"John H." wrote in message
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On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:21:47 -0500, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4U0y8zZm28

As my daughter would say, "Cool beans!" That piece has quite the
fanfare, for sure. Being the "smarmy" dilettante of tortured prose
that I am, though, I think this allegro by Charles Ives is more in
keeping with this thread and my accentuated foibles. I'm certain that
JPS and Harry would find rewarding parallels between this piece and my
bloated bloviations, if I may exercise some patented turgidity in
saying so. By the way, the notable, memorable Charles Ives was an
insurance salesman...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU85bUyDPWs

Not quite as boomy as I like.

I didn't know your were a cannon cocker?


My first Army job was in Artillery. Not a cannon cocker, but fire
direction control. They did let me go pull the lanyard once.
--
John H


Sounds like someone in the army had some common sense.
Would they call that mitigating the damage?