Oh dear, what have I done? No posts in 5 days, please don't tell me I am the kiss of death.

OK, I wont.:supercool:

Nor me. :smoking:

Whew! Thank goodness for that, I was a bit worried there for a minute.

I've been island-hopping for a few days; was going to offer a translation but it can wait a while as I'm off again on Wednesday. Back next weekend……...

Hmmmm.....when will this end??

Geoff

Think of it as 'Who will blink first?' in reverse.

Who will blink last perhaps....

I predict it will end in 2025, last few months, when Bob Clay loses his password for the site in a freak thunderstorm.

Over to you, Bob.

There's a password ? :eek:

(It would explain why this computer keeps calling me Dave ….. :smoking:)

Maybe it'll end in this year ….. :eek:

https://youtu.be/izQB2-Kmiic

Well, that was a blast from the past. Now that song will be rattling around in my brain for the remainder of the day. :brain:

Maybe you need some classic 'Vietnam era' rock instead?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SJ9yXA0nS0&t=362s

geoff

Fantastic stuff, really brought back memories for me. Thank you Erimus.

How the hell have I suddenly found 2 Girl Guide whistles, one on my bedside table? One I can account for...

Girl Guides? That sounds like some sort of veiled admission of something.:kiss:

'They' will now be on your case, it doesn't matter how many years ago 'it never happened'.:(

[QUOTE=Farmer John;11356]How the hell have I suddenly found 2 Girl Guide whistles ...

Do they work like dog whistles? If so, I would have appreciated one when I was in the Scouts. Now it is too late, I'm afraid.

Alas, I have blown and blown and nothing and no-one turned up, not even a Brown Owl.

One has the Regd. No. 9494339 and the other one has no registration details. I have always known I had one, the appearance of another one has me baffled. Perhaps the blowing is calling in other whistles. There is an Acme thunderer in the house somewhere, I haven't seen it for ages.

The one that has just turned up seems to have taken away my Grandfather's telescope, I thought I knew where it was and went to get it to clutch whilst watching a programme about Nautical Matters, it wasn't there.

When I was in the scouts the local girl guide troop down the road were terrifying. I think they were all descended from Boudicca.

When camping they stomped around Cannock Chase like SS Stormtroopers terrifying the locals and wild life. You blew a whistle to call them and it was the last thing you would ever blow … (if you get my drift.) :eek:

When I was in the Scouts, we didn't know that Guides existed. Perhaps in another county?

Having been out of this world for a couple of weeks (but it seems like yesterday…..) I observe a marked meeting of the minds/threads.
I'm eagerly awaiting the re-appearance of Farmer John's Boatswain's Pipe, which may have metamorphosed into a whistle of female gender. I believe FJ may have the intent that the said musical device (not really an instrument as such) will now manifest itself as a summoning call for the true believers on the Flat Earth thread in the other dimension.

In the unlikely event that anyone is holding their breath awaiting the translation I promised in pre-historic times: please wait a little longer until I reach the bottom of the gin bottle.

Here is a bosun's call in action -- the action being called piping.

Anyone hungry??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJWvNpwZAr4

Tongue like an anteater!

There are pipes, and pipes, .... and then there are Uilleann pipes. (The only pipes that touch the soul, ... well apart from the pipes that connect your bog to the sewer ... they're pretty important too nobody can deny.) :sweat:

Make high pitched whistley noises all you like, and caterwauling scotch pipes (a true assault on the ears) ... but trust the Irish to make something much more out of it. :supercool:

https://youtu.be/Mwxga8udIio

Seems to me that this, or something very much like it followed on right after?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoHlrQScWl0 :king:

Music that will never die.
 

A little more of the pipes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MxFsk4sYM4

A very close variation comes from Northumbria rather than Ireland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVUW7FpR_l4

Good videos. That's the first time I've seen the Northumbrian Pipes.

It was interesting seeing the history of the Uilleann pipes and how they nearly faded away. I think the first time I got fascinated with the sound of those was from James Horner's terrific music soundtrack for the film 'Titanic.'

They sounded exactly the right tone of sadness for the event.

https://youtu.be/O3qQIaiQJks

The Northumbrian pipes are a very evocative instrument that mixes so well with the sharper vocal tones on a Northern voice. A beautiful sound.

You mean Northern voices like this? (Although not a Uilleann pipe to be heard anywhere!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PrMaVjHS74

The bagpipes I can manage; so long as one gives the occasional puff to keep the bag full of air its just a matter of the fingers on the chanter.
Northumbrian and Irish pipes are different beasts. How does one continually oscillate ones elbow to maintain the air pressure whilst running fingers up and down the chanter? Meanwhile what does one do with ones face - smile? grimace? look blank? Without a mouthpiece to blow into the head becomes redundant!

AND what if one is left-handed?

Crikey! Naytikos posted - Everyone stop posting!!
Hee hee!
Dave

Left handed? Just assemble them upside down and carry on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MruAdLmg8p8

Or stand with your back to the audience.

With a mirror …. :sweat:

I prefer to think of it as the audience going round to admire my other aspect.

The Sound of The Pipes
 

It doesn't matter to me whether it is the Scottish Pipes, Uilleann, or Northumbrian I love them all. The sound they make is just so evocative, taking you to another place and time but always going deep. They can make you weep or want to make you dance until you drop. They have led men into battle, cats from hell I think the Germans called them.

Thank you so much for all the great UTube clips. I am pleased to say that I don't think this thread has had the kiss of death yet. :applause:

Why do you think it's not the kiss of death - Your post could be the last one and that would be it....

Hand on a minute, that doesn't work either..... :jump:

Nope.....:king:

As long as a few of us continue to talk endlessly about almost nothing, this will be fine. Once we start bickering about the best type of bagpipe, we are finished. However...

No, I can't do it.

El kapputo, finito, fin, ended, it is no more, bereft of life, an ex-thread, all statements to the effect that this thread is a going concern are hereby negated, it's shuffled off this mortal coil and joined the choir in vestibule, it ******* snuffed it.

(something tells me this wont work either … :eek: )

Sounds a bit like a certain parrot……..