Resources?

[Clyde Hollinger]

Joe,

I also enjoy human interaction (unless it's confrontational).  Our society is
becoming increasingly depersonalized.  I can pump gas, do my banking, even tune
some pianos, communicate with all six of my siblings at once, etc. without
speaking a word.  I do not see depersonalization as a good thing, but we do it
because it is convenient.  I even like telephone answering machines if I want to
leave a quick message for someone who isn't home.

Convenience, and not just my own, is probably one of the main reasons I like
this list.  If I call another tech about a situation, s/he may be at work, or
eating supper, or enjoying a time of time off, and it can be frustrating just
trying to make the initial contact.  With this list, people can, and do,
contribute at almost all hours, and no one is inconvenienced.  It doesn't work
well, though, if I am faced with a problem for which I need some immediate
input.  Laziness?  No.  Something else.  You bet.

Which generation are you from, anyway?  <G>  This topic seems to me to be one an
olde-timer would bring up.  Maybe I don't fit that category yet, but I'm not
that far off, either.

Regards, Clyde

Joseph Garrett wrote:

> All,
> Is it my imagination or are we becoming lazy? Or, is it something else?
> I've noticed, several times, of late, where a tech will request information
> on a particular subject, when they have an excellant source, in their area.
> It seems to me that, to get all the necessary information, a telephone
> conversation or a face to face is better. Granted, this list has many who
> can give us all a better "slant" on things. And the list certainly avails us
> of a tremendous resource. For those who are somewhat, (or really), isolated
> from the rest of the industry and are struggling to cope with all the stuff
> out there in the piano world, This is a great thing for them.
> However, over the years, I have gotten many calls from techs, from all over
> the country. I thoroughly enjoy this type of "human interaction". It just
> seems to me, that we, because of the list, are not interacting with our
> fellow techs/human beings, as much as we used to. To me, that is a sad
> thing, as interacting with others is, to me, the essence of life itself.
> Just musing, on a sunday. <G>
> I hope no one will take this as any kind of confrontation or?, but if you
> have comments, please feel free.
> Best Regards,
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)