Meet the Lookerson's

[John Ross]

Ron's not that old. :-)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell at ameritech.net>
To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 1:03 AM
Subject: RE: Meet the Lookerson's


> We need more people like you Ron. Older folks like the guy in William's
> story have so very much to share.
>
> Greg Newell
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> This one is kind of special, and kind of sad. I wonder in a
> situation like this, what this guy has experienced in his
> life. Here's someone who might very well have spent many years
> doing something high pressure and harrowing on a day to day
> basis, who is now reduced by circumstance to hoping to relate
> to anyone doing anything that's recognizably real. He so
> seldom sees anyone DOING something not consisting of empty
> motion on autopilot, that when he does, it momentarily takes
> him back to when he could do something himself and he misses
> it. As we age, we all get glimpses into this particular pit as
> the body and mind provide progressively less of what was so
> unappreciated and effortlessly available to us in immortal
> youth. Imagine reaching a point where you can't do any of what
> formerly constituted your life and self, with no real hope of
> improvement and no ending date to work with. I've always loved
> talking to the old guys. I never hesitated to abuse them a
> little, talking to them like they were functional people
> (which they haven't experienced in sometimes many years), and
> watching the lights come on with the realization that they,
> for the moment, aren't alone.
>
> Ron N
>
>