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admin · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:05 am Post subject:

I can count to 10 without stopping, it takes me a week and a half though

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2nd Clarinet · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:09 am Post subject:

riknoc310 · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:25 am Post subject:

admin · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:35 am Post subject:

Kratos · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:57 am Post subject:

Admin........are you telling porkies again?

An average person breathes between 8 and 10 times per minute. Let's use 9 then!
60 x minutes in the day = 540 times per hour.
24x hours in a day= 12,960 times a day.
10.5 days in a week and a half= 136,080 times in a week and a half.

You would hyperventilate if you breathed that quickly......approx 794 times a minute (132 times a second)
OR
You'd be the world tripple tounging champion.
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2nd Clarinet · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:03 am Post subject:

admin · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:05 am Post subject:

See, told you my maths was crap

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Oxide · In Basic Training Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 31

Well, my audition commences next Monday. I've been doing PT with the air force ROTC guys down here so I think I'll breeze through the physical aspect of the audition. I have a more than one piece prepared for my snare assessment and I've been studying my theory every day. I have yet to choose what I should be playing during my bugle assessment however. I was thinking about choosing a number of bugle calls, most like a mixture of American and British calls. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what would be most appropriate to play during an audition. Also I was hoping for some final pointers/tips on the audition as a whole.

admin · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:19 am Post subject:

townsergeant · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:39 am Post subject:

Errol · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:39 am Post subject:

Good luck with your audition Steve.

bootybandy · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject:

I was taught a good tip once. I was never ever a racing snake, but the best advice I received was to always breath out........... breathing in is natural, but people tend to hold on to their breath longer than necessary. So, breathe out is a good tip.

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Oxide · In Basic Training Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 31

Hello once again, it's been a while since I posted here, been quite busy since November. Well the audition went very well, even with a few blunders through my bugle audition they saw fit to accept me as a bugler. I report for basic on September 5th. Needless to say I'm very excited to begin and I wanted to thank everyone here for the pointers and general help.

I also had a quick question. I was planning on getting a tattoo this summer and I was wondering if anyone here knew what the policy was on tattoos. Obviously I've seen quite a few RM's with multiple tattoos and I've heard that the policy was nothing above the collar and nothing below the cuff line, but I just wanted to double check. I was planning on getting one up my upper back and wanted to be positive it wouldn't cause any problems further down the road with my entry.

Thanks again.

Errol · Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:22 pm Post subject:

personally they never appealed to me. most people regret having them.
what have you in mind....stop looking at my ar*e.