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On 9/6/2024 at 12:41 AM, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

 

I was doing a renovation job on the platform of a commuter rail station.

A fellow/sheilah had cable-locked their bicycle to a lamp post that I was tasked to remove; so I cut the post off at about that height, lifted the cable off and parked it and the bike against a convenient bench seat, and then finished removing the rest of the post.

I'da loved to have been there when they got off their train and discovered that the lamp post had been stolen but their bike wasn't worth the effort.  🙃

Many years ago there was a badly bent street sign post on Irving Place in NYC, outside the ConEd headquarters building. Some fellow regularly used to cable his bike frame to that post. This fellow removed his front wheel and took it with him whenever he secured his bike. At that time removing the front wheel seemed to be a common practice for bike messengers in the city.


I have only seen this fellow retrieve his bike once. The fellow walked up to his bike, picked up the front fork, reinstalled the wheel, pulled the sign post out of the sidewalk to free his bike and then rode away. After that, I’d often seen the bike securely cabled to that bent sign post. Since I don’t visit ConEd anymore I’ve no idea if that practice is still going on.

 

Now you may doubt my word, but that’s my story and I’m sticking too it!

 

CJ

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6 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

I can do better than that. The Lone Ranger theme was the William Tell Overture

Just the Finale. There are three parts before that. 
 

It’s kinda like the National Anthem — the one part has been played on its own so much, some folks don’t realize it’s just a quarter of the whole piece. 

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On 9/9/2024 at 6:08 AM, Ozark Huckleberry said:

Just the Finale. There are three parts before that. 
 

It’s kinda like the National Anthem — the one part has been played on its own so much, some folks don’t realize it’s just a quarter of the whole piece. 

 

The "Can-can," at least as shown in westerns, is danced to "Galop infernal" from "Orpheus in the Underworld."

 

 

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Both hello mudda hello fadda

 

And the crocodile slash elephant ballet from Fantasia (I wonder what otto found so wrong with crocodile/elephant, that he had to spell out the / ?)

 

 

Is from Dance of the Hours, the Act 3 finale of the opera La Gioconda composed by Amilcare Ponchielli.

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Not "Dance of the Hours"

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_f3yQpqUXS/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

 

(Now we wait for Alpo to comment on the 4th reel after this, which, because of the way Instagram works, none of us will be able to find)

 

ADDED 

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/EE6buShFVsY?si=qZHZQ91r0-heVD7B

 

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When I looked at it, the fourth reel was the Maltese dogs.

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_JTQBVyXXR/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

 

What I can't figure out is why the guy was wearing a blindfold. Was this to make the point that he wasn't looking at his feet. Dancers don't look at their feet. You listen to the music, you listen to the rhythm, and you put your feet where they belong.

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2 hours ago, Alpo said:

When I looked at it, the fourth reel was the Maltese dogs.

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_JTQBVyXXR/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

 

What I can't figure out is why the guy was wearing a blindfold. Was this to make the point that he wasn't looking at his feet. Dancers don't look at their feet. You listen to the music, you listen to the rhythm, and you put your feet where they belong.

 

Dramatic effect. Looks a lot more impressive wearing the blindfold.

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By the way there, Alpo ol’ buddy, those are hippopotamae, not elephants.

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