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Offline zheer

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If no-one knew........
on: February 03, 2008, 08:58:57 PM
     What sort of things would you guys do if you get away with doing it,without anyone finding out, for instance murder , theft, drugs?????????????????? ;)
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Re: If no-one knew........
Reply #1 on: February 03, 2008, 09:41:04 PM
     What sort of things would you guys do if you get away with doing it,without anyone finding out, for instance murder , theft, drugs?????????????????? ;)

Yes, all of those.  :-\
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Re: If no-one knew........
Reply #2 on: February 03, 2008, 09:57:48 PM
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Re: If no-one knew........
Reply #3 on: February 03, 2008, 09:59:05 PM
When i was working in a bullion centre, i started to think about the possibility of theft.

It is a little bit too tempting when you are put into a room and have to count thousands of pounds. Thankfully, i only ever thought about it and did nothing.

To be honest, i do think about murder occasionally, especially if someone has really pissed me off, but apart from giving one of my old managers a good hiding in the car park, i don't think i would commit murder.

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Re: If no-one knew........
Reply #4 on: February 03, 2008, 10:24:45 PM
Not bothering to go to work unless I felt like it would suit me... getting paid full salary but only going to work if I had nothing better to do. If only...
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Re: If no-one knew........
Reply #5 on: February 03, 2008, 11:11:18 PM
I would play the piano to my heart's content and study with Bernhard and Ted  8)

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Re: If no-one knew........
Reply #6 on: February 04, 2008, 01:54:26 AM
I think it would be fun to sneak into concert halls and practice there.  That would be fun and really nice to play on a great piano.  And it's almost possible too.  Decent pianos are usually around and you could just sneak in and practice on one without getting caught.

Not so much a "if no one knew" but I wouldn't mind being a hermit, living invisibly.  But that would probably require mooching off the system because I'd need some kind of income. 

I suppose there are things I'd like to do, it's just the part about having to have the money and having to hold down a job that gets in the way.  I really wouldn't care who knew.

That piano one seems so tempting sometimes.  If the door were left open....
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Re: If no-one knew........
Reply #7 on: February 04, 2008, 03:09:36 AM
I think it would be fun to sneak into concert halls and practice there.  That would be fun and really nice to play on a great piano.  And it's almost possible too.  Decent pianos are usually around and you could just sneak in and practice on one without getting caught.

Not so much a "if no one knew" but I wouldn't mind being a hermit, living invisibly.  But that would probably require mooching off the system because I'd need some kind of income. 

I suppose there are things I'd like to do, it's just the part about having to have the money and having to hold down a job that gets in the way.  I really wouldn't care who knew.

That piano one seems so tempting sometimes.  If the door were left open....

I've thought about that countless times too.  I already sneak into practice rooms at a nearby college several times a week and no one seems to mind, but I'd guess they would if I went into their recital hall.  Oh well  :'(

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Re: If no-one knew........
Reply #8 on: February 04, 2008, 04:15:03 AM
Oh, it was a big deal when an unknown person appeared in the practice rooms when I was in school.  After a few times, the profs went up to look for the guy. 
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Re: If no-one knew........
Reply #9 on: February 04, 2008, 08:15:20 AM
    You guys are funny, i would walk into a ferrarie show room and drive away in a jet black ferrarie then drive it down the motor-way top speed, boy that would be fun.
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Re: If no-one knew........
Reply #10 on: February 04, 2008, 10:09:59 AM
    You guys are funny, i would walk into a ferrarie show room and drive away in a jet black ferrarie then drive it down the motor-way top speed, boy that would be fun.
Same here, but with a corvette.
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Offline m19834

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Re: If no-one knew........
Reply #11 on: February 04, 2008, 04:33:53 PM
I hadn't thought about sneaking into concert halls and practicing there !  I would *definitely* do that, too !  ;D

Okay, I would also fly without any assistance from technology.

But, I have to add a little snippet to that idea of sneaking into places.  I will admit, one time I was left with a particular set of keys for a week and one day a good friend of mine and I went around sneaking into just about everything we could.  It was pretty fun but I feel a little guilty over it  :-[.  Of course, we left everything intact, but still, sneaking we did do and muffled laughter did indeed echo through the walls as we snuck :-X.

This same friend of mine and I (with our significant others) also snuck into a room full of over 500 17th/18th century instruments and proceeded to have a fantastical, hour-long  "jam session"  :-X 8) (I feel slightly guilty about that, too ... but we were careful and because of our carefulness, nothing baroque (okay, I couldn't resist ... sorry  :P)).

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Re: If no-one knew........
Reply #12 on: February 04, 2008, 07:33:20 PM
I would play the piano to my heart's content and study with Bernhard and Ted  8)

On one side, such a thing would be something to be proud of! Two really influential members here.

On the other side, you would be hounded by PS members to the location of Bernhard, and how to contact him.
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Re: If no-one knew........
Reply #13 on: February 04, 2008, 07:37:06 PM
On the other side, you would be hounded by PS members to the location of Bernhard, and how to contact him.

Well, you see then why it could be good that nobody knew  ;)

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Re: If no-one knew........
Reply #14 on: February 10, 2008, 04:42:22 PM
On one side, such a thing would be something to be proud of! Two really influential members here.

Btw, I feel the need to clarify.  I meant what I said more in the respect that I would like to do those things whether anybody knew or not.  I meant it more in the respect that I believe my pianistic desires are true to me, ultimately no matter who is watching, and even if nobody was "watching" it wouldn't directly change the way I would like to carry out my life.
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