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Topic: playing `down under`....not so easy!!! |
Glyn Bone
From:
Halifax.Nova Scotia. Canada * R.I.P.
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Posted 16 Nov 2003 4:35 pm |
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Hi everyone.....just thought I would let our Northern Hemisphere friends know how easy they have got it.....down here in Australia we are called `down under` for obvious reasons...we are on the bottom of the planet....this makes playing very difficult....you guys just get to your gig.set up and start playing........down here we have to mess about bolting our equipment to the stage/floor otherwise all our gear would fall off the floor and land on the ceiling........years ago when playing with a rock and roll group i forgot to nail down my amp......two bars in and the thing headed for the roof......started out the gig with a Mesa Boogie...... ended it with a Messie Booga !!!!!!!!!!also playing a psg upside down kinda puts a different slant on our music !!!
so please.spare a kind thought for us poor souls down here..lolol.
Incidently I would like to thank all those people who have offered advice and help to this newbie.....how great it is to get replies and even e-mail from the best in the world....and they don`t even know me.........yet......thanks everyone....
Glyndwr
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 16 Nov 2003 6:10 pm
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I have a friend in OZ with magnetic shoes and good balance, but he's a keyboard player.
He's single now.. his girl friend floated away last summer in a stiff wind. Last sited over Tiera del Fuego.  |
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Leigh Howell
From:
Edinburgh, Scotland * R.I.P.
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Posted 16 Nov 2003 6:18 pm
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 16 Nov 2003 6:20 pm
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| Does the water really go around in the opposite direction, in the toilet bowl or sink, when it drains out? It's that kinda stuff we northern folks really must learn about. |
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Glyn Bone
From:
Halifax.Nova Scotia. Canada * R.I.P.
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Posted 16 Nov 2003 7:20 pm
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Ray.....yep...it sure do go the opposite way roubnd................but then again......so do most things down here...lololol
Glyndwr |
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Jason Odd
From:
Stawell, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 17 Nov 2003 1:11 am
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| ggrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooaaaannnnnnnnn! |
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Colm Chomicky
From:
Kansas, (Prairie Village)
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Posted 17 Nov 2003 8:58 am
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| Is that why they "Tie me kangaroo down" ? |
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Richard Sinkler
From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 17 Nov 2003 10:44 am
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| Is this a joke? Does gravity not exist in Austrailia? |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 17 Nov 2003 4:10 pm
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| There hasn't been any gravity in Australia since 1948 but they keep it hush hush. Why do you think Steve Irwin runs around in those clunky, heavy boots in a tropical climate? They're weighted with lead. |
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Geoff Cole
From:
Marrara N.T. Australia
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Posted 17 Nov 2003 6:29 pm
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Jason, have word in his ear will you,after all he is from Victoria. It's hard enough to salvage any kind of respect as it is with Tony Davis on the forum , Thank goodness I'm a Tasmanian.  |
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Richard Sinkler
From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 17 Nov 2003 10:58 pm
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| Steve Irwin? Is that why his wife Terry is always holding onto him (I'm Jealous). |
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Roy Ayres
From:
Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Nov 2003 1:21 am
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It's no joke about water swirling in a different direction in the southern hemisphere. It's due to a phenomenon called "The Coriolis Force." You can read about it here:
[url=http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/pw/crls.rxml]Coriolis Force[/url] |
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Anne Marie O Keeffe
From:
Co.Waterford,Ireland.
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Posted 18 Nov 2003 1:58 am
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| Is this a joke? Does gravity not exist in Austrailia? |
Oh no it's NO joke.......nine months after returning from Australia I still can't get my hair to stop standing on end.
On second thoughts maybe I shouldnt blame gravity for that, it was probaly just the shock of being around Tony Davis!!!!!! |
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 18 Nov 2003 3:43 pm
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I spent some time "Down Under" a few years ago, it was the most backward country I ever visited. When it is daylight here, it is dark there, when it's Summer here, it's Winter there, they drive on the wrong side of the road, and when you flush the toilet, the water swirls the wrong direction, oh well.............
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Darvin Willhoite
Riva Ridge Recording
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Brendan Mitchell
From:
Melbourne Australia
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Posted 18 Nov 2003 8:58 pm
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Ti's eseptaily hrad tyrnig to rpely to thsee froum theards wehn yorue tpyiwertir
kepes tyinpg bckawrds
Berenadn
edited for spelling[This message was edited by Brendan Mitchell on 18 November 2003 at 08:59 PM.] |
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Tony Davis
From:
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Posted 18 Nov 2003 10:11 pm
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Whats all this? Your all the ones with accents...not us...we dont have accents..everything here goes around the correct way...its you lot that are different....although when I try to play an Irish or an American CD it runs backwards at the wrong speed....so Hag sounds like the Chipmonks,your dog comes back to life,Grandma
gets out of jail,your girlfriend comes back to you and you have enough money for a couple of beers!
What I want to know is...how do Tornadoes know how to turn in the opposite direction when they reach the Equator?...How does water know how to go in the opposite direction down the drain hole when it reaches the Equator.....come to think of it...if a Thermos knows to keep hot things hot and cold things cold...how cant I have two cups of black coffee and an ice cream in mine?
These are the things I want to know! |
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Glyn Bone
From:
Halifax.Nova Scotia. Canada * R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Nov 2003 3:28 am
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oh dear oh dear....what have i started here???????
You guys are foony
Glyndwr |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 19 Nov 2003 11:07 am
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Ah ain git no xcent heaa!
I kin say Shirmp on the barbie and dingo in the bilabong jes lek y'all.
Richard there is gravity in OZ, but it's rented and not always available.
But there eain mooch grvitty in this hear thrid!
Ah ain sure if da ez dumb wimins in Oz,
cause they musta be smart o'thar.
oter wiz al dem airhaeds ud jest blews aways![This message was edited by David L. Donald on 19 November 2003 at 11:11 AM.] |
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Peter Siegel
From:
Belmont, CA, USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2003 11:10 am
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If gravity is the fourth dimension,
is levity the fifth?
-Peter |
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Ray Jenkins
From:
Gold Canyon Az. U.S.A.
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Posted 19 Nov 2003 11:21 am
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Nope, Jim Beam is a fifth.
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Steeling is still legal in Arizona
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Jason Odd
From:
Stawell, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 20 Nov 2003 12:29 am
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OK,
thassit, I'm emmy-gratin' to another country.
Sheesh!
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 20 Nov 2003 8:42 am
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| Well, if everything works backwards in Austrailia, at least you don't ever have to worry about your pants falling down! |
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Anne Marie O Keeffe
From:
Co.Waterford,Ireland.
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Posted 20 Nov 2003 9:06 am
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| you don't ever have to worry about your pants falling down! |
Gee Donny, you never told me you have a degree in physics? |
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Ray Jenkins
From:
Gold Canyon Az. U.S.A.
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Posted 20 Nov 2003 9:29 am
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I guess that means the girls better not wear dresses!!!!
Dammit!!! all my change just fell out of my pocket!!!
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Steeling is still legal in Arizona
[This message was edited by Ray Jenkins on 20 November 2003 at 09:30 AM.] |
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Glyn Bone
From:
Halifax.Nova Scotia. Canada * R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Nov 2003 1:07 pm
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Jason.....ya don`t have to `emmy-grate` mate..... I already doing that so you`ll be ok now....lmbo
Glyndwr |
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