Tools: Who Needs 'Em

[Alan Barnard]

I'll bet that upright was a Haines Bros.

In a previous life, about 20 years ago, I was an executive career
consultant--3 piece suits and all that crap that I have happily jettisoned.
Anyway I was in conference with a client one day and my secretary buzzed me
in a panic because there were two people waiting for me in the lobby. My
administrative skills being non-existant, and my memory leaky, I assumed I
had screwed up the scheduling big time.

When I talked to them, it turned out that one was a day early and the other
was a day late!

Life is funny. Ha, ha.

Alan Barnard
Salem, Missouri


> [Original Message]
> From: Susan Kline <skline@peak.org>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 06/07/2005 11:41:23 AM
> Subject: Re: Tools: Who Needs 'Em
>
> At 11:37 AM 6/7/2005 -0500, Conrad wrote:
> >Does showing up on the wrong day count as leaving something at home?
Like 
> >brain?
>
> I've done that ... Showed up a day early, the lady said, "Oh, I forgot
you 
> were coming today!" which I hear all too often even when I'm coming at
the 
> right time ... then I got home and found the "Where WERE you??" message. 
> Luckily the next day's now-empty slot worked for her.
>
> The worst was when I mistook a name, missed an infirm and elderly
customer 
> here in town, went to an 85-year-old piano teacher nearby instead, with a 
> similar name. She was surprised but cordial, I thought SHE had forgotten 
> the appointment because of senility -- but it was my own --- arrrggghh,
and 
> I'm four years older than that now!
>
> It just took me five minutes to remember both their names. <groan>
Pauline 
> Young and Polly Locke, bless them. One has died, the other moved away,
but 
> probably gone now. Not forgotten ---- _quite_. I do remember Polly's 
> 1885-ish upright, where the action and the keys had to come out as a
unit. 
> That was really interesting, not to mention heavy and awkward.
>
> sssssssssnnn
>
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