Why ShibbOleth my dear, I never knew you cared.
Jenny
your humble TubaDiva
Oh my.
Still waiting for a bang . . .
Tuba players can have groupies too, can’t they?
[sub]I think it’s the name, it’s just so paradoxical.[/sub]
Actually it’s quite true to life. . . don’t run away, now!
your humble TubaDiva
shattering all illusions
Sjeesh… You guys are really strict and serious, right?
Let me play along on those lines :Tuba diver; I haven’t heard an apology from you.
A bunch of daffydils and a backrub will do.
Call our Diva a diver, and a back rub most likely shall not be had. 
Daffy, as you can see the divine Miss Diva has already posted an apology, it’s the first thing she did.
Also, since you are in the land of Coldfire, you should know that a diva is a primadona, or literally, a goddess. Its also often associated with singers here, and in this lovely case a tuba virtuosa. A diver, however is one who dives or stays under water for a long time. Unless you are actually from Brooklyn or the Deep South in which case this may actually be an acceptable form of pronounciation for the word diva.
Wow, another warning in a thread. I’ve got a email, and you know it. Yet you DON’T know who will return to a thread. Excuse me if I find that less than logical.
I sent you e-mail in addition to this warning. It was kicked back with a “no transport provided” error message. I dunno what the problem was.
However, there are other, and very logical reasons, for posting warnings to threads. It publicizes to the members what we consider bad behavior. It also makes public, in a tangential manner, our reasons for banning a particular poster. Darwin knows there are plenty of people around to accuse us of acting imperiously.
So applying a small bit of reason shows two, and maybe three, logical reasons for making public warnings.
Fair enough?
I stand corrected. My sincerest apologies!
(P.s. My mail does work, and I just checked it with a “forgot your password” email from the board’s profile robot. I sent you a forward to reassure you on that point.
So I guess it was just a glitch. Maybe The Bon-Ton had a Manhattan server that was affected last week?)
And I apologize to TubaDiva as well. Sorry I jumped on you.
Don’t hold your breath. I only average a post a week. Might be a while before I say something to upset you again.
(But I don’t feel bad that you can’t recall all of my many classic lines. You seem to have posted a lot and I can’t recall even seeing your name before. I guess it’s not very memorable because it’s unpronouncable.)
Tuba Diva; I appologize for calling you diver.
Tuba Diva; I appologize for calling you diver.
Must be my Dutch accent.
That’s funny. Dan Quayle never had a problem with Jenny’s name. 
I think he spelled it TubaDivae, though.
Isn’t that Latin for an entire choir of haughty lady tuba players?
Quoth ShibbOleth:
Us tubists do, indeed, get our lips wet, but we have excellent control of them, and they do not quiver. In fact, they’re unusually firm and full.
Howcome nobody ever told me that? 
Chronos - YOU play tuba?!
Dang. Dinna know that.
All the truly special people do.
your humble TubaDiva
Take my word for it!
Yeah, but not with WET LIPS.
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww…gross! No wonder Chronos gets that weird buzzing tone of his in the upper registers.
– Uke, who admits to moistening his saxophone reeds, but would NEVER approach a brass instrument with a soggy embouchre
The tooba is often misunderstood, even by composers.
One re-orchestrated famous parts of Swan Lake to feature tooba arias. This sounds nice on paper, but the wind needed would have killed an Indian elephant. Perhaps even an African elephant.
Don’t we Double Bass players get some kudos too?
No walking to rehearsal.
No getting tiny cars, although I could fit mine in my brother’s Ford Mustang hatchback.
A lot harder to play for pennies at the airport/bus station, etc.
The same boring parts in most operetta type music.
And remember kids, bass players do it standing up.