[CAUT] New job

[Ray T. Bentley]

Serious congrats are in order, Wim!  Barbara and I did Hawaii for our
40th in the fall of '05, but it was only for 9 days!  You get 10 years!
If we get back for our 50th, I'll look you up!
 
So when doors close, windows do open, don't they!
 
Ray
 
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Ray T. Bentley, RPT
Registered Piano Tuner-Technician
Alton, IL
ray at bentley.net
www.ray.bentley.net <http://www.ray.bentley.net/> 

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Wimblees at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 10:13 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: [CAUT] New job



Two weeks ago I told you that I was fired from the University of
Alabama. Thanks to all of you who wrote supportive letters, and made
recommendations for new positions. All of your prayers and good wishes
paid off, because less than 48 hours later I got a call from a piano
technician who is looking for someone to help with his business. 
 
Tonight, it was more or less made official that I would start on August
1st. But here is the best part, and some of you guys are going to kill
me. It's on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. No, not for the university,
but as an independent piano technician. There is a severe shortage of
experienced, good piano technicians on Oahu, so I will be kept very
busy. I realize the cost of living is twice as expensive as what I am
making here in Alabama, but I will be making almost three times what I
was making here. 
 
On a personal note, obviously my wife was devastated wit the news of my
dismissal. But after I told her where she was going to live next, she's
the happiest person in the world. Here's a neat little anecdote. When
Jan was a teenager, she vowed that her new husband would take her to
Hawaii for their honeymoon. Well, she married me any way, and as a poor
band director, Hawaii was out of the picture. Next year we'll be
celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary. We're going to renew our vows,
and then go on a 10 year honeymoon to Hawaii.  
 
If any of you will be at the convention, just look for the guy with the
biggest smile on his face, wearing gaudy Hawaiian shirts. 
 
Again, thanks for all your thoughts and prayers. They worked. 
 
Wim
Willem Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Tuscaloosa, AL 
(soon to be Hawaii). 





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