It is true. Our beloved member and newly annointed moderator has stepped of the edge of sanity and fallen into the bottomless abyss known as: THE DARK SIDE.
Send him your prayers, he’ll need them. 
That’s a pretty colorful outfit for someone on the dark side. Maybe he’s hedging.
Anyway, I’m ok with it provided he doesn’t go all cantankerous and ornery.
I object only on ethnic grounds. What’s with all the oirish pipes? Who here plays the good old heelands? I’m not volunteering, mind you, but Amar and I might have to start a minority rebel faction.
I play the Highland pipes… just not very often, in fact, I traded my set for something nice. 
Jeez, Joseph. You had to crop the pic and behead my beautiful bass drone, ya tosser. How often do you see straight bass drones, anymore? An aesthetically educational opportunity WASTED. Down the tubes. Lost.
And YOU, emm: “colorful”??? You want I should wear a nice understated suit when I strap in? I’ve done that. No wonder pipers get cranky. And if it’s piob mór you want, just plunk yourself down and wait. Some kilt’ll trip over you soon enough, no worries.
Really, the cropping was a shame because otherwise you’d get to see the three other guys’ expressions: Tom D. looking on with an “Amazing. Just amazing. The sheer gall of him” expression, and Adam M. in the foreground telling himself, “Patience. It will soon be over…”, and on my right, Royce and a classic “What the feck was THAT?” look.
But the pic is helpful. It showed me a posture detail I need to work on if I intend to offend for years to come in good health. Pray for yourselves, I’d say.
Nice to see that somebody else around here as a penchant for jeans, brightly coloured T- shirts and denim shirts worn open and loose.
I get a lot of stick from Mrs. D. about dressing like that but when I showed her the Pic her only concern was that I was not going to start playing “them bagpipe things”.
I let that one slide…anything for a quiet life
Slan,
D.
Perfect, I need a good deal on a keyed flute 
Loren
Well, to be honest, the t-shirt would normally probably be a more bohemian black, but it was a special occasion.
Sorry, Loren. I’m keeping that. You know, sessions and other giggy-type stuff. Can’t play a flat set at a session unless I want to turn it into “The Nano Show”.
Well, I can hardly complain, considering how fair you were on the keyless - and man, I am still loving that flute. Plus it’s been absolutely hypo-allergenic.
Loren
It’s a prime stick, isn’t it? And an Olwell one-of-a-kind being dogwood and all. Can’t believe how hard and tough that stuff is. Very glad you’re happy with it!
So I’m set so far as gizmos are concerned: flute, cittern, pipes, and whatever whistle falls into my lap at the time. It’s plenty, and it’s enough.
Well, there’s always the bodhrán. Haven’t taken that up yet.
Heh heh heh.
I have to say you look pretty relaxed, Nano. You should see pics of me playing the pipes, with my shoulders all hunched and my face all scrunched up. Scary…
Of course, I look kind of weird while I’m playing the whistle, too, though, so maybe it’s just me.
J.
Blasphemy! Maybe you better move that to the Controversial forum. 
Yes maybe. But don’t worry. It’s classic Scot to brood and feel left out, so perhaps the status quo is best for everyone after all.
Left wrist, shoulders?
Yellow! Way to blow an image!
So is someone gonna post the full pic? Enough with the teasing…
Where’s the sound clip?
yellow?
No sound clip. There is a God.
I could post the whole photo, but I’ll direct you here: www.gnipc.org
Click on the link below the group shot on the home page for more pics and snappy commentary. Tell me if I’m not spot-on about my assessment of the guys’ expressions.
And yes, yellow, Denny, if you must use so vulgar a word. I prefer “taxicab”.
Thanks for the link!
Aha! It’s so you stand out in the group shot!
I expected your assessment of the facial expressions to be dead on.
Actually, I have a shot of me, that was taken on a ridge, in the North Cascades that it reminded me of.
I have matching head gear.
The initial search for that pack of pictures didn’t go well.
If I can find it I’ll scan it and bore everyone with it!
It’s sort of like competing stepdancers. The more you look like a fishing lure, the more you’re likely to be remembered out of the crowd. Walden’s example, however, is out of the question.
That’s how we dress in Florida.
When I saw the picture, I thought you’d come to visit Joseph.