<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Drive.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial> I do, and it is further/farther for me. </FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>:-)</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I combine it with my vacation.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ptuner1@gmail.com href="mailto:ptuner1@gmail.com">Avery Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:40 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Finally</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Maybe, but d***, I hate to fly! :-) <BR><BR> <DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 9/19/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>John Ross</B> <<A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A>> wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <DIV bgcolor="#ffffff"> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Does this mean, we will finally meet you, at a Convention? i.e. Anaheim CA, next June.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca" target=_blank>jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A> </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><SPAN class=q> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu" target=_blank>Paul T Williams </A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:caut@ptg.org" target=_blank>College and University Technicians</A> </DIV></SPAN> <DIV><SPAN class=e id=q_1151efa1fd3af667_2> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:04 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Finally</DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Congratulations, Avery,</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I hope you find retirement exciting and fulfilling.  Give my greetings to Mr Ponche.  Having only one year now as a CAUT, I can give newby advise to him whenever he needs it, but y'all "old-timers" certainly know more than I.... </FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>All the Best,</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Paul T. Williams RPT</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>UNL</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:pwilliams4@unl.edu" target=_blank>pwilliams4@unl.edu</A></FONT> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD width="40%"><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B>"Avery Todd" <<A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:ptuner1@gmail.com" target=_blank>ptuner1@gmail.com</A>></B> </FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Sent by: <A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org" target=_blank>caut-bounces@ptg.org</A></FONT> <P><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>09/18/2007 06:15 PM</FONT> <TABLE border=1> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD bgColor=white> <DIV align=center><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Please respond to<BR>College and University Technicians <<A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:caut@ptg.org" target=_blank>caut@ptg.org </A>></FONT></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></P> <TD width="59%"> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>To</FONT></DIV> <TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>"College and University Technicians" <<A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:caut@ptg.org" target=_blank>caut@ptg.org</A>></FONT> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>cc</FONT></DIV> <TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Pianotech List <<A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target=_blank>pianotech@ptg.org</A>></FONT> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Subject</FONT></DIV> <TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>[CAUT] Finally</FONT></TD></TD></TR></TD></TD></TR></TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR> <TABLE> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <TD></TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><FONT size=3>Hey lists, </FONT><BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=3>Well, my retirement from the University of Houston is finally official! I turned in my keys on Monday and met with my replacement today to "show him the ropes"! :-) Some of you probably know him. His name is Kenneth Ponche, who came here from St. Louis. He seems like a very intelligent and personable tech and I wish him the best. I told him to please feel free to call me with any questions/help that I might be able to give him. </FONT><BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=3>He has his work cut out for him but I think he's up to it. There's a guest pianist recital on Thursday and a Masterclass on Friday. The head of our piano dept. (Nancy Weems) is giving a recital involving two pianos the end of this month! Plus our International Piano Festival has been moved from February to early November this year! Plus everything else that I'm sure will be going on! </FONT><BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=3>I told someone the other day that I almost feel naked without that 5 lb. key ring! Feels kind of good though! LOL</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=3>Avery Todd, RPT, Ret. </FONT><BR></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>