The Travel interchange (read bus station) in Bournemouth has been plagued with rough sleepers and other antisocial types overnight, the latest solution is to play Bagpipe music over the tannoy system, and it's working.
I must say I did prefer marching to a pipe band in the RAF compared to the more usual brass/military band.
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/14030597.Bagpipes_used_to_move_on_rough_sleepers/ (http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/14030597.Bagpipes_used_to_move_on_rough_sleepers/)
have you thought though, that it might attract all the celtic 'rough sleepers and other antisocial types'
:smiley-laughing:
Hoots mon ! :goggleeyes:
What a brilliant idea! :thumbsup:
Quote from: Dorsetmike on November 14, 2015, 06:17:51 PM
The Travel interchange (read bus station) in Bournemouth has been plagued with rough sleepers
Took me a while to work out why a bus station would need sleepers, and why their lack of smoothness would be an issue. Mind you it is early Monday morning and only on my second coffee...
I was told on Friday that someone had taken a set of pipes to the International Space Station and that pipes have now been played in space for the first time. They were then going to be placed in orbit (the pipes, not the player) as opposed to being returned to earth.
The thread is now open for a whole host of disparaging comments.....
Quote from: Zogbert Splod on November 16, 2015, 02:12:06 AM
I was told on Friday that someone had taken a set of pipes to the International Space Station and that pipes have now been played in space for the first time. They were then going to be placed in orbit (the pipes, not the player) as opposed to being returned to earth.
The thread is now open for a whole host of disparaging comments.....
I see, the clause in the Outer Space Treaty (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty), forbidding states party to it from placing weapons of mass destruction in orbit, has been suspended? ???
QuoteI see, the clause in the Outer Space Treaty (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty), forbidding states party to it from placing weapons of mass destruction in orbit, has been suspended? ???
that clause does not and never has applied to the 2 superpowers
Quote from: jonclox on November 16, 2015, 09:37:37 AM
QuoteI see, the clause in the Outer Space Treaty (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty), forbidding states party to it from placing weapons of mass destruction in orbit, has been suspended? ???
that clause does not and never has applied to the 2 superpowers
Scotland's a super power? :o
I'm almost afraid to ask which country is the other one!
Quote from: Ian Morton on November 16, 2015, 10:58:18 AM
Quote from: jonclox on November 16, 2015, 09:37:37 AM
...Scotland's a super power? :o
I'm almost afraid to ask which country is the other one!
It's all explained here...http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=25873.0 (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=25873.0)
The short version, if you are in a hurry, is Wales...
Quote from: Zogbert Splod on November 16, 2015, 02:12:06 AM
I was told on Friday that someone had taken a set of pipes to the International Space Station and that pipes have now been played in space for the first time.
Yes - and the player is now the worlds bravest man. He played the bagpipes ten feet from a airlock :bounce:
I love the fiddle, accordion and chanter but I find the bagpipes as pleasurable as I dunno what. It's an incomprehensible hideous noise I just can't stand nor do I comprehend anyone who likes it.
I love Scottish music but I fail as a Scot, I absolutely HATE the sound of bagpipes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...best place for them IMO is to displace folk, then out into outer space (but that's not a good advert for me in case anyone hears it)!
Love the sound of the Pipes and Drums, when played well it is one of the most stirring and rousing sounds in the world. Highland Cathedral is a particular favourite of my (Wiltshire born) wife and I do so enjoy when the boys play the Black Bear whilst marching out of the castle as they bring the Edinburgh Tattoo to a close.
Braw stuff :D
I prefer the sound of the Uileann pipes, myself.
Sounds more like borborgymi to me ::)
For a change try the red hot chilli pipers
Quote from: Lawrence on November 22, 2015, 10:16:55 AM
Love the sound of the Pipes and Drums, when played well it is one of the most stirring and rousing sounds in the world. Highland Cathedral is a particular of my (Wiltshire born) wife and I do so enjoy when the boys play the Black Bear whilst marching out of the castle as they bring the Edinburgh Tattoo to a close.
Braw stuff :D
My favourite version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oieFS785QPk&feature=player_detailpage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oieFS785QPk&feature=player_detailpage)
Nothing like the Scottish bagpipes played in Scotland! Best heard from our house, some 100 miles South of the border. :DD
Seriously, as a tinnitus sufferer, the drones* of the pipes really do my head in.
* Is that the right word for the bits that play constant notes while the chanter** is played.
**Again is that the correct term???
They play notes ??? ??? ??? ???
Beats Morris dancing any day!
Fred Morrison is my favourite piper. Here he plays 'The Train North Set', which is supposed to evoke the feeling of a train journey from Dublin to Dromore. It was written by Tom Anderson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMeoqz5DOTw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMeoqz5DOTw)
For me it's always been Troy Donockley ever since I saw "You Slosh" a few times, and now with Nightwish, as well as Iona - quite different styles 8)
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaGyduQBh7M#)
and also for his wonderful take on Kraftwerk's The Model
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRYrB8LOgO4#)
OK, just a couple more then I'll stop...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4aUPC0zMok (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4aUPC0zMok)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a75FvTtnIto (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a75FvTtnIto)
And of course AC/DC .. before they stopped including bagpipes in the set...
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x28pm8_ac-dc-it-s-a-long-way-to-the-top_music (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x28pm8_ac-dc-it-s-a-long-way-to-the-top_music)
I really think they should have kept them!
Quote from: Zogbert Splod on November 27, 2015, 02:47:02 AM
Fred Morrison is my favourite piper.
You are a man with fine taste, if I may say so, though in my opinion Liam O'Flynn is the master.
Have you come across this one of Mr Morrison playing 'Rip the Calico' on the Transatlantic Sessions?
https://youtu.be/qVztCC37wlc (https://youtu.be/qVztCC37wlc)
Chris
Quote from: Papyrus on November 28, 2015, 12:58:22 PM
You are a man with fine taste, if I may say so, though in my opinion Liam O'Flynn is the master.
Thank you... Right back at you for that choice too...
Quote from: Papyrus on November 28, 2015, 12:58:22 PM
Have you come across this one of Mr Morrison playing 'Rip the Calico' on the Transatlantic Sessions?...
Well, yes. But I have a problem with those sessions because I really don't like a certain dobro player...