This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment 6962 Highway 169 Virginia, MN 55792 And a very Merry Christmas to you in advance - no hard feelings - = perhaps I've just had more exciting experiences than the author, dunno, = but maybe. Thanks. Roy ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Clyde Hollinger=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 3:53 PM Subject: Re: Notes of a Piano Tuner Roy,=20 I bought it, read it, and recommended it, but that doesn't necessarily = mean I thought every sentence was exquisite. I think I wasn't the only = one to recommend it, and maybe not the first. Your response just goes = to show that we're not all going to like the same thing. Regarding your = quote from the book, it appears you gave only the first two sentences of = a longer story. I suspect that from even some of the world's great = literary masterpieces, two sentences taken out of context could sound = rather lame.=20 I tend to agree that the text is "over-embellished," as you say. I = should send you a copy of my annual Christmas letter. I do this kind of = embellishment, and every year people tell me they're waiting eagerly for = the next issue. I'm sure there are those who can't stand it, but of = course they don't tell me that.=20 Regards,=20 Clyde Hollinger=20 Roy Ulrich wrote:=20 Someone on this list recommended this book. I bought it and am half = way through and I can't take it anymore! The text is over - embellished = and the tales of customers are mundane. " My car senses things that I = somehow miss. Like yesterday, I was backing up in a parking lot and = carefully looked all around before maneuvering backward." Wow. For Sale: = Sleep aid - $16.95 + shipping ($3.00) Roy Ulrich ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/4a/e6/01/d6/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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