Why is it that, with so many parts of a hurdy gurdy, the ONLY part people ever reach for is the wheel? It seems the wheel has some sort of irresistible, magical pull....like pencils to a mouth or crayons to a child's nose.
Imagine having 400+ kids reaching all at once for the hurdy gurdy wheel, in one big crowd with hands from every direction. Is this a bad dream? No, this is what happens when you play a school assembly! I must say, the high voltage wheel idea really 'resonates' with me George ----- Original Message ----- From: Augusto de Ornellas Abreu To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 8:05 AM Subject: [HG-new] Re: Anyone Going to Pennsic? Alden I had a VIOLINIST, who should know better, touching my wheel once ("is this where you put the rosin?", me: "noooooo!") ... On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Cali and Alden Hackmann <[email protected]> wrote: > The image of kids putting their busy greasy fingers on the wheel is one of > my recurring nightmares! In our sillier moments we've considered how to get the wheel charged up to 10,000 volts so that reckless people who get too close get a strong shock and pull back by reflex. Of course it would make cottoning difficult. We've even had people reach UNDER the wheel cover. I shall not repeat the words that went through my head. Alden --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
