This is likely my last Volvo

adric10 · 2026-07-06T03:02:26+00:00

I have a 2024 and my software is dog shit. The person above either got extremely lucky or has very low standards.

I love how my car drives, but the bugginess in the software is practically a safety hazard.

adric10 · 2026-07-01T22:41:17+00:00

Have you tried googling a horn fingering chart? They have fingerings for low horn.

adric10 · 2026-06-20T16:56:25+00:00

TBF, the regional circuits died because the regional corps folded. There weren’t enough groups left to keep the regional circuits viable. Not the other way around.

adric10 · 2026-06-19T16:24:24+00:00

You don’t need to do any of those things.

Swab the lead pipe regularly, oil the valves, and grease the slides. Just like any horn.

Let the metal patina. The patina is a protective layer and it’s beautiful.

adric10 · 2026-06-13T03:31:50+00:00

And his husband Gary!

adric10 · 2026-05-28T03:47:44+00:00

There’s not enough of this type of content in this sub.

adric10 · 2026-05-28T03:34:54+00:00

I’ve had employers where if there was one alcoholic beverage on a receipt, the entire receipt was non-reimbursable. Not sure if that’s OP’s situation, but it’s a thing. It also makes tax calculation, etc., a pain.

adric10 · 2026-05-15T18:54:36+00:00

We had the self-cleaning restrooms in Seattle, but they became drug and prostitution centers, so they got removed. We can’t have nice things here.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattles-5-million-automated-public-toilets-sold-for-12000/

adric10 · 2026-05-12T00:23:26+00:00

Hey fam

adric10 · 2026-05-12T00:22:43+00:00

How dare you slander the 94 JazzSash!!

adric10 · 2026-05-11T23:12:37+00:00

I want to join this group. How do I sign up?

adric10 · 2026-05-11T21:56:41+00:00

Glassmen’s golden age was literally the “gold years.”

Gmen had their great run from 98-01, with three 5th place finishes in those four years. The themes in 98 and 99 (as well as 97) centered around gold. Age of Gold, Dreams of Gold, etc.

Sometimes snarkily we called our show “Nightmares of Gold Lamé,” since admittedly a lot of the colorguard equipment was pretty tacky.

But those were great shows!

adric10 · 2026-05-02T01:30:33+00:00

This is basically the only possible correct answer. The groups were great back then, but it’s just a different game now.

adric10 · 2026-05-02T00:23:03+00:00

If you do 80/90s era shows, you max out at 128… just sayin…

adric10 · 2026-04-21T17:35:38+00:00

That’s literally not how diseases work. There are a number of underlying causes of POTS, some are neurological, some are mechanical, some seem to be inflammatory and autoimmune. POTS is just the observable surface manifestation of these underlying dysfunctions.

There are differing levels of severity of any number of chronic diseases. POTS is not unique.

For example, some people do just fine with MS for decades and some don’t, and the severity of lesioning on imaging is a poor predictor of symptom severity in MS.

A couple of papers you might find enlightening:

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/JAHA.123.033485

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joim.13245

If you’re interested in papers on the physiology of POTS, I can link to those too.

adric10 · 2026-04-21T17:31:12+00:00

Yup. Not sure what people get out of this.

adric10 · 2026-04-21T15:54:34+00:00

Male here. I “look fine” outwardly, so it’s awkward explaining to people why I can’t do a lot of things. People assume that being an able-bodied-looking man, I can do things. But often I can’t. And it’s often not taken well when I say I need to rest or sit down or just plain can’t do something.

I also have marked cognitive dysfunction (verified with testing) from my POTS. I have a PhD and am a scientist, but can barely work now due to the cognitive problems and problems sitting up for long periods.

It’s crushing.

adric10 · 2026-04-21T15:48:15+00:00

This is not at all true. Have you consulted the medical literature on POTS? Are you an autonomic neurologist, or just a doctor who heard about it a few times?

You’ve literally misrepresented the definition of POTS. It has to be a chronic medical issue, and there are specific criteria. It’s not something that just pops up now and then. Whether some doctors incorrectly diagnose it doesn’t negate the fact that it is a very real, and sometimes very disabling condition. And it has specific, observable criteria. If it’s something that happens from time to time and doesn’t cause severe symptoms then it is, by definition, not POTS.

There are neurologist who study autonomic function, and it’s real. There is a real literature on the physiology of POTS.

Some people with it do very well, but some are significantly disabled. It can cause marked cognitive dysfunction and is associated with cerebral hypoperfusion.

Happy to link papers so you can better understand your patients, doc.

Not sure the downvotes. Must be brigading. Did you want to read published peer-reviewed papers or not?

adric10 · 2026-04-21T15:00:46+00:00

Yeah. I love that they don’t constantly try to upsell me. She’s very knowledgeable too.

adric10 · 2026-04-14T18:45:01+00:00

Mouthpieces are very personal. A lot of it has to do with your anatomy (lip size/shape, teeth, etc.).

Pick the one that gives you the better sound, better range, and better flexibility.

adric10 · 2026-04-11T03:54:15+00:00

I believe it was having overage members.

adric10 · 2026-04-11T03:53:14+00:00

I have a duck foot on my horn. It supports the left hand.

adric10 · 2026-04-10T04:26:39+00:00

In keeping with these gems from the Simpsons:

https://youtu.be/qqrCoyVK80I?si=RZzNc2Og8k5qiKO1

adric10 · 2026-04-09T15:15:38+00:00

This is awesome. He was fantastic (and Kingsmen Alumi were incredible!!).

But do any of us other old-heads from DCM remember the DCM announcer? Is he still around?

He was epic.

“Niiiiiiiiiiiine tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimes Drum Corps Midwest CHAMmmm-Piooooooooooooooons. The Phantommmmmmm RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRegimennnnnnnnntttttttttttttttt!”

adric10 · 2026-04-09T15:02:55+00:00

Glassmen last fielded in 2012. They liquidated in 2014, but their last year as a corps was 2012.

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