::Leader Board:: Ahnko Honu Takes The Lead Chapter 19!

PereBourik said:

Good morning Rob and PoHonians everywhere.

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mailman said:

Off to juggling club shortly. Next week will be a little different, as my juggling partner and I are going to a juggling festival in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It's being called the Limestone City Juggling Festival. We will leave early on Saturday morning, arrive there by lunchtime, juggle all day, see the stage show that evening and then stay overnight at a motel. Then we'll juggle more on Sunday morning/early afternoon before driving home. It's about a 2 1/2 hour drive, and we're going in my car, as he doesn't like to drive (he never has). It sounds like fun!

I need to remember to contact someone from the Saturday morning jam session to let them know I won't be there next weekend. I don't want anyone to be unnecessarily concerned about me....

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mailman said:

I had a good time at the jam today. The guys were unusually talkative, so we chatted more than we played.

I was sitting next to a guy who plays guitar. He has lots of technical skills, and uses lots of hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, harmonics, bent notes, etc. The problem is that he has trouble, apparently, with tempo. He doesn't seem to be able to hold a steady tempo, and is either lagging behind or getting ahead of the song. He also plays with a thumb pick and three finger picks, like a banjo player, and is so loud that I can't hear myself play. It made it very difficult when I was trying to lead songs, and was the only one of us singing. I actually lost my place a few times.

I don't think it's my place to say anything to him, or to anyone else about him. I don't want to cause hard feelings, and the truth is, he's a better musician than I am. I guess I'll just have to deal with it, and try not to sit so near him again....

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salukulady said:

Guys like that are soloists. All ego and totally unaware of the musicians around them. I can guarantee he was not in music in school and has never been involved in a band for any length of time.

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mailman said:

Years ago I obtained a US passport, for reasons I don't recall. I have never used it, but I have checked, and it's still valid. With the post-9/11 travel changes, I'll finally get to break that bad boy in! It kind of justifies the money I spent getting the passport in the first place....

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hoosierhiver said:

I don't think you need a passport for Canada.

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hoosierhiver said:

I don't think you need a passport for Canada.

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mailman said:

Yes, either a valid passport or an enhanced driver's license (which I don't have). I've got it covered with the passport....

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Ukulelerob said:

You might not need a passport to go to Canada. It's the coming back to the US that's the problem.

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