Alan's RamblingsMy opinions may not be correct, but they are my own.Jenny Pope: missing in Ecuador- February 27, 2006 I was driving to band practice tonight and an item came on Radio Four about Jenny Pope, a lady from Mossley who has gone missing in Ecuador. She was last heard from while she was in Banos, Quito on 9th January and shortly afterwards her bank account was systematically emptied. I don't know her personally but a lot of my friends in the Manchester drumming community do, and we had a big busk in Manchester a couple of weeks ago to try to help raise awareness (and money!). We managed to bring...http://www.bleaklow.com/blog/2006/02/jenny_pope_missing_in_ecuador.html Nuclear Glossop- February 1, 2006 I was futzing around on the web looking for something else entirely when I found this site which catalogues all of the 1563 Royal Observer Corps bunkers that are scattered over the UK. The history of the ROC is fascinating - they were originally set up in 1925 to visually report and track any enemy aircraft flying over the UK. At the height of the Cold War in 1957 they became part of the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO), the intention being that in case of a...http://www.bleaklow.com/blog/2006/02/nuclear_glossop.html Stealth samba- February 1, 2006 As anyone who plays samba knows, it's a bit of a noisy pursuit, and tamborim is especially so as it's so high-pitched. This makes practicing at home a little problematic unless everyone in your household (and the surrounding households!) is completely deaf. I found a tip somewhere on the web that I thought I'd pass on - find an old mouse mat, put your tamborim on top of it, draw round and cut out a circle, making allowance for the wall thickness of the tamborim. Make sure it's a really...http://www.bleaklow.com/blog/2006/02/stealth_samba.html |