Re: Microphone Stopdown at DFW Airport

[hank alrich]

ScotFraser wrote:

> << Yeah, man, and the quartet could swap their instruments for ones from
> Saga! >>

> I'm trying to talk them into just playing samples off a laptop. The traveling
> will be SO much easier.

How many frequent flyer miles does J's cello have? She could replace it
with an AlBook and an E-Bow and sit next to a human.

--
ha

[ScotFraser]

<< How many frequent flyer miles does J's cello have?>>

Enough to get everybody upgrades to business class on the Euro flights.

<<She could replace it
with an AlBook and an E-Bow and sit next to a human.>>

I'll take a cello over a human any day as a seat mate on an overseas flight.
The cello never has to get up & climb over you to go take a leak.

Scott Fraser

[Analogeezer]

(chetatkinsdiet) wrote in message >...
> So all during the day yesterday, I was hearing reports that a complete
> terminal at DFW airport was evacuated because of a suspicious package.
> They evacuated and kept this main American terminal shutdown for
> nearly 2 hours while they brought in the FBI, bomb squad, etc. They
> had one of those robot devices drag the "suspicious" package out to a
> deserted runway to go through. What did they find after they
> disrupted air travel, probably all over the US, seeing how this is a
> major hub for American? Well, the initial reports were a pipebomb
> with wires coming out of it. What they were actually looking at was a
> microphone.
> Man, just imagine if it were one of our homemade rack jobs of old
> console mic pres or something that really looked odd. I just hope it
> wasn't some vintage, great mic here that got destroyed.
>
> later,
> m

I was in an airport a while back (can't remember which one....isn't
that sad...they all look alike now inside) and my flight got delayed
so I headed to the bar.

There were a couple of guys there, who based on their conversation I
assumed to be some hip-hop/R&B guys.

One of them had an AKG C12VR in the fancy little aluminum case on top
of the bar.

On my way out, I stopped briefly and said "nice mic" and we started
talking about it...I then said "I bet the airport security just loves
figuring out that thing don't they".

He said he had never been hassled carrying it around like that but he
usually had to allow an extra five minutes for them to go over it and
verify it wasn't some strange bomb or something.

Analogeezer

[Mike Clayton]

In article >,
(ScotFraser) wrote:
>
> I'll take a cello over a human any day as a seat mate on an overseas flight.
> The cello never has to get up & climb over you to go take a leak.
>
> Scott Fraser

No, but wait till you have to climb over the cello to do likewise!

--
Mike Clayton

[orbb]

(ScotFraser) wrote in message >...
> << One of them had an AKG C12VR in the fancy little aluminum case on top
> of the bar.
> On my way out, I stopped briefly and said "nice mic" and we started
> talking about it...I then said "I bet the airport security just loves
> figuring out that thing don't they".
> He said he had never been hassled carrying it around like that but he
> usually had to allow an extra five minutes for them to go over it and
> verify it wasn't some strange bomb or something.
> >>
>
> The good news is that even if the TSA guys DO blow up a C12VR it's no real
> loss.
>
>
> Scott Fraser

I was traveling with a set of bagpipes at one point and they took my
luggage completely apart to figure out what they were. The drones
looked like gun barrels.

[ScotFraser]

<<
No, but wait till you have to climb over the cello to do likewise!>>

Airline regulations stipulate that the cello has to be in a window seat.
Nevertheless, best thing about sitting next to a cello is that they never want
to talk to you about where you live, are you going on vacation, what do you do
for a living, what kind of music are you working on, etc, etc, etc.


Scott Fraser

[ScotFraser]

<< I was traveling with a set of bagpipes at one point and they took my
luggage completely apart to figure out what they were. The drones
looked like gun barrels. >>

Then they correctly deduced that you were armed with a very dangerous weapon.


Scott Fraser

[David O'H]

"ScotFraser" > wrote in message
...
> << I was traveling with a set of bagpipes at one point and they took my
> luggage completely apart to figure out what they were. The drones
> looked like gun barrels. >>
>
> Then they correctly deduced that you were armed with a very dangerous
weapon.


Scot's right. Bagpipes aren't musical instruments, they're ordnance.

Dave O'Heare
oheareATmagmaDOTca

[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> And they never tell you about their religious beliefs, or urge you to
> improve yourself through following their particular self-help guru. And they
> never criticize what you eat.

Oh, you sat next to that fat lady, too?



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[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> And they never tell you about their religious beliefs, or urge you to
> improve yourself through following their particular self-help guru. And they
> never criticize what you eat.

Oh, you sat next to that fat lady, too?



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[Laurence Payne]

On 13 Aug 2004 08:18:37 -0400, (Mike Rivers)
wrote:

>> And they never tell you about their religious beliefs, or urge you to
>> improve yourself through following their particular self-help guru. And they
>> never criticize what you eat.
>
>Oh, you sat next to that fat lady, too?


I had one who spent 30 minutes steering the conversation so that she
could finally announce that, given a choice between saving a human and
an animal, she'd choose the animal.

"So", I said, "I've wasted half-an-hour of my life on someone who
considers me inferior to a dog?" At least she shut up then.

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[Laurence Payne]

On 13 Aug 2004 08:18:37 -0400, (Mike Rivers)
wrote:

>> And they never tell you about their religious beliefs, or urge you to
>> improve yourself through following their particular self-help guru. And they
>> never criticize what you eat.
>
>Oh, you sat next to that fat lady, too?


I had one who spent 30 minutes steering the conversation so that she
could finally announce that, given a choice between saving a human and
an animal, she'd choose the animal.

"So", I said, "I've wasted half-an-hour of my life on someone who
considers me inferior to a dog?" At least she shut up then.

CubaseFAQ www.laurencepayne.co.uk/CubaseFAQ.htm
"Possibly the world's least impressive web site": George Perfect

[Eric Toline]

If you really want to read horror storys about all aspects of air travel
then go over to: rec.travel.air.

Eric

[Eric Toline]

If you really want to read horror storys about all aspects of air travel
then go over to: rec.travel.air.

Eric

[Scott Dorsey]

Eric Toline > wrote:
>If you really want to read horror storys about all aspects of air travel
>then go over to: rec.travel.air.

That is the LAST thing I want.

As it is, I have an intervalometer and a crash camera built into a .30
ammo case, and I am trying to figure out if I want to even think about
getting it onto an airliner.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Scott Dorsey]

Eric Toline > wrote:
>If you really want to read horror storys about all aspects of air travel
>then go over to: rec.travel.air.

That is the LAST thing I want.

As it is, I have an intervalometer and a crash camera built into a .30
ammo case, and I am trying to figure out if I want to even think about
getting it onto an airliner.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Paul Stamler]

"Mike Rivers" > wrote in message
news:znr1092349104k@trad...
>
> In article >
writes:
>
> > And they never tell you about their religious beliefs, or urge you to
> > improve yourself through following their particular self-help guru. And
they
> > never criticize what you eat.
>
> Oh, you sat next to that fat lady, too?

Nope, I sat next to the skinny guy who proved to me that eating meat makes
you aggressive. So I strangled him.

Peace,
Paul

[Paul Stamler]

"Mike Rivers" > wrote in message
news:znr1092349104k@trad...
>
> In article >
writes:
>
> > And they never tell you about their religious beliefs, or urge you to
> > improve yourself through following their particular self-help guru. And
they
> > never criticize what you eat.
>
> Oh, you sat next to that fat lady, too?

Nope, I sat next to the skinny guy who proved to me that eating meat makes
you aggressive. So I strangled him.

Peace,
Paul

[ScotFraser]

<< If you really want to read horror storys about all aspects of air travel
then go over to: rec.travel.air. >>

Read about it??!! I have to ****ing live it, day in & day out.


Scott Fraser

[ScotFraser]

<< If you really want to read horror storys about all aspects of air travel
then go over to: rec.travel.air. >>

Read about it??!! I have to ****ing live it, day in & day out.


Scott Fraser

[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> > Oh, you sat next to that fat lady, too?
>
> Nope, I sat next to the skinny guy who proved to me that eating meat makes
> you aggressive. So I strangled him.

Must have been a while ago. It's been quite some time since I've had
anything but pretzels on an airplane. But then that can make you
pretty agressive, too.



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[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> > Oh, you sat next to that fat lady, too?
>
> Nope, I sat next to the skinny guy who proved to me that eating meat makes
> you aggressive. So I strangled him.

Must have been a while ago. It's been quite some time since I've had
anything but pretzels on an airplane. But then that can make you
pretty agressive, too.



--
I'm really Mike Rivers )
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
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