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Original Post By:
musicguymic
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Date: 1/31/2012 5:09:05 AM |
Tongue and cheek but also a serious look at customer service problems encountered every day.
Check out this video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBnvi6eQYVY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Posted By:
Ukester Brown
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Date: 1/31/2012 7:53:00 AM
(Updated: 1/31/2012 7:56:42 AM)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBnvi6eQYVY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Great demo.
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Posted By:
Grampie
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Date: 1/31/2012 12:10:39 PM |
| Old copy editor at work: The phrase is "tongue in cheek." I'm seeing a lot of misuse of old idiomatic expressions, particularly by young reporters who mishear someone using an old saying and aren't familiar with it, and so get it wrong. Example: "He said it would be a tough row to hoe" rendered as "He said it would be a tough road to hoe." Nothing personal here, just an old newsy's concern about language. A lot of people think "that doesn't jibe (or gibe) with ..." is "that doesn't jive with..." In fact that misuse has been happening so much that it may be proper usage now, for all I know.
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Posted By:
Paul Stockford
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Date: 1/31/2012 3:19:13 PM |
| I bought a Pono guitar a few years ago and it arrived with the bottom of the guitar cracked and broken, and it was shipped in a Pono hard case! I immediately took pictures and contacted John Kitakis, who replaced the guitar with no problem. I'm not sure about the Pono uke but I can tell you with certainty that instruments can get broken in transit.
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Posted By:
Dutch
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Date: 1/31/2012 7:29:35 PM |
With the advent of Agribusiness and the demise of the family farm, understanding a hoe and a row is beyond most people in our society's comprehension. Most people never having had to do the task (hoeing a row), this, and many other idioms are rapidly disappearing from understanding. Grampie is correct, but MGM was definitely speaking with tongue in cheek when he said the damage was "in case" damage. I got the distinct impression he was sceptical. He went on to prove it. The damage may have been caused by jivin' around. The customer's story certainly doesn't gibe with MGM's demo. Music is easier than English. Keep strummin' & LOL.
Strength & Honor
Dutch
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Posted By:
Ukester Brown
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Date: 1/31/2012 8:58:40 PM |
I thought the saying was "tough road to ho..." Maybe that was an episode of "Cops"?
I still say it was a good demo.
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Posted By:
Ukulele Rob
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Date: 2/1/2012 1:52:27 PM |
Glad to see what a good job the semi-hard "Uke Crazy" case does. I'll have to try this with the Kala Acacia tenor I use such a case for. (We live on the third floor, and the courtyard below has a nice tile surface. Should do the trick.)
Actually the video brought back not-so-fond memories from 1966, when I made the mistake of loaning my Gibson Hummingbird to a classmate to take to perform at a festival. He brought it back with a long crack through the top, and claimed that "I didn't do anything ... it must have been the elevation ... you should send it back to Gibson to have them correct the problem." I did send it back to Gibson, which of course recognized that my classmate had somehow conked the guitar pretty good. I never spoke to the classmate again. Gibson gave me the option of replacing the top with one with a one-off custom burst finish, and for what even at the time was very little money, the guitar came back even better. Unfortunately, some years later I had to sell the Hummingbird to pay medical bills for the birth of our first daughter. But here's the cool thing: She's now in her 30s, and the "lost Hummingbird" continues to be "Daddy's Get Out Of Jail Free Card" whenever she asks for anything! (In a nice sort of way, of course.)
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Posted By:
Clark Turner
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Date: 2/9/2012 6:21:00 PM |
| Painful video. I cringed each time MGM whacked it on the floor. Ouch! and ouch! again and again :-((
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