Pictures!

[imbetter]

Hi people. Post your pictures on this thread. I made this pretty much so people would believe that I'm 11 years old. But it's an interesting activity! Post away!

[ramseytheii]

Hi people. Post your pictures on this thread. I made this pretty much so people would believe that I'm 11 years old. But it's an interesting activity! Post away!

You look great for an 11 year old.  But there is already a thread for this...
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,8621.1600.html

Walter Ramsey

[ihatepop]

But do post your pic here please..

ihatepop

(you promised me in the chat room, anyway)

[pianistimo]

you forgot Control V and Control C  - or is it the other way around.  i haven't posted an image in a while.  someone help again!

[pianolist]

Ah, Pianistimo - Piano Street no longer allows you to upload your own pictures to its site. It has been a while since you tried, I think. Too many turkeys and poles for comfort!

You need to place your picture somewhere else on the web, and then in between the tags, you insert the web address for the picture.

To place your picture on the web, you could use your own webspace, if you have some, and you'll need a file transfer protocol (FTP) program to upload it. Or you can use websites which specialise in storing images, such as Photobucket, which is the first one that Google throws up. I think you can upload to those via a web browser, though I've never tried.

[pianistimo]

thanks! 

did you say too many turkeys and poles.  what exactly do you mean?  i found my 'idiot's guide to ballroom dancing' this morning.  my husband hid it in the basement in a far corner.  if i had a pole - i'd use it as a partner - because obviously it is the last thing on his mind.  that is - if i even had a pole.  which i don't.  and the turkey has been eaten.  we don't have any pole dancing turkeys.  although, i might qualify if i tried to pole dance with my one good leg. 

[ahinton]

thanks! 

did you say too many turkeys and poles. what exactly do you mean?

Pianolist is probably making a very subtle comment about Turkish and Polish people...

i found my 'idiot's guide to ballroom dancing' this morning.

I have no idea who is the author of this book, but I am at a loss to understand why anyone should go to the trouble of writing one for the purpose of guiding idiots towards ballroom dancing when one would have thought that their idiocy alone would already have drawn them in that kind of direction...

my husband hid it in the basement in a far corner.  if i had a pole - i'd use it as a partner

With an attitude of that kind towards your spouse, Susan, it's a wonder that he doesn't want to hide you in the far corner of a basement...

because obviously it is the last thing on his mind.

Can you seriously blame him?!

that is - if i even had a pole.  which i don't.

You might at times drive some of us up one. though...

and the turkey has been eaten.  we don't have any pole dancing turkeys.

Do you have any limbo dancing ones? (I only ask because you can never be sure what their strange customs encourage certain Pennsylvanians to have)...

although, i might qualify if i tried to pole dance with my one good leg. 

As what? D'ya know, for all that I cannot (as you know) share your religious expressions with you or identify with them, I felt myself to be on far surer ground and less confused (howsoever irritated at times) when you were writing about Luke Chapter 3 than when you go off at untraceable tangents about idiot's guides to pole-dancing turkeys being hidden by your husband in far corners of your Philadelphian basement.

To be more serious - did you have an accident that damaged your leg? If so, I am truly very sorry to hear this and hope that it will recover fully soon (not that I want you to take my wish here as any form of encouragment to you to try any more dancing, with or without poles, Poles, turkeys or Turks)...

Best,

Alistair

[pianistimo]

well, mr. alistair, i'll have you know that it is not without some incaltrancity that i admit to watching last saturday night's ballroom dancing classes (after services at the mall) with a bit of interest.  i was even asked to dance from outside of the studio whilst watching.  of course, not wanting to offend the man - i said that i had broken my leg and could not dance.  he asked 'is that an excuse?'  and, without thinking, i said 'yes.' 

next week i will watch another class, probably - and just learn by watching.  the first thing i notices is 'proper shoes.'  but wearing heels is sorta out - because my leg gets sore with any heel past 1 1/2 - 2."  they were all wearing like 3" heels.  stilletto's if you ask me. 

[pianolist]

well, mr. alistair, i'll have you know that it is not without some incaltrancity that i admit to watching last saturday night's ballroom dancing classes

Incaltrancity? I was just listening to a BBC programme about Samuel Johnson, which I recorded last year. He made up a complete entry about elephants, having never seen one. It's rather too rude to repeat here. I wonder what he would have made up about incaltrancity? It sounds rather like a new San Francisco metro system to me.

How shall we turn you into a pukka pianola player? You need both legs for that. Since "imbetterthenyou" (aged 11) intended this thread to carry pictures, who am I to disappoint? Here is a picture of Denis (right) and me (left) at two grand pianos, in rehearsal. My friend, Bob, was the illicit cameraman.

[ahinton]

well, mr. alistair, i'll have you know that it is not without some incaltrancity that i admit to watching last saturday night's ballroom dancing classes (after services at the mall) with a bit of interest.  i was even asked to dance from outside of the studio whilst watching.  of course, not wanting to offend the man - i said that i had broken my leg and could not dance.  he asked 'is that an excuse?'  and, without thinking, i said 'yes.' 

next week i will watch another class, probably - and just learn by watching.  the first thing i notices is 'proper shoes.'  but wearing heels is sorta out - because my leg gets sore with any heel past 1 1/2 - 2."  they were all wearing like 3" heels.  stilletto's if you ask me. 

Thanks for all this - but I think that I understand less about dance in any of its manifestations that I do even about why people get all worked up about attempted literal interpretations of specific biblical texts. Quite why people attempt this kind of thing (the dance, I mean) already puzzles me, but why they should add to the danger and difficulty by wearing shoes with long heels is totally beyond me; it's almost as if to say "I'll try not to fall flat on my face if it kills me" - which may be a credible part of some bizarrely recondite area of sportspersonship in some quarters but which is nevertheless totally lost on me. Isn't successfuly managing the three pedals on a piano at least enough with which to contend?...

Best,

Alistair

[pianistimo]

it would appear, from pianolist's picture, that it should be a 'workout' in some contexts.  also, it depends on the piano.  some pianos have fairly stiff pedals and others not so stiff.  btw, that picture is really something.  steinways, too, no less.  i want to see this in person sometime.

alistair, ballroom dancing does not carry the dangers tantamount to slipping on a sleeping bag next to your bed when you wake up in the morning (which i happened to do as i rushed out of bed this morning).  usually a ballroom dance floor is not lightly dusted for beginners (is it?).  and the woman who entwins her leg around yours is not doing it to trip you.  (is she?) and the man who leans the woman over for that last toe up isn't going to drop her (is he?).  maybe you are right.  but, i still like to watch.  isn't that ok.

[wishful thinker]

when you go off at untraceable tangents about idiot's guides to pole-dancing turkeys being hidden by your husband in far corners of your Philadelphian basement.

Just think Fred and Rose West, Mr Hinton.  Then all will become clear

[wishful thinker]

why people get all worked up about attempted literal interpretations of specific biblical texts.

No who's bring up religion into a non religious thread?  Shame on you SIR! 

[ahinton]

Just think Fred and Rose West, Mr Hinton.  Then all will become clear

I know well who they were, of course - but just a little elucidation in the present context wouldn't come amiss even for me - and it would be far more worthwhile and useful for those outside UK who might not know about these two...

Best,

Alistair

[ahinton]

No who's bring up religion into a non religious thread?  Shame on you SIR! 

It is I, indeed - and I make no apologies! Do please revisit the post and see not only why and where I did this but to whom I was responding when so doing. Not only has this apparently managed to wind you up sufficiently to prompt you to make your present retort, but it has also hopefully gotten home to the person to whom I was responding and in terms with which she would hopefully be able most closely to identify.

Best,

Alistair

[ahinton]

alistair, ballroom dancing does not carry the dangers tantamount to slipping on a sleeping bag next to your bed when you wake up in the morning (which i happened to do as i rushed out of bed this morning).  usually a ballroom dance floor is not lightly dusted for beginners (is it?).

For me, it wouldn't even have to be; it is not the state of the floor surface upon which some people might see fit to attempt such activities that suggests that kind of danger to me, but the sheer act of trying to do all the stuff that some of these people do, regardless of the consistency of floor surface.

and the woman who entwins her leg around yours is not doing it to trip you.  (is she?) and the man who leans the woman over for that last toe up isn't going to drop her (is he?).

Never having gotten into either situation, I am really in no "position" (sorry!) to say with any certainty; all I would say here in response to you is that there's more than enough scheming politics around in almost every other field of existence that I have no especial desire to discover, even at arm's (sorry again!) length whether or to what extent there may be the same in the world of dance of any kind.

maybe you are right.

In a subject of which I have such scant understanding, I would not presume to be "right" about anything...

but, i still like to watch.  isn't that ok.

If that's what happens at certain times to float your boat, then I cannot see why it would be other than OK; watching that kind of thing is surely a pursuit that is relatively harmless to anyone else that might happen to be around you at the time, so - as you Americans say - "go ahead; be my guest"...

Best,

Alistair

[quantum]

So I believe what we have here is a third pictures thread. 

 

At least I gather that is what the author intended.

[imbetter]

https://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p214/imawsome_photo/IMG_0084.jpg

This photo will prove im 11...

[debussy symbolism]

Greetings.

And is that you writing to PianoStreet "Imbetterthenyou"?

[imbetter]

Yes my dad took that when I wasn't looking I think I was in the chat room.

[pianolist]

OK now, imbetterthenyou, look at the little click buttons above the smileys when you are posting, and hold your mouse pointer above the second one along on the lower row. The words "Insert image" will appear, and if you click that particular button, it will put [ img ][ /img ] into the text you are currently typing.

If you put the address of your picture between the img tags, it will appear on the Piano Street page.

So I'll do it for you. Here you are!

[ihatepop]

Ohhh....

You injured your ring finger, imbetterthenyou, hope it dos'nt mess with your playing!

ihatepop

[ted]

Here I am at ten. Any more oldies game ? Susan ?

[ted]

And here at twenty-six as a failed lecherous rake.

[ted]

And thirty years after that. It's suddenly become rather frightening hasn't it. I think I'll stop now.

[ahinton]

Here I am at ten. Any more oldies game ? Susan ?

Why are you calling Susan an "oldie"? and did you manage to play the "minute" waltz in a minute?

Best,

Alistair

[ted]

I thought that might get a bite. No, I wasn't that daft.

[imbetter]

bump

[nicco]

bump

no need to bump, there is already a pictures thread.

[pianistimo]

you're only as old as you feel, ted.  you're in pretty good shape.  you don't look a day past 30.  the only thing frightening  is find a pair of matching shoes in that tennis pile.  but since you already found a pair - then you're ok.  i think i'm a 'tweener.'  i'd like to think i could pass for 28 or 30 - but when i just start feeling kinda lethargic...then i feel my age.

if i  knew how to get a picture up - i would.  unfortunately, or fortunately i have no digital camera.  maybe i'll make a mall stop and dump it into photobucket.  or, perhaps i'll just send a photo to someone on pf to scan - cause i don't have a scanner.  i do have one of those youngun pics of me at the piano,too. 
 

[ted]

Thirty ? Not quite at close range I think but thanks anyway. I had actually stopped my piano lessons, in the face of parental horror and wrath, when that was taken. I remember the atmosphere was very acrimonious on that day. I was tired of being thought of as a performing dog. Once that pressure and comparison was off I came back to music of my own accord, in precisely the way I wanted to do it, four years later. Dad always understood but I don't think Mum ever entirely got over it. Her father was a communist and she kept on telling me that if I had been in Russia I'd have been forced to play the piano. Sometimes parents have the most idiotic perceptions of their children.

[debussy symbolism]

Thirty ? Not quite at close range I think but thanks anyway. I had actually stopped my piano lessons, in the face of parental horror and wrath, when that was taken. I remember the atmosphere was very acrimonious on that day. I was tired of being thought of as a performing dog. Once that pressure and comparison was off I came back to music of my own accord, in precisely the way I wanted to do it, four years later. Dad always understood but I don't think Mum ever entirely got over it. Her father was a communist and she kept on telling me that if I had been in Russia I'd have been forced to play the piano. Sometimes parents have the most idiotic perceptions of their children.

Greetings.

On that note, my teacher's other male student that is of about 13 years of age is under the most unthinkable pressure on the account of his parents. He is involved in tenis, getting assignments done for a very demanding school, was in choir (Ragazzi) and therefore had the burden of touring, and of course piano lessons. He eventually had to quit the lessons because of simply no time. What is so appalling however, is that Ragazzi got a new choir-master, and religious rituals became a major part in being in Ragazzi. The boy is 13, and yet he is forced to pray. The parents apparently took no note of that and kept him in there. He quit Ragazzi as well. Poor kid. Sometimes parents can be too "proud" of their offspring and force them into multiple tasks that exceed an incredible burden on the children, and instead of improving them, hinders them.

[debussy symbolism]

I hope his parents, and the other parents that overpush their kid realize that a kid has emotional and personal needs, and that stress is a major factor.

[ted]

That's right. We probably went too much the other way with our son and could perhaps have instilled a bit more discipline. He's done all right though and seems happy with his life. At least he never experienced any pressure to satisfy parental expectations. Some of his contemporaries were neurotic messes by the time they left high school and it doesn't seem to have given them much advantage anyway.

[prometheus]

Greetings.

[...]

I am too young to be a parent. At least by standards in my society.

But I can very much relate with parents like that. I think that before I actually become a parent, which I very well may not, I need to get rid of the idea that you 'use' a child to accomplish things you weren't able to accomplish yourself.

At this time I cannot imagine having a child just for the sake of it. I see that using your child as a well... tool can be very rewarding if you succeed. But I also see great harm. More important, I think it is immoral.

If there is ever a woman that 'demands' to have children with me I hope for her I am able to move beyong this primitive, and modern, idea of being a parent.

[debussy symbolism]

I think the central "point" in having children is to simply pass of your responsibilities off to someone, and to have to live off the offspring. Yes, that is a morbid though, but if you think about it, the society has children not to reproduce, but to live off them.