Plumber Envy? (Ron)

[Dean May]

Actually my brother in law is a union pipe fitter (plumber). The amount of
knowledge one must possess to become a skilled tradesman in the craft is
pretty formidable. 

Dean

Dean May             cell 812.239.3359 

PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 

Terre Haute IN  47802


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 5:00 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Plumber Envy? (Ron)


> I'm sorry, Ron.  The point of my post was to bemusingly point out that 
> so often here on the list the "plumber" is used as a standard of 
> comparison for us pianoguys.  To imagine that any of us actually hold 
> any animosity towards "plumbers", or that we might be envious of them 
> was intended to be humorous.  Maybe humorous is the wrong word; amusing 
> might be better.

Tom,
I used plumbers and HVAC as examples because those are 
literally the trucks I see parked right outside the side or 
back doors of institutions - rather than in the far corners of 
the parking lot where I am. A cosmic coincidence, if you will. 
Had it been flapjack polisher's trucks, I probably wouldn't 
have even mentioned it.

It's true that plumbers take a lot of heat on the list, but I 
suspect that it's because the profession is such a universally 
recognized prime example of a low skill requirement high pay 
job. I dare say I could learn and do a plumber's job in 
considerably less time than he could learn and do mine, but 
that didn't have anything to do with my mention of plumbers.


> BTW, the reason I didn't mention the HVAC guy, other than the fact that 
> I have no idea what an HVAC guy is, is that my post was about plumbers 
> popping up so frequently on the list, and was not about your post at all.

That would be Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, 
which has some disturbing similarities to plumbing...

Ron N