<div dir="ltr"><div>Ron, </div> <div><br>I can't help but ask. How were they able to "lay you off" after that long there? I'd have to have gotten caught/arrested for doing drugs or something worse for them to lay me off after even 6 months on the job! </div> <div> </div> <div>Just wondering. </div> <div> </div> <div>Avery Todd<br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Ron Poire <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rpoire@comcast.net">rpoire@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hey Richard, Right on.<br><br>Some of us should follow Richard's example and apply for the job, then turn it down, unless they want to anty up.<br> <br>With myself having been laid off at the University of Minnesota, I would use that job as a springboard to something else.<br>One catch though, I am 59 years old, and wonder how much I have left in me.<br>It's a great job for some young guy to take, then walk away when you'be completed all or most of your experiments on the pianos.<br> <br>Use the university's pianos as a laboratory for experiment, so you can learn what works, and what doesn't.<br><br>regards,<br><br>Ron Poire<br><br></blockquote></div></div>