(Blood) Now, I'm not inclined to give blood at all, seeing as how I'm terrified of needles. (Which kept me out of a lot of trouble when I was a hippie, but that's another story.) But don't they put you out for bone-marrow donation? Because it wouldn't bother me, if I slept through the whole thing.
(Bells) Are old bells always heavier than recently-made ones? And is there a noticeable difference in the sound? And how does that all sort out with the emotional "feel" of knowing that you're ringing a bell that has been rung for hundreds of years? Alas, the MIDI file at the "plain hunt" link didn't play for me... I'd love to know what bell-ringing sounds like. (I'm in the process of setting up a newer computer for myself, though, so I may be able to hear that MIDI in a little while after all.)
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Now, I'm not inclined to give blood at all, seeing as how I'm terrified of needles. (Which kept me out of a lot of trouble when I was a hippie, but that's another story.) But don't they put you out for bone-marrow donation? Because it wouldn't bother me, if I slept through the whole thing.
(Bells)
Are old bells always heavier than recently-made ones? And is there a noticeable difference in the sound? And how does that all sort out with the emotional "feel" of knowing that you're ringing a bell that has been rung for hundreds of years? Alas, the MIDI file at the "plain hunt" link didn't play for me... I'd love to know what bell-ringing sounds like. (I'm in the process of setting up a newer computer for myself, though, so I may be able to hear that MIDI in a little while after all.)