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Re: OT members' ages (was Re: OBNatlang: German Pronunciation)

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Friday, September 5, 2003, 5:37
--- Stephen Mulraney skrzypszy:

>>>Fascinating... my mental images of a lot of people have changed >>>very suddenly! >> >> Hehe. You're not the only one with that experience! :))) > >So I noticed after a glance through the archives! You were mistaken for >a drunken sailor, as I recall :)
Indeed. Must have been the T-shirt. However, if you prefer to mistake me for a mafioso, you might have a look at my wedding pictures: <http://steen.free.fr/wedding/photos1.html>
>> It works indeed. Wow, you must be a lucky guy! :)) > >Lucky to have managed to get a photo up?
No. What I had in mind was the well-formed hand hanging loosely from your shoulder...
> Have others tried and failed?
A few, yes. IIRC.
>I've never tried to learn any instrument seriously enough to get anywhere. >I think it might be fun to learn maybe violin (or better: viola da gamba :)
Great, I love gamba! Especially when there is five or six of them playing ancient English consort music.
>or piano (or better: church organ :) but I don't think it's likely to >happen soon...
Depends on your experience. Playing the piano always makes sense, even if you consider a later switch to organ or harpsichord.
>Of course, I'm about 4 Pythagorean commas (if I may abuse that as a unit >of determination :) closer after having this conversation, so there might >be some home for me yet.
Well, if every message about the subject brings you 4 Pythagorean commas closer, then I hope to welcome your first gamba/violin/organ CD within a year! :))) Jan

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Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
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