This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Can you imagine coming into the home, removing your jacket, revealing = your tuners kit strapped to your chest..?...;-] Don't make me pull out= my voicing tool.... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California Original message From: "Brad Smith, RPT" To: "College and University Technicians" Received: 2/11/2006 4:53:47 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] The Ideal Tool Case Revisited Jeff, I feel your pain. As one of the older members of "Tools Anonymous", (A non-profit organiz= ation that helps those of us who can't resist buying cool tools for the= slightest excuse)....I have also struggled my whole life with the prob= lem of buying tool cases and nifty luggage in general. If it has an ad= justable strap or Velcro of some kind, I will likely find it irresistib= le. I once joined the Audubon Society, just because they offered a neat= tote bag. At a recent PTG convention, I think I averaged $250 of purch= ases per break, and nearly $1000 at one table. Regarding tool cases, the only thing I've found that will help this con= dition is the following process: Take the old tool case and store it out of view for six months. When y= ou see it again, you'll get a similar feeling of excitement like when y= ou bought it in the first place. Rotate the tool cases into daily use as needed. If you have a severe c= ondition, you might have to rotate 3-4 cases. This should prevent at l= east one purchase annually, even though it will not completely eradicat= e the problem. It is a permanent condition, with no known cure. You'll also need to come up with elaborate exuses to justify these purc= hases, either to your spouse or perhaps the IRS. Every situation is di= fferent, and every spouse will exact their own unique punishment, as wi= ll the humorless and unfeeling Internal Revenue Service. I have a customer who is one of the country's top gun leather (holster)= makers. http://mitchrosen.com/welcome/welcome.html Someday, we'll get him to use his craft to make the ultimate cool tool = bag, with customized leather pouches for all of our tools. He laughs at= me when I ask about it, because it would be prohibitively expensive. = But I can dream can't I ? Life is short, buy the GOOD one. -- Best Regards, Brad Smith, RPT www.SmithPiano.com II III II III II III II III II III II III ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/e8/5e/0e/1a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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