I bet the motorbikers can’t play the whistle while taking a ride on the wild side. That’s how I learned to play the whistle - steering with the knee.
[ This Message was edited by: Lorenzo on 2003-01-18 01:46 ]
Purty! I’m more of a muscle car buff myself…my first car was a '72 Chevelle (though, in terms of pure torque, nothing has ever quite matched my dear, late, lamented, '69 Catalina (Rocky the Rocket)…the land yacht that hid a cigarette boat heart!).
Redwolf the dragster
Once I almost got in trouble steering my MG with my knee. I was driving through Mesa Verde Nat’l Park, on little scenic tour, and got pulled over by the Park Ranger for not steering the car straight. When He saw my whistles laying on the dash, Rudall & Rose flute in my girlfriends lap, and uilleann pipes in the luggage rack, he let me go. He envited us to play music for the evening program…and then he surprised us and played the whistle and Highland Pipes!!
Lorenzo please tell me that:
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You did not really drive that beautiful car with your knees.
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You did not really strap your uillean pipes to the luggage rack.
I know we’re all a little bit crazy, but you might just be totally over the edge.
On 2003-01-05 19:26, Lorenzo wrote:
I bet the motorbikers can’t play the whistle while taking a ride on the wild side. That’s how I learned to play the whistle - steering with the knee.
Oh I have begged and begged you people.
NOTICE: It is the position of Chiff & Fipple that whistling while driving a vehicle is a fundamentally boneheaded and reckless thing to do which puts driver and a wide range of innocent people at grave risk. Do not knee-drive. If you must drive,do not whistle. If you must whistle, do not drive.
Dale
Dale
Dale
Dale Wisely
Chiff & Fipple HQ
[ This Message was edited by: DaleWisely on 2003-01-06 11:13 ]
See the use of begging?
Motorcycling IS safer per se 
Even if some of us would be crazy enough to attempt biking and whistling at the same time (would need a tabor pipe anyway), full-face helmets prevent it physically. QOD 
[ This Message was edited by: Zubivka on 2003-01-06 11:21 ]
I’ve told ya and told ya. Leave the driving to someone competent and you can sit in the back and whistle.
Steve
Dale…I’m almost convinced you never do it (pssssst…but not quite). Oh…NEVER use a cell phone in the car while driving in town.
I’ll admit, steering with the knee isn’t for just anyone. I’d hate to see my grandmother try it. But, having a strong opinion w/o experience, I can tell you that keeping your hands on the wheel is probably okay, I just don’t know. It’s been too long…
Long straight stretches out west have been very kind to me (I’m not reading music!). A leather grip tied on the wheel, and putting your SUV on cruise-control, and turning up volume on the CD that your’re playing along with, is much safer than the traditional way of driving. Try it? (I assume all liability by default) No, not in town! There’s less correction needed because of the stable position of the leg. My repertoire of tunes would be dirt-poor if I hadn’t spent thousands of miles practicing. I’ll admit the MG is hard to handle.
When I first started learning ornamentation on the whistle, I never really understood what do do until I took a Cessna 180 for a spin down the Oregon coast and quite accidently did a barrel-roll (precision flying) and a roll on the tin whistle-- simultaneously
(but, auto-pilot works quite nicely too).
Jim…totally over what which edge? I live on the edge..the panarama of seeing both sides is unequivocal. A lass, it is true, but the uilleann pipes were in a nice, heavy leather suitcase, with ample strapping.
[ This Message was edited by: Lorenzo on 2003-01-10 02:21 ]
Leaving aside the inherent safety issues with guiding a vehicle moving at speeds of anywhere from 25 to 100 mph using only one’s knees, I would like to address playing the whistle while driving as an analog of using a telephone while driving. Not only is the driver’s attention split between the telephone conversation and the road, or the reel, jig or slow air he/she is playing on the whistle and the jerk who is tailgating you, but we add into the equation the lack of a stable steering mechanism. My, oh my, boys and girls! This is a recipe for tragedy not unlike the driving tragedy films we were forced to watch in high school. I hope all you youngsters think twice before whistling and driving. It is also probably a mortal sin!
Sister Mary Splinter of the One True Cross (aka Mike Burns)
[ This Message was edited by: burnsbyrne on 2003-01-06 13:36 ]
Hmmm, I saw this tv show about this lady who was born without arms, and she drove with her knees and feet. She got a licence so it must be legal, right.
[ededted becuas ie catn speeel]
— Hello,… my name is Jeff,… and I play the pennywhistle…—
[ This Message was edited by: jeffmiester on 2003-01-08 14:35 ]
<-----Guilty
I heard of this guy who was driving a motor home and got up and went to the back to fix a snack or something. The vehicle crashed and he sued because there was no warning sticker cautioning against getting out of the seat. Do any of you have a warning sticker warning against playing whistle while driving. I suspect not. If you get into an accident, sue the auto manufacturer. (Or your estate can if you sever your brain stem.) -a little free legal advice. (I’m not advocating whistling while driving, however. Just so you don’t sue me.)
Tony
[ This Message was edited by: vaporlock on 2003-01-08 22:09 ]
A year or so ago, some guy was arrested in Ireland by traffic cops.
Just burnt a red light at night.
OK, he had about 3 grams alcohol per liter of blood. Well, it’s better than vice-versa, isn’t it?
OK, he had jsut one hand, having lost the other in a car crash he was responsible for a few years before.
OK, he was speeding too. Are you trying to make a bloody case out all this ?
What wasn’t OK was that a quick check proved he was using his cell phone–standard kind–while :
driving
speeding
intoxicated to pink elephants
passing red lights
With one arm left (un)available…
Sad but true, he got away with just a fine and 6 months of driving license ban…
Now you know why I don’t drive!
How about using one of Noah Herbison’s collapsable laughing whistles while driving. You have your safety factor built in.
Ken