David, Did you get the newsletter from Matt Callahan? I could not open it... David I. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 3/28/01 at 4:53 AM David Love wrote: >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. >> >> >> >> >> >>But I haven't given up. >> >> >> >> >>Ever hopeful, >> >> >> >>Until then >> >> >> >>Ron N > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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