Greetings Ed, I have no problem with your way of looking at things at all. We are all different. Some of us like more variety. Some of us enjoy becoming more familiar with a particular brand or two. Some of us like tuning. Some of us like shop work. Some like the concert stage. Some like sales and marketing. I would never consider telling a heart specialist that he was less of a doctor because he didn't work on ingrown toenails. I wouldn't think of telling a podiatrist that he was less of a doctor because he didn't do brain surgery. Different people have different callings in life. We all have different areas of this work that bring us more satisfaction and enjoyment than others. Live and let live. I like Jon's comments about working with other professionals in his area, sending them the tunings he doesn't want, and in turn having them send him the shop work they don't want. Not everyone wants to be a "general practitioner". For those who do, God bless you, you are certainly valuable members of our trade. For those who enjoy a 'specialty', God bless you as well. You're no less valuable because you don't "do everything", but valuable in that you do some important things very well. Just my $0.02 Brian Trout Quarryville, PA btrout@desupernet.net
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