Would you miss this list?

[Benny L. Tucker]

    Although I very rarely post "to" this list, I really enjoy learning what
all you folks are dealing with out in the field. I'm trying to build my own
business so someday I can let go of the factory routine.
    The technical posts made to this list are priceless! Now I'm not saying
that I get all my technical education from this list, but I have gotten more
than I've given back. That's mostly because I'm still on a steep learning
curve, and the advice I give would probably not be as accurate as it needs
to be. At other times when I do feel inclined to give advice, as I'm reading
the posts I find that someone has already said what I would have said,
before I got to it. No need to double post the same answer.
    I do have a pretty active lifestyle and I'm not a loner or anything, but
I truly look forward to firing up the email everyday and checking out all
the posts. I treat all the "unwanted" posts just like all the other junk I
get from everybody else that's NOT on this list. I think my deleted items
folder needs to be emptied about now.
    Just thinking about Bill's post about not posting for 40 days, Yeah, I
would miss this list, not because it is my social life or anything, but I do
feel as though I know most of you. I have a great idea of the people here
that I would truly like to meet, and those I could care less about, just by
the tone of their writing.
    I hope that I can contribute more in the future, and give back to this
community of friends. I don't think I would like the idea of not having this
list available for forty days and nights.
    To all of you who have helped me in the past, I really appreciate it! I
just hope I don't "wear out my welcome", with the "how do you do this" type
posts.
    To this list, Thank you, for greatly expanding my knowledge of piano
technology.



Benny L. Tucker
Yamaha Factory Tuner
Precision Piano Tuning & Repair
Thomaston, Ga.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@vermontel.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Cc: <jonpage@mail.attbi.com>; <Erwinspiano@aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 10:05 PM
Subject: Would you miss this list?


> Dear List,
>
> I've been off on a walkabout, for forty days and forty nights. During
> that time, I've simply read the daily traffic, but restrained myself
> from posting. During this time, the list was filled with priceless
> technical information, and the sharing thereof. Being reminded daily
> of what was good about this list, what really made me miss it was not
> being able to add to it. Not just the OTs and the barking of the yard
> dog, but threads which were missing what I had to offer. I also sized
> up the extent to which this list had become my social life, and I
> certainly didn't miss saying stupid or impulsive stuff. But it has
> been an extremely difficult exercise, holding my tongue in any of the
> old ways in which I might have participated on this list.
>
> I don't particularly know of anyone else on the list who has done
> this. I can name plenty of good people who have left this list for
> good. But it sure taught me how much I missed this list. It also told
> me that most of us can survive the dumb stuff which goes on here
> (should we forget about the recent Amerigo Vespucci side show?).
> Further, that among those are some very talented and knowledgeable
> people whose thoughts I want to hear on a daily basis.
>
> I'm not sure why anyone else would want to try a 40 day vow of
> silence. But should you do, I highly recommend it. The list will
> still be there: you can read it every day. And with each near miss in
> restraining yourself from an inappropriate post, you will see that
> someone filled the breach with their own inappropriateness. And you
> realize that there but for the grace of your own self-restraint,
> there go you. The genuine contributions? Well they'll just have wait
> until your walkabout is done.
>
> (FWIW, "Forty Days and Forty Nights" is a great movie, if you need
> reminding about what it's like to be young and drunk.)
>
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
>
> "There's a difference between 'involved' and 'committed.' When
> providing ham and eggs for breakfast, the hen is involved. The pig is
> committed."
>      ...........(Milo Sturgis in Jonathan Kellerman's novel
"Self-Defense")
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