A downside to self-employment

[piannaman at aol.com]

Thanks, Richard.  I've been eating a really good diet and exercising for quite some time now.  I get colds occasionally (I have a 6 year old, and they tend to be aircraft carriers for all kinds of diseases), but haven't been really ill for along time. 
 
I'm feeling a helluva lot better with the antibiotics.
 
Thanks again,
 
Dave Stahl

Dave Stahl Piano Service
650-224-3560
dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net
http://dstahlpiano.net/




 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: richard.ucci at att.net
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: A downside to self-employment


Dave, Eat right and take your vitamins. Most of ue techs have positive attitudes which helps keep us healthy.
I've been taking a vitamin supplement that is custom made for me. Gets shipped to my door once a month @ about $50.
Been taking them for several years now, and I rarely need to see a doctor, haven't had a cold or flu in over a year. 
Take care,
Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano

-------------- Original message from piannaman at aol.com: -------------- 


 All true, but I occasionally get the "labor-management" internal struggle:  "My boss is a slave driver," vs.  "My employee is a lazy swine."  I need to listen to the employee when it comes to being sick and tired!
 
Dave Stahl

Dave Stahl Piano Service
650-224-3560
dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net
http://dstahlpiano.net/

-----Original Message-----
From: jrwhiteltd at msn.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 1:31 PM
Subject: RE: A downside to self-employment


I entirely agree. Self-employment means you can pace yourself, take a nap in the afternoon if you have to. The corporate sick-leave model doesn't apply to us self-employeds. Thank heavens! 
A self-employed person, almost by definition, in one who has a compassionate boss. 
J. R. White 
 
>From: "Diane Hofstetter" <dianepianotuner at msn.com> 
>Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> 
>To: pianotech at ptg.org 
>Subject: RE: A downside to self-employment 
>Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:24:44 -0700 
> 
>Dear Sunday Sofa Spud, 
> 
>Actually, that's the upside to self-employment---that you can learn what >your limits are and respect them. And! the so oner the better. I've had a >lot of trouble learning that lesson, and it continues to cause me problems >when I forget to take care of myself. 
> 
>I just spent four months of not tuning at all. The pain in my hands, arm, >shoulder, lower back--- ALL WENT AWAY! What an eye-opener THAT was! 
> 
>I hope you feel better very soon! 
>Diane 
> 
>Diane Hofstetter 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>----Original Message Follows---- 
>From: piannaman at aol.com 
>Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> 
>To: pianotech at ptg.org 
>Subject: A downside to self-employment 
>Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:44:26 -0400 
> 
>You don't get paid when you don't work. That's the b! ig down side. >Vacations we generally tend to account for, but it's hard to plan sick >leave. 
> 
>I probably should have taken this whole week off. I had a couple of nights >of fever and chills, and was feeling weak most of the time. But like the >stubborn ox I am, I pushed through what I thought was a cold, capped by a 4 >tuning-with-some-voicing Friday that included a fair amount of driving. I >ended up in the ER that night with chest pain. Turns out it was a mild >case of pneumonia, not a heart issue. 
> 
>Do others of you notice a difference in sound perception when you have a >fever? Even pianos that I tuned that passed every interval and etd test >available to me sounded unpleasant and off. 
> 
>Next time, I'll listen to my body when it screams, "take the time off." It >would be a lot more costly to end up in the hospital for a long stretch >than to miss a few days of work. ! ;
&g t; 
>Be Well, 
> 
>Dave Stahl, Sunday Sofa Spud 
> 
>Dave Stahl Piano Service 
>650-224-3560 
>dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net 
>http://dstahlpiano.net/ 
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