Ha ha. Flutes are phallic symbols. I'm a flutist too. But I'm also a woman.

Ha ha. Flutes are phallic symbols. I'm a flutist too. But I'm also female.

I want to live in Tony Snow's world - where racism is a thing of the past and jazz flute is a thing of the future.

1. Stormy Monday is a kick-ass song.
2. It is blues, not jazz.
3. Flute can be a very cool improvisational instrument, even if it is underutilized in pop music.
4. Snow is pretty good at it (although I have no idea who he is).

noname, you're right... stormy monday is blues, not jazz...

tony snow is the white house press secretary who declared racism is a thing of the past (as evidenced by him playing the blues in a room full of white people making gay jokes) and who used to sub for bill on the o'reilly factor...

he's also, aparently, played with folks from the doobie brothers and jethro tull... he is pretty good...

doesn't make him less of a punk...

Considerable research into equipment requirements was necessary by the Equipment Section in conjunction with sporting officials, and with the advice of the International Sporting Federations. Some Australian-made equipment was sent to Europe to ensure the approval of the International Sporting Federations. Much of the equipment, although felt to be up to Olympic standard, was not known overseas, and it was necessary to import material from well-known and approved European and American firms.

Australian-manufactured wrestling mats, boxing gear including rings, gymnastic mats, and several other items being of a satisfactory standard, were used for training purposes. Due to time lag in delivery, as with javelins, vaulting poles and other athletic gear, a quantity of equipment from each of a number of firms and even countries was obtained so that all preferences could be satisfied, and consequently a variety and quantity greater than would otherwise be required, was obtained.

One difficulty was that some venues were not constructed or designed for continued use for the sports conducted there. It was necessary, for example, to do without a Scoreboard for gymnastics at the West Melbourne Stadium, for it was not possible to provide an adequate Scoreboard without considerable structural alteration. The Swimming Pool and Velodrome had their special problems, and the Organizing Committee was forced to provide smaller and less conspicuous boards than desirable and originally intended. Because of the lay-out of the wrestling venue at the Exhibition Building, four small scoreboards had to be provided for each of the two mats to ensure that results were seen by all spectators.

It was decided that with the exception of a few items, all sporting equipment, furniture, and furnishings for competition and training venues would be collected in one place before the Games for easier control when installation commenced, and for some months this equipment was stored at Albert Park. The athletic equipment was stored separately at the Main Stadium. One major section of equipment was furniture, and hundreds of pieces were lent by the Defence Services and Government Departments. Thanks to the assistance of a local firm it was possible to provide competition venues with steel lockers, steel executive tables, steel cabinets and other office equipment, pigeon-holes and waste paper baskets.

The Equipment Section controlled its own transport, storage, installation and recovery, and it was also found expedient for that Section to assist in the setting up of training venues and to handle the designing, procuring and affixing of the signs and notices, other than those for Administration (Box Office) and the Housing and Catering Department.