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Halflip
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| jvf1095 wrote: | | Speaking of grammar, how about we get these kids (& a good number of adults), to stop saying "like" all the time!!!!!!!!!! |
I try to console myself by pretending that they are paying homage to the 'Beat' generation.
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| Nope! It's Generation X (circa 1965 to 1980) Millennial Generation (circa 1981 to 1996) & later |
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Halflip
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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| jvf1095 wrote: | | Nope! It's Generation X (circa 1965 to 1980) Millennial Generation (circa 1981 to 1996) & later |
I know! But as I said, I try to console myself by pretending that they are paying homage to the 'Beat' generation.
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jvf1095
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| Ok! Got it! |
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LittleRusty
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| jvf1095 wrote: | | Speaking of grammar, how about we get these kids (& a good number of adults), to stop saying "like" all the time!!!!!!!!!! |
As a cranky old geezer I hate all of the “me and him” type utterances. S/b “he and I”. |
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jvf1095
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| You're right about that as well! |
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Dale Proctor
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| LittleRusty wrote: | | jvf1095 wrote: | | Speaking of grammar, how about we get these kids (& a good number of adults), to stop saying "like" all the time!!!!!!!!!! |
As a cranky old geezer I hate all of the “me and him” type utterances. S/b “he and I”. |
I’ll go the other way. I hear so many people afraid to use “me” when it’s correct, and use “I” instead in the attempt to sound well educated.
Example: “The conductor scolded John and I for playing the wrong note.”
Here’s the test - take “John and” out of the sentence and see how stupid it sounds. As the direct object, “me” is correct, not “I”.
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| You're right about that too! |
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| What exactly goes through someone's mind when they decide it's a good idea to bump a thread that hasn't had a reply in SEVEN YEARS to complain about someone's grammar? |
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I found brass washers at my local ACE Hardware that fit in the bottom valve caps of my Holton 48. I play with the washers in the caps once in a while if I feel like it. They do change the sound. The washers also fit in the caps of my Chicago Benge, but I decided it would be sacrilegious to change the sound of the Benge.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Brass_washers_in_trumpet_bottom_valve_caps.jpg
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Dale Proctor
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| Quadstriker wrote: | | What exactly goes through someone's mind when they decide it's a good idea to bump a thread that hasn't had a reply in SEVEN YEARS to complain about someone's grammar? |
It’s a result of sheer boredom… 
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TrumpetMD
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| Dale Proctor wrote: | | Quadstriker wrote: | | What exactly goes through someone's mind when they decide it's a good idea to bump a thread that hasn't had a reply in SEVEN YEARS to complain about someone's grammar? |
It’s a result of sheer boredom… |
Back when this thread started in 2005, you could put dimes in your valve caps to get a pretty decent sound. But with the current rate of inflation, you'll now have to use quarters to get the same effect. 
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Halflip
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| TrumpetMD wrote: | | Back when this thread started in 2005, you could put dimes in your valve caps to get a pretty decent sound. But with the current rate of inflation, you'll now have to use quarters to get the same effect. |
Actually, I've only been able to fit quarters in the bottom caps of Berliner valves. For regular Perinet valves these days, I make do with two dimes in each cap. 
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