Ah, the sounds of spring -

[conuly]

The shrill sounds of children playing on the school-mandated recorders, followed by the shriller sounds of their parents telling them to stop, for the love of god.

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Comments

[adafrog]

lol

[ozma914]

Ah, I remember getting my recorder as a kid. Not long after it mysteriously disappeared.

[mtbc]

Dundee's Central Library at least used to have children's recorder lessons being held in some function room there. I didn't have to see that to guess that's what was happening. Then I'd go find some other part of the library to read in.

[pauamma]

Oh, good to know that early next year for the general public has arrived.

[siliconshaman]

Drive-in movies are apparently making a comeback thanks to the pandemic... although that's what started the trend, people are finding it's more convenient.

[fred_mouse]

Gah. As an ex-recorder-teacher, I loathe loathe loathe that the music teachers are not actually proper recorder players and don't actually teach kids how to play the rotten things. It takes about five minutes.

Mind you, I haven't had to teach a room full of little darlings. But my delightful five years olds sounded fabulous.

[chanter1944]

Re recorders: Oh lord, this is familiar.

Seeing news of events in Brooklyn this morning. Are you and yours safe and out of harm's way?

[conuly]

None of us have any reason to be anywhere near Brooklyn, thank goodness.

[chanter1944]

Okay good. :)