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::I cannot resist, however, citing Robert Heinlein's description of a novice (bag)piper, as a man who looks and sounds as if he has a cat, upside down, under his arm, and is chewing the tail. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 06:48, 23 January 2009 (UTC) | ::I cannot resist, however, citing Robert Heinlein's description of a novice (bag)piper, as a man who looks and sounds as if he has a cat, upside down, under his arm, and is chewing the tail. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 06:48, 23 January 2009 (UTC) | ||
:::Larry, done as promised. Just as a piece of trivia, there are probably more people worldwide who know what industrial piping means than there are people in all of Scotland. Howard, at my age, "laying pipe" is but a very faint memory. [[User:Milton Beychok|Milton Beychok]] 03:28, 24 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
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Wikipedia has an article of the same name
I was a contributor to the WP article. It has been completely re-written for porting it here as a CZ article. Milton Beychok 23:16, 26 August 2008 (CDT)
Bagpiping?
I have never heard of piping in this sense. As a fan of Irish and Scottish music, I think "piping" means playing the pipes, not laying the pipes. No? Well, is a disambiguation page in order? --Larry Sanger 05:42, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, it is in order. Will do sometimes in the next 5-6 days. Thanks, Milton Beychok 06:20, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
- For that matter, "laying pipe" has an idiomatic meaning excluded by the Family Friendliness policy. While I fully understand Milt's usage, piping also is a term in commercial and residential plumbing. "Pipe" is also a term of art in computer science; the version we see in templates and links is a subset of the idea of connecting information flows, but it is sometimes (probably not quite accurately) called "piping" as well.
- I cannot resist, however, citing Robert Heinlein's description of a novice (bag)piper, as a man who looks and sounds as if he has a cat, upside down, under his arm, and is chewing the tail. Howard C. Berkowitz 06:48, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
- Larry, done as promised. Just as a piece of trivia, there are probably more people worldwide who know what industrial piping means than there are people in all of Scotland. Howard, at my age, "laying pipe" is but a very faint memory. Milton Beychok 03:28, 24 January 2009 (UTC)