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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Susan,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, sometimes I'm a bit slow about =
such
things. :-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's not the first time someone had =
said "And I
know what that means" to me (when I didn't know). It was one =
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day while I was IWU. A piano was supposed to =
be
delivered to one of the gyms for the day's activities. =
Unfortunately,
I arrived to check out the piano <before> it arrived. So, I =
sat down
at the end of the bleachers (closest to the temporary stage), my tool
case was on the floor by my side. Before long, a very earnest =
looking
man came up to me and said that he saw me sitting there <alone> =
and he
came over to me because "he knew what that meant." Oh---how I =
longed to
say, "You do?" But I resisted temptation, politely thanked him for =
his
concern (even though I wasn't totally sure what his concern was) and =
told him I
was the piano tuner, waiting to check out the piano which was supposed =
to be
delivered soon.....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara (I don't know what =
<that> means)
Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=skline@peak.org href="mailto:skline@peak.org">Susan =
Kline</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> =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 16, 2005 =
1:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: The Curse of Gab =
(was:
[CAUT] I am a genius)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>At 09:44 AM 8/16/2005 -0500, Barbara wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial =
size=2>"You were
pretty quiet while working there and I know what that =
means!"
Well, I didn't know what he meant, but I smiled and said, "See you =
next
time!" </FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial size=2>Hmmm, =
what
<did> it mean?! </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Not 100% sure, =
but my
guess is that he thought it was offering you a "challenge." =
<grin>
<BR><BR>I haven't run into the snooty faculty problem, but I work in =
small
institutions. If they've had to scramble to find decent piano work, =
they are
only too glad to see you come into a room. <BR><BR>Susan
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