss that car, and the sound system, and the tapes.



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On Dec 19, 12:50 am, alans...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> On Dec 18, 6:53 pm, Werehatrack <raul...@earthWEEDSlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Must have an amazing zipper to be able to still hold air when playing.
> > Where do you put the drones and chanters when you stash stuff inside?
>
> Mr Werehatrack...are you making a reference to bagpipes? Fair stirs
> the blood doesn't it, the thought of bicycles and bagpipes?
> ABS (S for Stewart)

Coincidentally, in a recent e-mail to my nephew about independent film
appreciation, I said:

"A _great_ film would be one featuring Nicole Kidman riding a bicycle
and playing bagpipes. But the really great films never make it to the
mass market."

(And this turn of the thread surprises me. I thought only I was weird
enough to know the real meaning of musette!)

- Frank Krygowski

[* * Chas]

<jbollyn@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:95883e24-15bb-4a1a-b3cd-bbb7126be53c@n20g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> On Dec 18, 11:23 am, "Tom Nakashima" <t...@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
> > I've been riding with a canvas musette for the last few years.
> > I found it to be a convenient way to store extra clothes
> > when layering. When not in use, I fold it and carry it one of the
> > jersey pockets.
> > -tom
> >
> I use a Deuter Speed lite 20
>
http://www.deuterusa.com/products/productDetail.php?packID=speedlite20&sub=alpine&tert=speed
> for the same purpose. It is the most comfortable and useful pack I
> have ever worn.
>
> At this time of year, I wear a down vest as an insulating layer on my
> pre-dawn ride. For the afternoon ride home, I usually pack the vest.
>
> To my way of thinking, it makes more sense to carry the load equally
> on both shoulders.
>
> J.

What ever happened to fanny packs? A comfortable fitting fanny pack
carried essentials and never got in the way.

I always considered musette bags an affectation even in non pro races.

Chas.

[Tom Nakashima]

"Werehatrack" <rault00@earthWEEDSlink.net> wrote in message
news:5bjim3dvmr8q4ktmekdm0ak6cq9a47ss14@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:50:34 -0800 (PST), alanstew@sbcglobal.net may
> have said:
>
>>On Dec 18, 6:53 pm, Werehatrack <raul...@earthWEEDSlink.net> wrote:
>>> Must have an amazing zipper to be able to still hold air when playing.
>>> Where do you put the drones and chanters when you stash stuff inside?
>>
>>Mr Werehatrack...are you making a reference to bagpipes? Fair stirs
>>the blood doesn't it, the thought of bicycles and bagpipes?
>>ABS (S for Stewart)
>
>
> As for bagpipes and transportation, I will relate that I have employed
> them to good effect in that area. In the late 1970s, I had an overly
> powerful sound system in my vehicle (a car which gave the outward
> appearance of a 1965 VW Beetle),

Thought bagpipes ran on a 12v system.
Popping the hood to gas-up in a plaid mini skirt must have been a sight
to see.
-tom

[* * Chas]

"Werehatrack" <rault00@earthWEEDSlink.net> wrote in message
news:5bjim3dvmr8q4ktmekdm0ak6cq9a47ss14@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:50:34 -0800 (PST), alanstew@sbcglobal.net may
> have said:
>
> >On Dec 18, 6:53 pm, Werehatrack <raul...@earthWEEDSlink.net> wrote:
> >> Must have an amazing zipper to be able to still hold air when
playing.
> >> Where do you put the drones and chanters when you stash stuff inside?
> >
> >Mr Werehatrack...are you making a reference to bagpipes? Fair stirs
> >the blood doesn't it, the thought of bicycles and bagpipes?
> >ABS (S for Stewart)
>
> The musette is a French variant, with the usual decadent inclusions of
> pointless frippery that you would expect. Somehow, though, I don't
> think that even they would try to use the bag's cavity for storage.
>
> As for bagpipes and transportation, I will relate that I have employed
> them to good effect in that area. In the late 1970s, I had an overly
> powerful sound system in my vehicle (a car which gave the outward
> appearance of a 1965 VW Beetle), and I used to keep a selection of
> cassette tapes at hand for use in situations which demanded them. One
> was a tape of the massed pipes and drums of the Jubilee, playing
> Scotland the Brave. When a car would pull up next to me at an
> intersection with the radio turned up to the point that the sound was
> hopelessly distorted (as was almost always the case in that day when
> someone tried to play a car radio at a high volume), I would simply
> flip on the extra amplifiers, slot in the tape (already cued to the
> correct position) and run the volume up to about three quarters.
>
> The effect was generally quite satisfactory. The opening skirl of the
> drums would have people diving for cover half a block away, and when
> the pipes hit...one would have expected several regiments to be close
> behind, from the sound of it.
>
> I miss that car, and the sound system, and the tapes.
>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShRk7nNnSvg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK6jHFezO_8

"Dat man's horn go 'BLEET! BLEET!'" - from a Gilbert Shelton "Furry Freak
Brothers" Comic....

Chas.

[still just me]

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:10:41 -0600, Werehatrack
<rault00@earthWEEDSlink.net> wrote:

>I would simply
>flip on the extra amplifiers, slot in the tape (already cued to the
>correct position) and run the volume up to about three quarters.

I had an amplifier like that. Went to 11, so it was louder than all
those others that only went to 10.

[Tom Sherman]

Werehatrack wrote:
> ...
> As for bagpipes and transportation, I will relate that I have employed
> them to good effect in that area. In the late 1970s, I had an overly
> powerful sound system in my vehicle (a car which gave the outward
> appearance of a 1965 VW Beetle), and I used to keep a selection of
> cassette tapes at hand for use in situations which demanded them. One
> was a tape of the massed pipes and drums of the Jubilee, playing
> Scotland the Brave. When a car would pull up next to me at an
> intersection with the radio turned up to the point that the sound was
> hopelessly distorted (as was almost always the case in that day when
> someone tried to play a car radio at a high volume), I would simply
> flip on the extra amplifiers, slot in the tape (already cued to the
> correct position) and run the volume up to about three quarters.
>
> The effect was generally quite satisfactory. The opening skirl of the
> drums would have people diving for cover half a block away, and when
> the pipes hit...one would have expected several regiments to be close
> behind, from the sound of it.

Having the good fortune to have heard the Royal Highland Regiment Band
play Scotland the Brave at close distance, I have a hard time imagining
a sound system that would do it proper credit.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
Beer - It's not just for breakfast anymore!

[Werehatrack]

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:03:21 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"
<tom@slac.stanford.edu> may have said:

>
>"Werehatrack" <rault00@earthWEEDSlink.net> wrote in message
>news:5bjim3dvmr8q4ktmekdm0ak6cq9a47ss14@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:50:34 -0800 (PST), alanstew@sbcglobal.net may
>> have said:
>>
>>>On Dec 18, 6:53 pm, Werehatrack <raul...@earthWEEDSlink.net> wrote:
>>>> Must have an amazing zipper to be able to still hold air when playing.
>>>> Where do you put the drones and chanters when you stash stuff inside?
>>>
>>>Mr Werehatrack...are you making a reference to bagpipes? Fair stirs
>>>the blood doesn't it, the thought of bicycles and bagpipes?
>>>ABS (S for Stewart)
>>
>>
>> As for bagpipes and transportation, I will relate that I have employed
>> them to good effect in that area. In the late 1970s, I had an overly
>> powerful sound system in my vehicle (a car which gave the outward
>> appearance of a 1965 VW Beetle),
>
>Thought bagpipes ran on a 12v system.

The car gave the *outward* appearance of a '65. Parts of it still
were. Most of the floor pan and body, most of the front suspension
and steering, and the bumpers. The rest....wasn't. Can you say "two
liter engine with dual 40DCNF Webers, reworked gearbox that had ratios
more like a 5 speed with no first gear, brakes and rear axles from a
Squareback, wheels from a 181, and an oil cooler from a Hughes
helicopter"? Oh, and power was from an alternator off of a '74 Bug.

>Popping the hood to gas-up in a plaid mini skirt must have been a sight
>to see.

There are no extant photos. (And I didn't own a kilt in those days
anyway.)

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[Zoot Katz]

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:27:48 -0800, "* * Chas"
<verktygjunk@aol.spamski.com> wrote:

>What ever happened to fanny packs? A comfortable fitting fanny pack
>carried essentials and never got in the way.

They've bloated into lumbar packs for trail runners complete with
pouches for your flare gun, GPS, water bottles, walkie-talkie, bear
repellent, survival and first aid kits plus a dozen Cliff Bars,
change of clothes, iPod, digital camera, sunglasses, spare batteries,
keys and a cel phone at least

There's a serious spandex abuser around here who looks like an
overstuffed crash-test Batman with all his gear on. You'd think with
front and rear panniers, rack bag, seat pouch and triangular frame
bag dude wouldn't need the belt too.

[Tom Nakashima]

"Werehatrack" <rault00@earthWEEDSlink.net> wrote in message
news:j0uim3lqjh1bcts7coq8juss6rjje923ih@4ax.com...
>>
>>Thought bagpipes ran on a 12v system.
>
> The car gave the *outward* appearance of a '65. Parts of it still
> were. Most of the floor pan and body, most of the front suspension
> and steering, and the bumpers. The rest....wasn't. Can you say "two
> liter engine with dual 40DCNF Webers, reworked gearbox that had ratios
> more like a 5 speed with no first gear, brakes and rear axles from a
> Squareback, wheels from a 181, and an oil cooler from a Hughes
> helicopter"? Oh, and power was from an alternator off of a '74 Bug.

Yea, I had a '66 bug, all stock, 6v system....one bright light and one
dim light. Had a 12v converter just to run 8-track...blasting
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI8SUc2SV4k

Saw a blonde hooters gal in a topless yellow Corvette, she had a bumper
sticker that read; "If you can beat me, you can eat me!" Put the pedal to
the metal in 3rd gear, saw the oil light come on. Looked in my mirror and
saw lots of black smoke. Pulled over, parked, grabbed my lunch out of the
back seat and my 8-track case, watched my car burn as I polished off a big
mac.
-tom

[Paul Myron Hobson]

> On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:27:48 -0800, "* * Chas"
> <verktygjunk@aol.spamski.com> wrote:
>> What ever happened to fanny packs? A comfortable fitting fanny pack
>> carried essentials and never got in the way.

Zoot Katz wrote:
> They've bloated into lumbar packs for trail runners complete with
> pouches for your flare gun, GPS, water bottles, walkie-talkie, bear
> repellent, survival and first aid kits plus a dozen Cliff Bars,
> change of clothes, iPod, digital camera, sunglasses, spare batteries,
> keys and a cel phone at least...

They've also been sold to the fixie crowd as "hip pouches."
http://reloadbags.com/site_images/ACCESSORIES_hippouchfull.jpg

No, I'm serious. I had a conversation with a hip pouch proponent about
this. Verbatim:
[ME]: Wow, those really have gotten popular.
[HER]: What things?
[ME]: Those fanny packs that R.E. Load sells.
[HER]: They're not fanny packs.
[ME]: ???
[HER]: They're hip pouches.
[ME]: Really?
[HER]: Yeah.

[Pat]

>
> No, I'm serious. I had a conversation with a hip pouch proponent about
> this. Verbatim:
> [ME]: Wow, those really have gotten popular.
> [HER]: What things?
> [ME]: Those fanny packs that R.E. Load sells.
> [HER]: They're not fanny packs.
> [ME]: ???
> [HER]: They're hip pouches.
> [ME]: Really?
> [HER]: Yeah.

I liked fanny packs back when I was skiing--when they were called "bum
bags." Then, in the 90's I became aware people were wearing them in the
front! I would see one of these morons and grumble, "There's a reason
they're called FANNY packs." and I'd always get a blank look in return.

[Zoot Katz]

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:07:02 -0600, Tom Sherman
<sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote:

>> The effect was generally quite satisfactory. The opening skirl of the
>> drums would have people diving for cover half a block away, and when
>> the pipes hit...one would have expected several regiments to be close
>> behind, from the sound of it.
>
>Having the good fortune to have heard the Royal Highland Regiment Band
>play Scotland the Brave at close distance, I have a hard time imagining
>a sound system that would do it proper credit.

Stirs ones bowels doesn't it
.. . . or what's left of 'em after a taiko performance by Kodo.

I kept a tape of Bulgarian bagpipes to flush out the drunks at the
end of a party. The police would pick them off the front lawn with
bleeding ears.
--
zk

[Werehatrack]

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:07:02 -0600, Tom Sherman
<sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> may have said:

>Werehatrack wrote:
>> ...
>> As for bagpipes and transportation, I will relate that I have employed
>> them to good effect in that area. In the late 1970s, I had an overly
>> powerful sound system in my vehicle (a car which gave the outward
>> appearance of a 1965 VW Beetle), and I used to keep a selection of
>> cassette tapes at hand for use in situations which demanded them. One
>> was a tape of the massed pipes and drums of the Jubilee, playing
>> Scotland the Brave. When a car would pull up next to me at an
>> intersection with the radio turned up to the point that the sound was
>> hopelessly distorted (as was almost always the case in that day when
>> someone tried to play a car radio at a high volume), I would simply
>> flip on the extra amplifiers, slot in the tape (already cued to the
>> correct position) and run the volume up to about three quarters.
>>
>> The effect was generally quite satisfactory. The opening skirl of the
>> drums would have people diving for cover half a block away, and when
>> the pipes hit...one would have expected several regiments to be close
>> behind, from the sound of it.
>
>Having the good fortune to have heard the Royal Highland Regiment Band
>play Scotland the Brave at close distance, I have a hard time imagining
>a sound system that would do it proper credit.

This one probably would have.

Of course, I should mention that I carried a pair of shooter's ear
protectors that I put on when I cranked the volume.

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[* * Chas]

"Werehatrack" <rault00@earthWEEDSlink.net> wrote in message
news:igrmm3ld7g6vkmt3oi66qbc6fasbgu0cq6@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:07:02 -0600, Tom Sherman
> <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> may have said:
>
> >Werehatrack wrote:
> >> ...
> >> As for bagpipes and transportation, I will relate that I have
employed
> >> them to good effect in that area. In the late 1970s, I had an overly
> >> powerful sound system in my vehicle (a car which gave the outward
> >> appearance of a 1965 VW Beetle), and I used to keep a selection of
> >> cassette tapes at hand for use in situations which demanded them.
One
> >> was a tape of the massed pipes and drums of the Jubilee, playing
> >> Scotland the Brave. When a car would pull up next to me at an
> >> intersection with the radio turned up to the point that the sound was
> >> hopelessly distorted (as was almost always the case in that day when
> >> someone tried to play a car radio at a high volume), I would simply
> >> flip on the extra amplifiers, slot in the tape (already cued to the
> >> correct position) and run the volume up to about three quarters.
> >>
> >> The effect was generally quite satisfactory. The opening skirl of
the
> >> drums would have people diving for cover half a block away, and when
> >> the pipes hit...one would have expected several regiments to be close
> >> behind, from the sound of it.
> >
> >Having the good fortune to have heard the Royal Highland Regiment Band
> >play Scotland the Brave at close distance, I have a hard time imagining
> >a sound system that would do it proper credit.
>
> This one probably would have.
>
> Of course, I should mention that I carried a pair of shooter's ear
> protectors that I put on when I cranked the volume.
>
> --
I live half a block off of a 4 lane connector street with lots of traffic.
There's a stop light right around the corner. Frequently the fools (at
least those who aren't deef yet) pull up to the light with their whole car
buzzing sound systems.

I've always fantasized about some sort of subsonic device to blast them
with. It might create a white noise condition. Of course the first skirl
at 120+ dB might have the same effect. ;-)

Chas.

[Michael Press]

In article
<igrmm3ld7g6vkmt3oi66qbc6fasbgu0cq6@4ax.com>,
Werehatrack <rault00@earthWEEDSlink.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:07:02 -0600, Tom Sherman
> <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> may have said:
>
> >Werehatrack wrote:
> >> ...
> >> As for bagpipes and transportation, I will relate that I have employed
> >> them to good effect in that area. In the late 1970s, I had an overly
> >> powerful sound system in my vehicle (a car which gave the outward
> >> appearance of a 1965 VW Beetle), and I used to keep a selection of
> >> cassette tapes at hand for use in situations which demanded them. One
> >> was a tape of the massed pipes and drums of the Jubilee, playing
> >> Scotland the Brave. When a car would pull up next to me at an
> >> intersection with the radio turned up to the point that the sound was
> >> hopelessly distorted (as was almost always the case in that day when
> >> someone tried to play a car radio at a high volume), I would simply
> >> flip on the extra amplifiers, slot in the tape (already cued to the
> >> correct position) and run the volume up to about three quarters.
> >>
> >> The effect was generally quite satisfactory. The opening skirl of the
> >> drums would have people diving for cover half a block away, and when
> >> the pipes hit...one would have expected several regiments to be close
> >> behind, from the sound of it.
> >
> >Having the good fortune to have heard the Royal Highland Regiment Band
> >play Scotland the Brave at close distance, I have a hard time imagining
> >a sound system that would do it proper credit.
>
> This one probably would have.
>
> Of course, I should mention that I carried a pair of shooter's ear
> protectors that I put on when I cranked the volume.

My current filling rattler is Iggy Pop's
"Shaking all Over".

I had some pipes on LP, but the turntable is currently
out of order. Any recommendations for bands and publishers on CD?

--
Michael Press

[Tom Sherman]

Werehatrack wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:07:02 -0600, Tom Sherman
> <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> may have said:
>
>> Werehatrack wrote:
>>> ...
>>> As for bagpipes and transportation, I will relate that I have employed
>>> them to good effect in that area. In the late 1970s, I had an overly
>>> powerful sound system in my vehicle (a car which gave the outward
>>> appearance of a 1965 VW Beetle), and I used to keep a selection of
>>> cassette tapes at hand for use in situations which demanded them. One
>>> was a tape of the massed pipes and drums of the Jubilee, playing
>>> Scotland the Brave. When a car would pull up next to me at an
>>> intersection with the radio turned up to the point that the sound was
>>> hopelessly distorted (as was almost always the case in that day when
>>> someone tried to play a car radio at a high volume), I would simply
>>> flip on the extra amplifiers, slot in the tape (already cued to the
>>> correct position) and run the volume up to about three quarters.
>>>
>>> The effect was generally quite satisfactory. The opening skirl of the
>>> drums would have people diving for cover half a block away, and when
>>> the pipes hit...one would have expected several regiments to be close
>>> behind, from the sound of it.
>> Having the good fortune to have heard the Royal Highland Regiment Band
>> play Scotland the Brave at close distance, I have a hard time imagining
>> a sound system that would do it proper credit.
>
> This one probably would have.
>
> Of course, I should mention that I carried a pair of shooter's ear
> protectors that I put on when I cranked the volume.
>
Could it fool a blind(folded) person into thinking it was the real
thing? There has yet to be a music reproduction system that can do that.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
Beer - It's not just for breakfast anymore!

[Bill Sornson]

Tom Nakashima wrote:

> Saw a blonde hooters gal in a topless yellow Corvette, she had a
> bumper sticker that read; "If you can beat me, you can eat me!" Put
> the pedal to the metal in 3rd gear, saw the oil light come on. Looked
> in my mirror and saw lots of black smoke. Pulled over, parked,
> grabbed my lunch out of the back seat and my 8-track case, watched my
> car burn as I polished off a big mac.
> -tom

If this were "Penthouse", she'd've come back to give you a ride and...

[Tim McNamara]

In article <fkgial$9j7$1@news.Stanford.EDU>,
"Tom Nakashima" <tom@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:

> Saw a blonde hooters gal in a topless yellow Corvette, she had a
> bumper sticker that read; "If you can beat me, you can eat me!"

Hmmm. She wins either way.

[still just me]

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:24:20 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"
<tom@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:

>Saw a blonde hooters gal in a topless yellow Corvette, she had a bumper
>sticker that read; "If you can beat me, you can eat me!"

I always thought the blond gal with that sticker was an urban fairy
tale.

[Werehatrack]

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:27:52 GMT, still just me
<wheeledBobNOSPAM@yahoo.com> may have said:

>On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:24:20 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"
><tom@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>>Saw a blonde hooters gal in a topless yellow Corvette, she had a bumper
>>sticker that read; "If you can beat me, you can eat me!"
>
>I always thought the blond gal with that sticker was an urban fairy
>tale.

Urban fairies have different tastes.



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[Bill Sornson]

Werehatrack wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:27:52 GMT, still just me
> <wheeledBobNOSPAM@yahoo.com> may have said:
>
>> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:24:20 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"
>> <tom@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Saw a blonde hooters gal in a topless yellow Corvette, she had a
>>> bumper sticker that read; "If you can beat me, you can eat me!"
>>
>> I always thought the blond gal with that sticker was an urban fairy
>> tale.
>
> Urban fairies have different tastes.

....and it ain't like chicken!