At 10:21 PM 2/11/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
Reggie Bautista wrote:> There is nothing quite so stirring or that can get my blood pumping quite > like a good pipe-and-drum band with those high, crisp Scottish snare drums. > > Julia (and anybody else), what's your favorite bagpipe recording? The one I listen to the most (the favorite of the dog) is one I picked up at K-Mart, "Amazing Grace and Other Bagpipe Favorites",
Which reminds me of a story . . .
A mechanic who worked out of his home had a dog named Mace. Mace had a bad habit of eating all the grass on the mechanic's lawn, so the mechanic had to keep Mace inside. The grass eventually became overgrown. One day the mechanic was working on a car in the backyard and dropped his wrench, losing it in the tall grass. He couldn't find it for the life of him, so he decided to call it a day.
That night, Mace escaped from the house and ate all the grass in the backyard. The next morning the mechanic went outside and saw his wrench glinting in the sunlight. Realizing what had happened he looked toward the heavens and proclaimed,
"A grazing Mace, how sweet the hound, that saved a wrench for me!
-- Ronn! :)
Almighty Ruler of the all,
Whose Power extends to great and small,
Who guides the stars with steadfast law,
Whose least creation fills with awe,
O grant thy mercy and thy grace,
To those who venture into space.
(Robert A. Heinlein's added verse to the Navy Hymn)
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