After reading Tim's post, I found myself trying to think of various
events that could lead to sudden cable failure....then I read your
post, Oryoki. I think your story of the garden shears will forever
stick in my mind. It's a funny story to hear but I'm sure it was
less-than-funny when it happened =3D)
-Estelle
--- In "oryoki2000" <> wrote:
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> Tim Nielsen wrote:
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> >...I always keep spares in the car for all my various cables...
>
> This reminds me of an incident on a recording trip
> in Brazil. We were trying to record antbirds along a
> forest trail. My companion was using a pair of
> garden shears to clip back some leaves at the edge of
> the trail to get a better look into the interior of
> the forest. Clip clip clip clip SNIP, and suddenly
> his mic cable was hanging in two pieces! Fortunately
> we had a spare cable in the car. Many bad words were
> uttered that day.
>
> --oryoki
>
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