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Since I'm a musician, two of my favorite things (no pun intended) are my horns.

The flugelhorn is 1982 Olds red brass. Made in America. The trumpet is a 1971 Getzen Eterna, Severinsen model. Made in America.

And these babies get used everyday. It's either practicing for the next gig or rehearsing with the two groups I play in. Over the years I have tried other horns and never made the move to replace either horn. Two other trumpeters I play with have horns older than my Getzen!!!

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Hoops66 said:
Of course for the aging Sunday afternoon fan there was always my favorite John Facenda reading of Rudyard Kipling's "If."

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Grew up listening to John Facenda on channel 10 out of Philly and a ton of favorites from that part of the country - Big 5 bb, American Bandstand, Horn and Hardart, Philly Soul, and the list goes on and on
 
eebmg said:
For what his discoveries ultimately did to advance science and technology, he should be known at the public school level like Einstein, Newton or at least Faraday. But until upper level college physics, crickets. Pet peeve of mine.
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Probably my favorite underrated physicist is Albert Baez. I was literally working on something citing him earlier today. He developed what's probably to this day the most important way of focusing x-rays. He certainly deserved a Nobel Prize, but it's taken till the last 20 years or so for there to be x-ray sources to fully take advantage of it.

In addition to all that, he happened to have three daughters, Joan, Pauline, and Mimi, all very beautiful and talented. I had no idea he was Joan and Mimi's father when I met him 25 years ago, although I did correspond with him later after I found out.
 
huskeynut said:
Since I'm a musician, two of my favorite things (no pun intended) are my horns.

The flugelhorn is 1982 Olds red brass. Made in America. The trumpet is a 1971 Getzen Eterna, Severinsen model. Made in America.

And these babies get used everyday. It's either practicing for the next gig or rehearsing with the two groups I play in. Over the years I have tried other horns and never made the move to replace either horn. Two other trumpeters I play with have horns older than my Getzen!!!

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Question: The trumpet, flugelhorn, and cornet all have the same range. The trumpet has a cylindrical bore, but what's the difference between a flugelhorn and cornet? Is it just the wider bore of the flugelhorn?
 
Bigboote said:
Probably my favorite underrated physicist is Albert Baez. I was literally working on something citing him earlier today. He developed what's probably to this day the most important way of focusing x-rays. He certainly deserved a Nobel Prize, but it's taken till the last 20 years or so for there to be x-ray sources to fully take advantage of it.

In addition to all that, he happened to have three daughters, Joan, Pauline, and Mimi, all very beautiful and talented. I had no idea he was Joan and Mimi's father when I met him 25 years ago, although I did correspond with him later after I found out.
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Albert Baez is actually the uncle of John C Baez who is one of the leading Mathematical Physicists today doing all sorts of exotic theorizing from Spin Foams to Loop Quantum Gravity and pushing abstraction using Category Theory into more mainstream Applied Mathematics.
 
Favorite author: David Foster Wallace and it's not even close. RIP
 
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Favorite bar drink :the classic Black and Tan.

Favorite opera: Mozart's Marriage of Figaro (this gets extra points when seen in person_

Favorite doo wop recording: Looking for an Echo by the Persuasions
 
Favorite vanilla-Madagascar bourbon, preferably Nielsen-Massey. Crazy expensive, but oh so good. As a side note, I’m steeping an experimental batch of vanilla in 151 Goslings dark rum (bought it for dark and stormies, but found it too stormy). Since the booze wasn’t drinkable, hopefully I can bake with it.
 
Bigboote said:
Question: The trumpet, flugelhorn, and cornet all have the same range. The trumpet has a cylindrical bore, but what's the difference between a flugelhorn and cornet? Is it just the wider bore of the flugelhorn?
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The trumpet is a cylindrical bore instrument. The diamneter of the bore stays the same. The cornet & flugelhorn are conical bore. The diameter of the bore increases over the lenght of the horn. The difference is the flugelhorn has a wider bore than a cornet. The flugelhorn is used by many jazz artists for its softer sound.

We have 3 trumpet players in the swing band and we all have flugelhorns. We're in the process of figuring out what charts we are going to the play the flugelhorns on. We have gigs in October, November and 2 in December. Each gig is a 2 hour show. 15 songs each hour or set. All four gigs will have different sets. So we have plenty of songs to choose from.
 
Scud49 said:
Favorite military jet: F-16:
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Did you know that -16 was originally designed to solely be a light agile air superiority fighter? It was “up purposed” into a multi-role aircraft losing a lot of it’s original agility and ability to regain airspeed. It still is a great plane.

The book “Boyd” is a great read and talks about this in detail, if you are interested.
 
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Can't believe no one has mentioned the dairy bar as the favorite ice cream place. When I'm on campus, carbs be damned.
 
CL82 said:
Did you know that -16 was originally designed to solely be a light agile air superiority fighter? It was “up purposed” into a multi-role aircraft losing a lot of it’s original agility and ability to regain airspeed. It still is a great plane.

The book “Boyd” is a great read and talks about this in detail, if you are interested.
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Thanks, I shall check that one out....!
 
Conndog said:
Never heard of him- did a quick look, hopefully I can read his "Infinite Jest", but it seems so long!
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Don't start with Infinte Jest! Long difficult but amazing read. Try his essays first, "Consider the Lobster" or "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men" His final novel published after his death (suicide) "The Pale King" is the most amazing novel I've read but you have to know David. Also I'm just one step removed from him
which I cherish. Or watch the movie "The End Of The Tour" about his book tour after Infinite Jest was published.
 
Scud49 said:
Thanks, I shall check that one out....!
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You will enjoy it.

(Why can you type the plane designation "F"-16 but it gets edited out for me? Methinks the powers that be have more confidence in your self restraint than they do in mine.)
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Jackcatscal said:
Favorite Shakespeare quote (this may go on my headstone, assuming the Veteran’s Administration doesn’t object):

“Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.” (From The Tempest)
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They will object
 
ClifSpliffy said:
'What is it called when someone subjects themselves to something they find so obnoxious when they can simply choose to ignore it?'
i know! i know! --- The Boneyard Experience.
what do i win?
(i don't know why i always ask aboot the prizes, nobody ever seems to payoff on any of these deals here ...)
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No prize was offered, however the committee has reviewed your post, they like your answer and have put you in 2nd place. Please check the mail for your 2nd place gift. :cool:
 
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Bigboote said:
Probably my favorite underrated physicist is Albert Baez. I was literally working on something citing him earlier today. He developed what's probably to this day the most important way of focusing x-rays. He certainly deserved a Nobel Prize, but it's taken till the last 20 years or so for there to be x-ray sources to fully take advantage of it.

In addition to all that, he happened to have three daughters, Joan, Pauline, and Mimi, all very beautiful and talented. I had no idea he was Joan and Mimi's father when I met him 25 years ago, although I did correspond with him later after I found out.
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underrated? have sum, 100 years later!
'Imagine if you had those fluid pump systems basically take the vibration from the motor that’s there anyway, and have that circulate it. It has no moving parts. There’s nothing to break,” says Ristroph.'
no moving parts. nothing to break.
Century-old water valve invented by Nikola Tesla could have modern use | New Scientist

nikki is my favorite 'ist' since archimedes. mebbe someday we'll get to know more of his revelations, currently unavailable to us. downright biblical, methinks.
im bettin that, a pantload of times, mr T thought 'don't need no stinkin proofs, i just know it!' intuition is a greatly underrated talent.
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he played this game of life in a league of his own.
frequency and resonance. yup.
 
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BlueandOG said:
For those of us who do not work in math, please explain why this is mind-blowing.
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Just the idea that 3 of the most interesting and diverse constants "i" the imaginary unit = sqrt(-1), pi (the irrational number connecting the diameter and perimeter of a circle) and "e". the natural base for logarithms should all be magically related by a single equation. Well, you asked. ;)
 
eebmg said:
Just the idea that 3 of the most interesting and diverse constants "i" the imaginary unit = sqrt(-1), pi (the irrational number connecting the diameter and perimeter of a circle) and "e". the natural base for logarithms should all be magically related by a single equation. Well, you asked. ;)
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Sounds familiar, I may have heard it from Sheldon on the Big Bang Theory. No disrespect, I read that every equation on the show was reviewed by top level Math Brainiac's and were 100% accurate.
 
CL82 said:
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You will enjoy it.

(Why can you type the plane designation "F"-16 but it gets edited out for me? Methinks the powers that be have more confidence in your self restraint than they do in mine.)
jesse shrug GIF by Big Brother Canada
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I had to type the letter "F" in twice before it stuck - thought it was just an anomaly at the time, guess it wasn't... :eek:
 
MooseJaw said:
Sounds familiar, I may have heard it from Sheldon on the Big Bang Theory. No disrespect, I read that every equation on the show was reviewed by top level Math Brainiac's and were 100% accurate.
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I imagine Sheldon would not waste his time with such a trivial formula. (Highschool level)
 
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