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"Jesters mummy" |
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14 Dec 2007 06:44:01 PM |
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Birdsong and Xmas carols |
As many of you may know (unless you have me killfiled, that is) share my home
with a parrot. A cockatoo, no less. (RGB has a cockatoo or three or four or
five, but that's a whole other story. If you're really *really* nice to him he
might explain...)
And as many of you also may know, for a couple of years I took piano lessons,
and can now pecK (verb chosen to fit the theme of the post) out some simple
melodies on the piano.
So, because Xmas is coming, I have (as I am wont to do) been playing The Little
Drummer Boid. Yes, you read that correctly. Jester the Bare-eyed Cockatoo has
been helping me with the rhythm section of this familiar carol.
I play the "Come they told me" part and he does the "pa-rum-pum-pum" bit. A
duet. I think it's funny, and he seems to enjoy it. Earlier he was walking on
the keyboard, pecking the "pa-rum-pum-pum" out on the keys. He also can click
his beak to the rhythm, squawk it (sorry, dawggie!), and so on.
If we ever get good enough at this, I promise to post the video to Youtube. The
weakest link in this particular chain isn't the bird, I promise. It's my
so-called pianistic skills that are lacking. How will we get to Carnegie Hall?
Practise, practise, practise.
Gawd I love my avian beast!
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
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| User: "Rhiannon" |
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| Title: Re: Birdsong and Xmas carols |
15 Dec 2007 09:41:07 AM |
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"Jester's mummy" <cocky2@nest.egg> wrote in message
news:4a86m3lpt72hv4rfmft8baoe3deimsrj8s@4ax.com...
As many of you may know (unless you have me killfiled, that is) share my
home
with a parrot. A cockatoo, no less. (RGB has a cockatoo or three or four
or
five, but that's a whole other story. If you're really *really* nice to
him he
might explain...)
And as many of you also may know, for a couple of years I took piano
lessons,
and can now pecK (verb chosen to fit the theme of the post) out some
simple
melodies on the piano.
So, because Xmas is coming, I have (as I am wont to do) been playing The
Little
Drummer Boid. Yes, you read that correctly. Jester the Bare-eyed Cockatoo
has
been helping me with the rhythm section of this familiar carol.
I play the "Come they told me" part and he does the "pa-rum-pum-pum" bit.
A
duet. I think it's funny, and he seems to enjoy it. Earlier he was walking
on
the keyboard, pecking the "pa-rum-pum-pum" out on the keys. He also can
click
his beak to the rhythm, squawk it (sorry, dawggie!), and so on.
If we ever get good enough at this, I promise to post the video to
Youtube. The
weakest link in this particular chain isn't the bird, I promise. It's my
so-called pianistic skills that are lacking. How will we get to Carnegie
Hall?
Practise, practise, practise.
Gawd I love my avian beast!
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
I would LOVE to see it.
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Rhi
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| User: "Jane" |
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| Title: Re: Birdsong and Xmas carols |
14 Dec 2007 11:48:26 PM |
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"Jester's mummy" <cocky2@nest.egg> wrote in message
news:4a86m3lpt72hv4rfmft8baoe3deimsrj8s@4ax.com...
As many of you may know (unless you have me killfiled, that is) share my
home
with a parrot. A cockatoo, no less. (RGB has a cockatoo or three or four
or
five, but that's a whole other story. If you're really *really* nice to
him he
might explain...)
And as many of you also may know, for a couple of years I took piano
lessons,
and can now pecK (verb chosen to fit the theme of the post) out some
simple
melodies on the piano.
So, because Xmas is coming, I have (as I am wont to do) been playing The
Little
Drummer Boid. Yes, you read that correctly. Jester the Bare-eyed Cockatoo
has
been helping me with the rhythm section of this familiar carol.
I play the "Come they told me" part and he does the "pa-rum-pum-pum" bit.
A
duet. I think it's funny, and he seems to enjoy it. Earlier he was walking
on
the keyboard, pecking the "pa-rum-pum-pum" out on the keys. He also can
click
his beak to the rhythm, squawk it (sorry, dawggie!), and so on.
If we ever get good enough at this, I promise to post the video to
Youtube. The
weakest link in this particular chain isn't the bird, I promise. It's my
so-called pianistic skills that are lacking. How will we get to Carnegie
Hall?
Practise, practise, practise.
Gawd I love my avian beast!
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
Oh you just have to post it if you get it on video, what a hoot.
Jane
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| User: "used2be" |
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| Title: Re: Birdsong and Xmas carols |
15 Dec 2007 09:09:54 AM |
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"Jester's mummy" <cocky2@nest.egg> wrote in message
news:4a86m3lpt72hv4rfmft8baoe3deimsrj8s@4ax.com...
As many of you may know (unless you have me killfiled, that is) share my
home
with a parrot. A cockatoo, no less. (RGB has a cockatoo or three or four
or
five, but that's a whole other story. If you're really *really* nice to
him he
might explain...)
And as many of you also may know, for a couple of years I took piano
lessons,
and can now pecK (verb chosen to fit the theme of the post) out some
simple
melodies on the piano.
So, because Xmas is coming, I have (as I am wont to do) been playing The
Little
Drummer Boid. Yes, you read that correctly. Jester the Bare-eyed Cockatoo
has
been helping me with the rhythm section of this familiar carol.
I play the "Come they told me" part and he does the "pa-rum-pum-pum" bit.
A
duet. I think it's funny, and he seems to enjoy it. Earlier he was walking
on
the keyboard, pecking the "pa-rum-pum-pum" out on the keys. He also can
click
his beak to the rhythm, squawk it (sorry, dawggie!), and so on.
If we ever get good enough at this, I promise to post the video to
Youtube. The
weakest link in this particular chain isn't the bird, I promise. It's my
so-called pianistic skills that are lacking. How will we get to Carnegie
Hall?
Practise, practise, practise.
Gawd I love my avian beast!
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
now *that* is something i would pay to see!
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| User: "used2be" |
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15 Dec 2007 10:10:08 AM |
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On Dec 15, 9:09 am, "used2be" <used...@nowhere.com> wrote:
"Jester's mummy" <coc...@nest.egg> wrote in message
news:4a86m3lpt72hv4rfmft8baoe3deimsrj8s@4ax.com...
As many of you may know (unless you have me killfiled, that is) share my
home
with a parrot. A cockatoo, no less. (RGB has a cockatoo or three or four
or
five, but that's a whole other story. If you're really *really* nice to
him he
might explain...)
And as many of you also may know, for a couple of years I took piano
lessons,
and can now pecK (verb chosen to fit the theme of the post) out some
simple
melodies on the piano.
So, because Xmas is coming, I have (as I am wont to do) been playing The
Little
Drummer Boid. Yes, you read that correctly. Jester the Bare-eyed Cockatoo
has
been helping me with the rhythm section of this familiar carol.
I play the "Come they told me" part and he does the "pa-rum-pum-pum" bit.
A
duet. I think it's funny, and he seems to enjoy it. Earlier he was walking
on
the keyboard, pecking the "pa-rum-pum-pum" out on the keys. He also can
click
his beak to the rhythm, squawk it (sorry, dawggie!), and so on.
If we ever get good enough at this, I promise to post the video to
Youtube. The
weakest link in this particular chain isn't the bird, I promise. It's my
so-called pianistic skills that are lacking. How will we get to Carnegie
Hall?
Practise, practise, practise.
Gawd I love my avian beast!
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
now *that* is something i would pay to see!- Hide quoted text -
reposting in google since you said you can't read my posts
otherwise...
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| User: "Jesters mummy" |
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| Title: Re: Birdsong and Xmas carols |
15 Dec 2007 11:26:37 AM |
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On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:10:08 -0800 (PST), used2be <ludymaetx@yahoo.com> wrote:
<(((*>On Dec 15, 9:09 am, "used2be" <used...@nowhere.com> wrote:
<(((*>
<(((*>reposting in google since you said you can't read my posts
<(((*>otherwise...
I saw this post, u2b, but I don't see your other posts. Sigh. I miss you.
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
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| User: "Luna" |
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| Title: Re: Birdsong and Xmas carols |
15 Dec 2007 01:01:43 PM |
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Jester's mummy wrote:
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:10:08 -0800 (PST), used2be <ludymaetx@yahoo.com> wrote:
<(((*>On Dec 15, 9:09 am, "used2be" <used...@nowhere.com> wrote:
<(((*>
<(((*>reposting in google since you said you can't read my posts
<(((*>otherwise...
I saw this post, u2b, but I don't see your other posts. Sigh. I miss you.
Remove her from your killfile? That might work.
Jean
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
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| User: "Jesters mummy" |
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15 Dec 2007 07:44:42 PM |
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On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:01:43 GMT, Luna <lunajean@gmail.com> wrote:
<(((*>Jester's mummy wrote:
<(((*>> On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:10:08 -0800 (PST), used2be <ludymaetx@yahoo.com> wrote:
<(((*>>
<(((*>>> <(((*>On Dec 15, 9:09 am, "used2be" <used...@nowhere.com> wrote:
<(((*>>> <(((*>
<(((*>>> <(((*>reposting in google since you said you can't read my posts
<(((*>>> <(((*>otherwise...
<(((*>>
<(((*>> I saw this post, u2b, but I don't see your other posts. Sigh. I miss you.
<(((*>
<(((*>Remove her from your killfile? That might work.
She's not in my killfile, she has never been in my killfile and she's not going
to be in my killfile. So although I thank you for your loving concern, I'm
afraid your suggestion isn't going to fix the problem.
I wonder if there is filtering going on at the newsserver level. After the
newsfeed dried up at videotron, I switched to aieo, but I remember someone
(maybe it was you, Jean?) mentioning recently that aieo is also dropping posts.
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
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| User: "mighty mouse" |
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15 Dec 2007 10:08:11 PM |
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Jester's mummy wrote:
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:01:43 GMT, Luna <lunajean@gmail.com> wrote:
<(((*>Jester's mummy wrote:
<(((*>> On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:10:08 -0800 (PST), used2be <ludymaetx@yahoo.com> wrote:
<(((*>>
<(((*>>> <(((*>On Dec 15, 9:09 am, "used2be" <used...@nowhere.com> wrote:
<(((*>>> <(((*>
<(((*>>> <(((*>reposting in google since you said you can't read my posts
<(((*>>> <(((*>otherwise...
<(((*>>
<(((*>> I saw this post, u2b, but I don't see your other posts. Sigh. I miss you.
<(((*>
<(((*>Remove her from your killfile? That might work.
She's not in my killfile, she has never been in my killfile and she's not going
to be in my killfile. So although I thank you for your loving concern, I'm
afraid your suggestion isn't going to fix the problem.
I wonder if there is filtering going on at the newsserver level. After the
newsfeed dried up at videotron, I switched to aieo, but I remember someone
(maybe it was you, Jean?) mentioning recently that aieo is also dropping posts.
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
That was me. I was also using aioe and I've been missing Cindy's posts
for a month or so now, and %'s recently too.
My ISP has just started providing a premium news service again so I'm
now using that. It dropped it's news service last year and got flooded
with complaints (especially from me). Now I can get the full Supernews
feed for free (apart from my monthly ISP charge, but no extra) which is
pretty great! No more missed posts.
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| User: "Jesters mummy" |
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16 Dec 2007 08:16:15 AM |
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On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:08:11 +1100, mighty mouse <mousieNOSPAM9947@hotmail.com>
wrote:
<(((*>Jester's mummy wrote:
<(((*>> On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:01:43 GMT, Luna <lunajean@gmail.com> wrote:
<(((*>>
<(((*>>> <(((*>Jester's mummy wrote:
<(((*>>> <(((*>> On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:10:08 -0800 (PST), used2be <ludymaetx@yahoo.com> wrote:
<(((*>>> <(((*>>
<(((*>>> <(((*>>> <(((*>On Dec 15, 9:09 am, "used2be" <used...@nowhere.com> wrote:
<(((*>>> <(((*>>> <(((*>
<(((*>>> <(((*>>> <(((*>reposting in google since you said you can't read my posts
<(((*>>> <(((*>>> <(((*>otherwise...
<(((*>>> <(((*>>
<(((*>>> <(((*>> I saw this post, u2b, but I don't see your other posts. Sigh. I miss you.
<(((*>>> <(((*>
<(((*>>> <(((*>Remove her from your killfile? That might work.
<(((*>>
<(((*>> She's not in my killfile, she has never been in my killfile and she's not going
<(((*>> to be in my killfile. So although I thank you for your loving concern, I'm
<(((*>> afraid your suggestion isn't going to fix the problem.
<(((*>>
<(((*>> I wonder if there is filtering going on at the newsserver level. After the
<(((*>> newsfeed dried up at videotron, I switched to aieo, but I remember someone
<(((*>> (maybe it was you, Jean?) mentioning recently that aieo is also dropping posts.
<(((*>>
<(((*>That was me. I was also using aioe and I've been missing Cindy's posts
<(((*>for a month or so now, and %'s recently too.
Hmmmm. slunky says it drops posts because it's known as a spam haven. Maybe they
have a policy governing the maximum number of posts from a specific poster. (But
then slunky wouldn't show up.) Maybe they drop posts from anyone @nowhere.com.
Those cindy posts show up on videotron, but not here.
<(((*>My ISP has just started providing a premium news service again so I'm
<(((*>now using that. It dropped it's news service last year and got flooded
<(((*>with complaints (especially from me). Now I can get the full Supernews
<(((*>feed for free (apart from my monthly ISP charge, but no extra) which is
<(((*>pretty great! No more missed posts.
I have Agent in 2 locations on my system, so I just checked out the videotron
feed. It's still *****-poor. I looked at the birdwatching group I frequent, and
I'd say there were perhaps 25-30% of the posts I got through aieo.
So either way I'm getting only a part of the picture. I guess I'm going to have
to read asd twice, once for each feed. Kinda like Real Life [TM], where you have
to get your news from multiple sources to make sure you're getting the whole
story.
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
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| User: "Luna" |
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| Title: Re: Birdsong and Xmas carols |
16 Dec 2007 03:01:55 PM |
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Jester's mummy wrote:
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:01:43 GMT, Luna <lunajean@gmail.com> wrote:
<(((*>Jester's mummy wrote:
<(((*>> On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:10:08 -0800 (PST), used2be <ludymaetx@yahoo.com> wrote:
<(((*>>
<(((*>>> <(((*>On Dec 15, 9:09 am, "used2be" <used...@nowhere.com> wrote:
<(((*>>> <(((*>
<(((*>>> <(((*>reposting in google since you said you can't read my posts
<(((*>>> <(((*>otherwise...
<(((*>>
<(((*>> I saw this post, u2b, but I don't see your other posts. Sigh. I miss you.
<(((*>
<(((*>Remove her from your killfile? That might work.
She's not in my killfile, she has never been in my killfile and she's not going
to be in my killfile. So although I thank you for your loving concern, I'm
afraid your suggestion isn't going to fix the problem.
I wonder if there is filtering going on at the newsserver level. After the
newsfeed dried up at videotron, I switched to aieo, but I remember someone
(maybe it was you, Jean?) mentioning recently that aieo is also dropping posts.
Hmm, not me but I wonder if there is some weird killfile thing still
happening, either with them or with you - I've accidentally killfiled
people in the past.
Must say I like Thunderbird for this reason: I can killfile Poster D
(hopefully there are no other posters named D) - it deletes 'em all, no
mmatter what email addy he's using.
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
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| User: "Jesters mummy" |
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| Title: Re: Birdsong and Xmas carols |
16 Dec 2007 07:36:58 PM |
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On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:01:55 GMT, Luna <lunajean@gmail.com> wrote:
<(((*>Jester's mummy wrote:
<(((*>> On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:01:43 GMT, Luna <lunajean@gmail.com> wrote:
<(((*>>
<(((*>>> <(((*>Jester's mummy wrote:
<(((*>>> <(((*>> On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:10:08 -0800 (PST), used2be <ludymaetx@yahoo.com> wrote:
<(((*>>> <(((*>>
<(((*>>> <(((*>>> <(((*>On Dec 15, 9:09 am, "used2be" <used...@nowhere.com> wrote:
<(((*>>> <(((*>>> <(((*>
<(((*>>> <(((*>>> <(((*>reposting in google since you said you can't read my posts
<(((*>>> <(((*>>> <(((*>otherwise...
<(((*>>> <(((*>>
<(((*>>> <(((*>> I saw this post, u2b, but I don't see your other posts. Sigh. I miss you.
<(((*>>> <(((*>
<(((*>>> <(((*>Remove her from your killfile? That might work.
<(((*>>
<(((*>> She's not in my killfile, she has never been in my killfile and she's not going
<(((*>> to be in my killfile. So although I thank you for your loving concern, I'm
<(((*>> afraid your suggestion isn't going to fix the problem.
<(((*>>
<(((*>> I wonder if there is filtering going on at the newsserver level. After the
<(((*>> newsfeed dried up at videotron, I switched to aieo, but I remember someone
<(((*>> (maybe it was you, Jean?) mentioning recently that aieo is also dropping posts.
<(((*>
<(((*>Hmm, not me but I wonder if there is some weird killfile thing still
<(((*>happening, either with them or with you - I've accidentally killfiled
<(((*>people in the past.
Just to make certain, I looked at all my kill filters, and there is nothing that
would be removing u2b from my inbox. So it's not me, it's somewhere else.
I wonder if aioe is filtering out everything that purports to come from
"nowhere.com". That's about the only thing I can think of.
<(((*>Must say I like Thunderbird for this reason: I can killfile Poster D
<(((*>(hopefully there are no other posters named D) - it deletes 'em all, no
<(((*>mmatter what email addy he's using.
Agent does the same thing. I can kill based on name or on address or on both.
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
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| User: "slunky" |
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| Title: Re: Birdsong and Xmas carols |
15 Dec 2007 08:09:30 PM |
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_/ Jester's mummy <cocky2@nest.egg> wrote \_
I wonder if there is filtering going on at the newsserver level. After the
newsfeed dried up at videotron, I switched to aieo, but I remember someone
(maybe it was you, Jean?) mentioning recently that aieo is also dropping posts.
aioe doesn't carry a full feed because it's a spam haven.
--
-slunky
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| User: "Jesters mummy" |
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16 Dec 2007 07:51:12 AM |
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On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:09:30 GMT, slunky <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote:
<(((*>_/ Jester's mummy <cocky2@nest.egg> wrote \_
<(((*>> I wonder if there is filtering going on at the newsserver level. After the
<(((*>> newsfeed dried up at videotron, I switched to aieo, but I remember someone
<(((*>> (maybe it was you, Jean?) mentioning recently that aieo is also dropping posts.
<(((*>
<(((*>aioe doesn't carry a full feed because it's a spam haven.
That explains a lot. I'm going to check the videotron setup again and see if
it's back to "normal".
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
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| User: "mighty mouse" |
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| Title: Re: Birdsong and Xmas carols |
16 Dec 2007 01:37:23 AM |
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Jester's mummy wrote:
As many of you may know (unless you have me killfiled, that is) share my home
with a parrot. A cockatoo, no less. (RGB has a cockatoo or three or four or
five, but that's a whole other story. If you're really *really* nice to him he
might explain...)
And as many of you also may know, for a couple of years I took piano lessons,
and can now pecK (verb chosen to fit the theme of the post) out some simple
melodies on the piano.
So, because Xmas is coming, I have (as I am wont to do) been playing The Little
Drummer Boid. Yes, you read that correctly. Jester the Bare-eyed Cockatoo has
been helping me with the rhythm section of this familiar carol.
I play the "Come they told me" part and he does the "pa-rum-pum-pum" bit. A
duet. I think it's funny, and he seems to enjoy it. Earlier he was walking on
the keyboard, pecking the "pa-rum-pum-pum" out on the keys. He also can click
his beak to the rhythm, squawk it (sorry, dawggie!), and so on.
If we ever get good enough at this, I promise to post the video to Youtube. The
weakest link in this particular chain isn't the bird, I promise. It's my
so-called pianistic skills that are lacking. How will we get to Carnegie Hall?
Practise, practise, practise.
Gawd I love my avian beast!
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
That sounds adorable! Please post a video to youtube once you're happy
with both of your performances.
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| User: "Contrarian" |
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| Title: Re: Birdsong and Xmas carols |
16 Dec 2007 12:05:19 PM |
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mighty mouse <mousieNOSPAM9947@hotmail.com> wrote:
If we ever get good enough at this, I promise to post the video to Youtube. The
weakest link in this particular chain isn't the bird, I promise. It's my
so-called pianistic skills that are lacking. How will we get to Carnegie Hall?
Practise, practise, practise.
why wait?
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| User: "Michelle la Belle" |
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| Title: Re: Birdsong and Xmas carols |
14 Dec 2007 08:37:27 PM |
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On Dec 14, 7:44 pm, Jester's mummy <coc...@nest.egg> wrote:
As many of you may know (unless you have me killfiled, that is) share my home
with a parrot. A cockatoo, no less. (RGB has a cockatoo or three or four or
five, but that's a whole other story. If you're really *really* nice to him he
might explain...)
And as many of you also may know, for a couple of years I took piano lessons,
and can now pecK (verb chosen to fit the theme of the post) out some simple
melodies on the piano.
So, because Xmas is coming, I have (as I am wont to do) been playing The Little
Drummer Boid. Yes, you read that correctly. Jester the Bare-eyed Cockatoo has
been helping me with the rhythm section of this familiar carol.
I play the "Come they told me" part and he does the "pa-rum-pum-pum" bit. A
duet. I think it's funny, and he seems to enjoy it. Earlier he was walking on
the keyboard, pecking the "pa-rum-pum-pum" out on the keys. He also can click
his beak to the rhythm, squawk it (sorry, dawggie!), and so on.
If we ever get good enough at this, I promise to post the video to Youtube. The
weakest link in this particular chain isn't the bird, I promise. It's my
so-called pianistic skills that are lacking. How will we get to Carnegie Hall?
Practise, practise, practise.
Gawd I love my avian beast!
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
Oh that's so nice. Have you seen the you tube videos of the cats
playing piano?
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| Title: Re: Birdsong and Xmas carols |
15 Dec 2007 09:44:20 AM |
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On Dec 14, 7:44 pm, Jester's mummy <coc...@nest.egg> wrote:
As many of you may know (unless you have me killfiled, that is) share my home
with a parrot. A cockatoo, no less. (RGB has a cockatoo or three or four or
five, but that's a whole other story. If you're really *really* nice to him he
might explain...)
And as many of you also may know, for a couple of years I took piano lessons,
and can now pecK (verb chosen to fit the theme of the post) out some simple
melodies on the piano.
So, because Xmas is coming, I have (as I am wont to do) been playing The Little
Drummer Boid. Yes, you read that correctly. Jester the Bare-eyed Cockatoo has
been helping me with the rhythm section of this familiar carol.
I play the "Come they told me" part and he does the "pa-rum-pum-pum" bit. A
duet. I think it's funny, and he seems to enjoy it. Earlier he was walking on
the keyboard, pecking the "pa-rum-pum-pum" out on the keys. He also can click
his beak to the rhythm, squawk it (sorry, dawggie!), and so on.
If we ever get good enough at this, I promise to post the video to Youtube. The
weakest link in this particular chain isn't the bird, I promise. It's my
so-called pianistic skills that are lacking. How will we get to Carnegie Hall?
Practise, practise, practise.
Gawd I love my avian beast!
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
Sounds cute. Maybe he can also beak dance.
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| User: "Rhiannon" |
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| Title: Re: Birdsong and Xmas carols |
15 Dec 2007 10:08:14 AM |
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<Jogwheel@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:7c7332d0-82b7-4b5e-89cc-5a00555eb189@p1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
On Dec 14, 7:44 pm, Jester's mummy <coc...@nest.egg> wrote:
As many of you may know (unless you have me killfiled, that is) share my
home
with a parrot. A cockatoo, no less. (RGB has a cockatoo or three or four
or
five, but that's a whole other story. If you're really *really* nice to
him he
might explain...)
And as many of you also may know, for a couple of years I took piano
lessons,
and can now pecK (verb chosen to fit the theme of the post) out some
simple
melodies on the piano.
So, because Xmas is coming, I have (as I am wont to do) been playing The
Little
Drummer Boid. Yes, you read that correctly. Jester the Bare-eyed Cockatoo
has
been helping me with the rhythm section of this familiar carol.
I play the "Come they told me" part and he does the "pa-rum-pum-pum" bit.
A
duet. I think it's funny, and he seems to enjoy it. Earlier he was
walking on
the keyboard, pecking the "pa-rum-pum-pum" out on the keys. He also can
click
his beak to the rhythm, squawk it (sorry, dawggie!), and so on.
If we ever get good enough at this, I promise to post the video to
Youtube. The
weakest link in this particular chain isn't the bird, I promise. It's my
so-called pianistic skills that are lacking. How will we get to Carnegie
Hall?
Practise, practise, practise.
Gawd I love my avian beast!
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail - Stephen Fry
Sounds cute. Maybe he can also beak dance.
Haha!
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Rhi
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