Comments on: Never Trust Anybody Over 30

By: Jeff Silver

Jeff Silver — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:55:01 +0000

at least we can still find our way out of the room

By: Michael Legge

Michael Legge — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:38:29 +0000

I really laughed at the comment about entering a room and forgetting why you went in there…as a matter of fact, I just forgot why I was writing this…

By: betsy

betsy — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:34:41 +0000

Dick,

I’ve also learned not to trust anyone under 10. A couple neighbor kids took a saw to my beautiful white fur pine tree, and about a quarter of the bottom is gone now. They said they were looking for a “hiding place.” I decided I could either be mad or try to remember the wonderment of “kidhood” and that these are basically great kids who got carried away looking for a hiding place, and that it is after all only a tree. (although it is, or was, a beauty.) They wrote me a letter begging me to forgive them so of course I did.

By: dick

dick — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:22:53 +0000

Your right an easy explanation; in the entertainment business the lights,sound,backdrops etc. are hung on aluminum trusses using chain motors which are attached to the roof of a venue or if it’s an outdoor event a stage with a roof is erected to hold the equipment.Depending on the act the sound alone can weigh as much as 50,000lbs.so a well seasoned rigger is important because he has to be overhead dropping his rope to the floor for the down rigger to tie the chain on and help pull it to the roof so it can be hooked in the right place. On some shows you can have as little as 15 motors or as many as 100.
Dick
— On Tue, 4/13/10, Dick Summer wrote:

From: Dick Summer
Subject: Re: [Dick Summer Connection] Comment: “Never Trust Anybody Over 30″
To: deetrucks@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 4:15 PM

Hi Dick, that sounds like good advice. I’ll bet folks would enjoy a little explanation. Dick

By: dick butler

dick butler — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:39:05 +0000

hi Dick;
Where I work u never trust anyone under 30 thats trying to hang a chain motor on a stage when the roof is 65ft over your head.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:10:55 +0000

Where I live it’s not about age, it’s about “verts”. The slogan is “Never trust anybody under 14,000 feet.”