[Dixielandjazz] international problems with recorded playbacks

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

> Will you be in Manila?  I was just there.  Unbelievably noisy on the
> streets!  And, very, very dirty.  There must be nice areas, but downtown
> was, let's just say "interesting"!  Traffic moves very slowly, and is
> clogged with little tiny busses that everyone leaps on & off of, seemingly
> at will.  Everybody honks their horns all the time.  Cacaphony!

I was in South America for a tour with the AF and this is true there. 
Without horns they couldn't drive.  I was also struck by how dirty the 
landscape and everything else was.  Trash goes on the ground.  People change 
their oil on the street and the air was very polluted with car exhaust. 
This was probably caused by the altitude.  The busses were about the same.

While we have some of the same problems here we are a paradise compared to 
them.  I noticed during my trips to Germany that everything there was a 
quantum leap from here and not even on the same planet from S. America.  My 
grandfather who was German wouldn't even spit on the street.

There is no excuse for trashing your country or home.  How much money you 
have does not make any difference where you throw your trash.  I only saw 
one neat park in Ecuador and that one had armed guards on it.  Some of those 
countries are absolutely breath taking so far as natural beauty until you 
look along side of the roads.  I think it has to do with self respect. 
People that have no control over their lives seem to just not care.
Larry
StL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] international problems with recorded playbacks


>
> Ted asked:
> I am moving to the Philippines this fall. I had hoped to take some of  my
> LP's with me-or at least some tapes. I already knew about the voltage
> problem (they operate on 220) but was told that the cycle problem also
> exists, making playback off pitch. Not being an electrical engineer, I
> wonder if the same problem applies to other countries using 220 voltage?
>
>
> Ted, I've lived in Europe so long now that I can't remember if the cycle
> change causes problems or not.  I seem to remember my original U.S. made
> fridge ran slower, and I needed a monster jobber between the fridge & the
> plug to boost up to 220v.
>
> My suggestion, just buy a new tape machine when you get to the Philipines.
> You'll pay more for what you need to change voltage for your U.S. machines
> than new things will cost.
>
> Will you be in Manila?  I was just there.  Unbelievably noisy on the
> streets!  And, very, very dirty.  There must be nice areas, but downtown
> was, let's just say "interesting"!  Traffic moves very slowly, and is
> clogged with little tiny busses that everyone leaps on & off of, seemingly
> at will.  Everybody honks their horns all the time.  Cacaphony!
>
> Good luck!
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
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