Fw: Rebuilding Candidate

[David Love]

Following this thread I have only one thing to say.  Must be a slow news 
day.

David Love

>From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: Fw: Rebuilding Candidate
>Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 22:23:41 -0600
>
> >I'm not sure that we have any disagreement about intent. Basically, it's 
>an
> >etymological dilemma, a lexical horn, a philological quandary. I just 
>don't
> >like the "sense" of the word. While it carries all of the ideas that you
> >allude to and is correct in that way, it, for me (and apparently for me
> >alone) feels cold. But I'll still respect you in the morning.
> >PR-J
>
>Ooooooooo, sesquipedalianism on request ( two dictionaries - no waiting).
>But you're absolutely right. The intent is common, but the nomenclature is
>elusive. I suppose it's more precisely a rudimentary form of reincarnation,
>being a sort of cosmic recycling of some (but not ALL) of the ingredients
>from the last batch, with selected additions of new and improved stuph. But
>how to describe it?
>
>"Recreation" still sounds like a camping trip, and "rejuvenating" sounds
>like you shouldn't stand too close to the old dude without your cattle
>prod. For the rebuilder, it's more of an "IT'S ALIVE!" sort of feeling,
>with all the background organ music and lightning in the ramparts stuff,
>but that's proving to be tough to get across in a one word term without
>scaring the bejeebers out of the customers. Rats!
>
>Well, I obviously haven't come up with anything that works so I'll quit
>flogging the shadows pending an actual productive thought. I hate it when
>that happens.
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>But I haven't given up.
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>Ever hopeful,
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>Until then
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>Ron N

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