"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
05/27/2019 at 11:27 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
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A solider from the 3rd US Infantry Regiment, ‘The Old Guard,’ places flags at grave sites during the ‘Flags-In’ ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on May 22, 2014. A small US flag was placed one foot in front of more than 220,000 graves in the cemetery to mark Memorial Day.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> ttyymmnn
05/27/2019 at 11:33 |
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ttyymmnn
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
05/27/2019 at 11:47 |
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Chariotoflove
> ttyymmnn
05/27/2019 at 13:49 |
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One of the traditions I love about the Indy 500 is the playing of Taps. Listening to those tones in the complete silence of more than a half million people, and assuredly millions more watching their televisions... I choke up every time.
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ttyymmnn
> Chariotoflove
05/27/2019 at 14:01 |
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I have played Taps for an actual funeral once in my career. It was during my undergrad. A local USAF veteran of Korea and Vietnam had died, and the AF sent an honor guard from DC but they couldn’t/didn’t send a bugler. I stood a distance away from the family, and was told to start immediately after the gun salute. I played the first three notes and heard people sobbing by the graveside. I was 20 years old, and i t was probably the toughest gig of my life. I can’t imagine playing it in front of 500,000 people.
The bugler who played for JFK’s funeral famously (or infamously) cracked a note when he played it.
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Chariotoflove
> ttyymmnn
05/27/2019 at 14:14 |
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Now that I think about it, it’s funny that I saw it done with a trumpet and not a bugle. It’s not like it matters, but for a military performance steeped in tradition, one might think you’d have a bugle for the purpose.
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ttyymmnn
> Chariotoflove
05/27/2019 at 14:28 |
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My brother bought me an “official” US Army bugle when he was in the service and it is a complete piece of shit, though I still own it. When we were at Arlington a few years ago, they had a display about bugles throughout the history of the US military, including a two-valve bugle that had been specially built to US Army specs by Vincent Bach. They had the instrument along with the letter stating the requirements (key, bore size, etc.). There definitely are professional-grade bugles out there that sound good, but I believe those are mostly played by ceremonial buglers who play Taps on a regular basis, like the honor guards at Arlington. A t the end of the day, if you’re going to be playing a pressure gig like Indy , you’re going to use the horn you are most comfortable with. Pretty sure the guy at Indy was playing a Yamaha Xeno like the one I play. It’s a great horn.
shop-teacher
> Chariotoflove
05/27/2019 at 18:20 |
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It gets me every time too. Although this year my dad wouldn't stop talking to the guy next to him ... I wanted to strangle my own father.
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Chariotoflove
> ttyymmnn
05/27/2019 at 19:26 |
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I’m sure there are lots of horns that sound great. From what I read, Strad Bachs are made specially for the Army. I doubt they sound like shit, or at least I hope they do.
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Chariotoflove
> shop-teacher
05/27/2019 at 19:27 |
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That’s one of the few times when it’s acceptable to “shush” a parent.
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ttyymmnn
> Chariotoflove
05/27/2019 at 19:38 |
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The one I got, that he bought for me at the PX, says US Army of something on it but it was probably made in China. It’s more of a replica than an instrument.
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shop-teacher
> Chariotoflove
05/27/2019 at 21:45 |
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I definitely should have.
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> ttyymmnn
05/28/2019 at 11:22 |
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I actually ordered it from a catalog. I was very excited about it; too bad it sucks. Oh well.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> ttyymmnn
05/28/2019 at 11:25 |
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I saw that guy interviewed on television once. They flew him back from Germany or someplace, made him play, then stuck him back on a plane back from whence he’d come. Never a thank-you nor anything of the sort.
I’ve watched the Army’s formal band play on YouTube and it’s interesting to me that they musicians are all NCOs and the conductor is a lieutenant.
I just bought myself a “blueberries” USN digital camouflage Gore-Tex parka from Ebay and made myself a senior chief petty officer, E-8.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> ttyymmnn
05/28/2019 at 11:27 |
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I was about to say, you should post those. To me, those look like those shots where you do everything according to protocol, and still get lucky. In the end, I’ll never be experienced enough to take either the luck or the magic out of a good photograph.
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ttyymmnn
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
05/28/2019 at 11:34 |
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I still have the field jacket you bought me all those years ago, though I long since took off all the rank and badges. I was wearing it at work one day and somebody asked me where I served and I had to explain that I just bought the pins. So I took them off.
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ttyymmnn
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
05/28/2019 at 11:37 |
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Those were taken on two different trips. The lower one was taken first (that’s my oldest looking at the wall). I had learned a lot about photography in the intervening years. I like the composition of the second one better, but the execution is better on the to p one. In each case, I held the camera down against the wall and squeezed the shutter, tilting the camera this way and that hoping to get the focus right. Both are probably f/2.8.