[pianotech] Lesson learned (again)

[Gerald Groot]

William,

Reminds me of when I was in high school.  Was going into 12th grade.  Was
supposed to try out for football the next day.  Ate a steak the night
before.  Was walking out of the living room where I ate it, with bare feet
when the steak knife fell off from the plate and of course, it went down
(not sideways or upside down instead) but right straight into the top of my
foot.  Took several stitches too.  Oh well, I didn't really want to try out
for football anyway...  Didn't like the coach.  Was an arrogant S.O.B.    

Jer

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of William Monroe
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 10:33 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] Lesson learned (again)

Why we're unable to learn lessons vicariously, I don't think I'll ever know.

2 errors contributed to this (what turned out to be only an
inconvenient) mishap.  Utility knife left open on top of a ladder (8').
Wearing sandals in the shop.

I didn't know the knife was where it was (someone else used it) and I moved
the ladder.  The knife did it's best to impersonate a plumb-bob drop,
landing in the 1/2" gap between two substantial leather straps of my
sandals.  Suffice to say that "golly, that hurts" wasn't the first phrase.

Please be careful in the shop, folks.

William R. Monroe