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Random Topics / Re: The EllGab Slice of Life Thread
« Last post by Rikki Gins on Today at 07:16:30 PM »
I dated this French pop singer girl before I moved to L.A.
About six months after I left I got an email from her asking if I was interested in coming back for a week and do a TV show with her.
Her plan was to become more of a rock singer and would be playing Heartbreaker the show to debut her new image.
She had a heavy French accent so I tried to help her pronunciation but it was still pretty brutal.
It was a live show but they recorded a safety show in the afternoon just in case there was a technical issue during the live.
This camera guy was trying to get a fancy shot that made it look like the camera was attached to the guitar.
He kept hitting my hand  with his camera and then he stepped on my pedals.
I tried to back him up with a gentle hip check and ended up making him drop and break his camera.
30 seconds later security was escorting innocent Bart out of the building and I was replaced with the house band nerd.
She sent me an email the next morning say she was heartbroken.
I guess we are Heartbreaker brothers, @Rikki Gins

Yes, fellow Heartbreaker!  We have certainly left a trail of tears in our wake.
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Random Topics / Re: The EllGab Slice of Life Thread
« Last post by Bart Ell on Today at 03:48:49 PM »
Click here for a picture of Pat:
https://www.last.fm/music/Pat+Benatar/+images/657f4165a3fb463b818faa8c25853360

That's the way she looked when she and her band performed at a local county fair, many years ago, I should add.  We've had a lot of big names at the fair and it used to be you could wander about the grounds and watch the performers, or you could be part of a big crowd that gathered in front of the stage.  Your choice.  But then a rich, car dealership owner built an amphitheater and walled it in, and made you pay extra (after having already paid to gain entrance to the fair) to be able to see the performances.  I remember Cheap Trick was the first band to play in the closed off setting. 

Anyway, Pat Benatar and her band played at the fair when you didn't have to pay extra to watch.  I wasn't all that big of a fan or anything, but I did like some of her songs and it was fun to see her belting them out as I walked about the fairgrounds.  She started to sing Heartbreaker, just as I was walking next to the concert area, so I stopped to listen to the song.  I still wasn't a part of the concert crowd, just a little bit off to the side, on a sidewalk.  There was nobody around me.   

She started to sing...

"You're a heartbreaker
Dream maker, love taker
Don't you mess around with me."

When she sang the words heartbreaker, dream maker, love taker, she would point to various dudes in the audience.  Then she started to repeat the verse and swung her arm away from the crowd and pointed right at me and sang, "You're a heartbreaker."  Yes, Pat Benatar pointed at your Rikki Gins and called him a heartbreaker! 

I've had a lot of fun memories of that fair, and that one with Pat was definitely one of them.

I dated this French pop singer girl before I moved to L.A.
About six months after I left I got an email from her asking if I was interested in coming back for a week and do a TV show with her.
Her plan was to become more of a rock singer and would be playing Heartbreaker the show to debut her new image.
She had a heavy French accent so I tried to help her pronunciation but it was still pretty brutal.
It was a live show but they recorded a safety show in the afternoon just in case there was a technical issue during the live.
This camera guy was trying to get a fancy shot that made it look like the camera was attached to the guitar.
He kept hitting my hand  with his camera and then he stepped on my pedals.
I tried to back him up with a gentle hip check and ended up making him drop and break his camera.
30 seconds later security was escorting innocent Bart out of the building and I was replaced with the house band nerd.
She sent me an email the next morning say she was heartbroken.
I guess we are Heartbreaker brothers, @Rikki Gins



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Art and Photography / Re: The Major
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Random Topics / Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Last post by Rikki Gins on Today at 02:23:53 PM »
Robert P. Charles
Surgeon


@Rikki Gins I wanted to set occupation as Surgeon/Doctor but I am unsure if that is acceptable.  ?

Totally acceptable, @KSM.  Anything doctor related.  No problem.
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Random Topics / Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Last post by KSM on Today at 09:05:47 AM »
Robert P. Charles
Surgeon


@Rikki Gins I wanted to set occupation as Surgeon/Doctor but I am unsure if that is acceptable.  ?
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Random Topics / Re: Whatever: The Open Lines Thread
« Last post by Up All Night on Today at 06:55:59 AM »
National Transportation Safety Board officials boarded the ship to recover information from its electronics and paperwork and to interview the captain and other crew members, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said during a separate news conference. Twenty-three people, including two pilots, were on the ship when it crashed, she said.

https://apnews.com/article/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-03-27-2024-6a95340e5daeff6551fc999d23feb278

The vessel was also carrying 56 containers of hazardous materials including corrosives, flammables and lithium ion batteries, Homendy said. She added that some containers were breached, and that a sheen on the water from those materials would be handled by authorities.

Marcel Muise, NTSB investigator in charge, laid out a preliminary timeline assembled from the voyage data recorder comprising audio from the bridge and VHF radio ahead of the crash, which federal and state officials have said appeared to be an accident.

The vessel, the Dali, left port at 12:39 a.m. Tuesday and, after it entered the channel, signs of trouble came at about 1:25 a.m. when numerous alarms sounded, according to the NTSB. About a minute later, steering commands and rudder orders were issued, and at 1:26 a.m. and 39 seconds, a pilot made a general radio call for nearby tug boats.

Maryland Transportation Authority data from about the same time shows the pilot association dispatcher called the transportation authority’s officer on duty about the blackout, the NTSB said.

Just after 1:27 a.m., the pilot commanded the ship to drop an anchor on the left side of the ship and issued added steering commands. About 20 seconds later, the pilot issued a radio call reporting that the Dali had lost all power approaching the bridge.

At about that time, the state transportation officer on duty radioed two of its units already stationed at each end of the bridge saying to close the bridge to vehicle traffic. They were already there because of the construction.

Around 1:29 a.m., when the ship was traveling at about 8 mph (13 kph), recordings for about 30 seconds picked up sounds consistent with it colliding with the bridge, the NTSB said. A Transportation Authority dash camera also shows lights on the bridge going out.

At 1:29 a.m. and 39 seconds, the pilot reported to the Coast Guard that the bridge was down.

Muise said experts will review the entire voyage data recording and develop a detailed transcript.

At least eight people initially went into the water when the ship struck the bridge column, and two of them were rescued Tuesday, officials said.
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