scottb Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 I like the name change. You could be someone's favorite B3 player and they may not even know your real name. Got to get ready for that solo career. (If your ever in need of my managerial expertise as sampled on Soul Stream's thread , let me know Anyway, that's not what this thread is about. It's about you, and specifically your listed hobbies. Namely, woodworking. My father is one of the few woodworkers I know who has all his digits! If he were to lose a finger he may have to pick his nose differently (sorry Dad) but really no big deal. If YOU, however, lose a finger or two, no B3 virtuosity and you and the world are changed forever! Consider this an intervention, Jim Alfredson and woodworking are two words I never want to see together again. Understand? Thank you, Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 I am an amateur woodworker at best, but I've always loved working with wood. I recently bought a book on how to make Arts & Crafts style furniture. I'm also planning on making new kitchen cabinets, since our kitchen is so old and weirdly shaped. I appreciate the concern. I am very careful with power-tools, especially saws. Every time I begin to use them, I think about nipping one of my fingers off and it scares me into stopping, thinking, and not doing anything stupid. All I can say is, it's a good thing I ain't a drunk!!!!! Speaking of cutting stuff off, has anyone seen those new saws they are introducing this year? The blade is charged with electricity and any change in the current trips a mechanism that snapes the blade down through the table. It's amazing. They demostrated it on this show I was watching by placing a hotdog on a board. They started cutting the board and as soon as the blade grazed the hotdog, it shot down under the table, leaving the hotdog with just a little scratch on it. Really amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 which finger could you "afford" to lose if it happened and still be able to play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 Well, I'm a proud proponent of the Don Patterson three-finger technique on my right hand (due, in my case, to being self-taught and not learnig the traditional fingering on piano), so I supposed I could lose my ring finger or my pinky. But I'd rather not lose either of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 Scott - That is one FINE open letter! In fact, it's so good, I hereby nominate you to write the open letter that Aric has been pushing. Don't tell me ya need a topic, addressee, or anything else relevant. We will expect to see a draft within the next couple of hours... AN OPEN LETTER TO BLUE NOTE AN OPEN LETTER TO BLUE NOTE PART TWO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wheel Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 A couple of Sundays ago I sliced my right index finger open pretty deeply with a bread knife. (Will never cut a bagel THAT way again, that's for sure!) I didn't really want to go to the hassle of getting it looked at but the thought of being possibly unable to play scared me into going to the ER on a weekend. Fortunately, everything was fine and it's healing nicely with probably no scar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 Heh. And I here I thought "woodworking" was a euphemism for something else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted March 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 (edited) Heh. And I here I thought "woodworking" was a euphemism for something else... Johnnie's mother knocks on the bathroom door where little Johnnie has been for quite a while and says "You know, if you don't stop that you'll go blind" Johnnie replies "Can I at least do it until need glasses?" B-) Edited March 8, 2005 by scottb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maren Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 My dad was a surgeon -- another profession where skilled, intact fingers are crucial -- with a lot of hobbies, including woodworking. People were always asking my mother "How can you let him do that? Does he carry extra insurance for that?" Well, first off -- the idea of anyone being able to tell my father they weren't going to "let" him do what he intended to do was a laugh riot! But also, my father was very into testing his control over potentially dangerous situations (flying airplanes was another hobby) -- he considered it important to practice his mental focus: to maintain the right balance of calm, intensity, caution and boldness. After he retired from medicine, he said it was kind of a karmic thing: if he was going to work on other people with a knife, it was good practice to subject himself to a similar risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 if he was going to work on other people with a knife, it was good practice to subject himself to a similar risk. I love when we can tie disparate threads together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 which finger could you "afford" to lose if it happened and still be able to play? Is this an extension of your "How to play B-3" thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 I was never good at woodworking (I think I'm the only person who failed it in 9th grade, but it never bothered me) and if truth be told, I ain't too handy around the house either. That too doesn't bother me neither. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 I actually had the stereotypical shop teacher who was missing a couple fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGUD missile Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 I was never good at woodworking (I think I'm the only person who failed it in 9th grade, but it never bothered me) and if truth be told, I ain't too handy around the house either. That too doesn't bother me neither. I was seriously "shop challenged " as well.. In the eighth grade , I worked a WHOLE F@%^%$^!ING YEAR on a pair of bookends.. ..and they never DID meet at a ninety degree angle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 I was never good at woodworking (I think I'm the only person who failed it in 9th grade, but it never bothered me) and if truth be told, I ain't too handy around the house either. That too doesn't bother me neither. I was seriously "shop challenged " as well.. In the eighth grade , I worked a WHOLE F@%^%$^!ING YEAR on a pair of bookends.. ..and they never DID meet at a ninety degree angle! I think I made the same pair of bookends! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 A couple of Sundays ago I sliced my right index finger open pretty deeply with a bread knife. (Will never cut a bagel THAT way again, that's for sure!) I didn't really want to go to the hassle of getting it looked at but the thought of being possibly unable to play scared me into going to the ER on a weekend. Fortunately, everything was fine and it's healing nicely with probably no scar. I recommend: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 or perhaps............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 I think the name "Knuckles Alfredson" could get some attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 I once saw Jimmy smith play with a broken arm in a cast. He was Swingin'! Didn't even have to use his elbow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 I made a boomerang in shop class, 1968 - I threw it but never saw it again - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted March 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 I think the name "Knuckles Alfredson" could get some attention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 I made a boomerang in shop class, 1968 - I threw it but never saw it again - It went through my window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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