Disgusted for the good ol' days

[gordon stelter]

Three Cheers for Rob!
    Although I have disagreeed with you plenty on a
number of issues, I must concur here! Beautifuly
expressed! Some folks are altogether too 
"thin skinned" for their own ( or anyone else's )
good!
     Thump


--- Rob Goodale <rrg@unlv.nevada.edu> wrote:
> Hello everyone.
> 
> I have been thinking about this OT, Moderated,
> Unmoderated, Touchy-Feely, shame on you, you hurt my
> feelings", BS that has evolved on this list and I am
> reaching a boiling point here.  Something is
> terribly wrong.
> 
> I have been on pianotech continuously since close to
> the beginning nearly 8 years ago.  I don't believe
> there are more than two or three others still here
> that go back that far.  Over the years I have seen
> people come and go.  Some have left and returned and
> then went away again.  Some haven't come back.  We
> have also had a few who have passed away.
> 
> I bring this up because I have to wonder what
> happened.  We had SO MUCH FUN in the past.  We had
> arguments that were GOOD arguments, we went off
> topic, on topic, nobody cared.  It was just a great
> group of piano techs who had found a place to chit
> chat.  Most of the time we talked about pianos.  If
> someone wanted to talk about something else for
> awhile nobody cared, we were just a great group of
> piano technicians who had a lot of fun chatting on
> pianotech and bouncing ideas off each other.  We
> always had the infamous "flame suits" to put on if
> need be and we all loved it.  We joked, made fun of
> each other, got serious, and then laughed again.  If
> the arguments got nasty we loved the list anyway and
> wouldn't miss being here for the world.  Ah the good
> ol' days.
> 
> Over the past several years many of the
> Johnny-come-latelys that joined the list seem to
> have had an assumption that pianotech is something
> that it isn't.  Disappointed in this expectation
> they then took it upon themselves to mold pianotech
> into something else.  A few have self-appointed
> themselves to reprimand others. Others assumed
> themselves to be the authorities on what topics were
> acceptable and which were not.  And some have taken
> the list to a new level of finger pointing.
> 
> It would be golden to turn back the clock to when
> "pianotech" was really "pianotech".  My question is
> what happened?  Those of you who have only joined
> within the last couple years will never know what
> you are missing.  We had a great time and looked
> forward to exchanging messages piano related or not.
>  It was just a fun place to meet.  Chaos was always
> in order and that was the way everyone liked it.
> 
> It is interesting to note that having talked with
> others over the last few years as to why they left
> their number one complaint is that the list evolved
> into what it is now.  In that spirit might I suggest
> that we all drop the agenda on trying to make
> pianotech a nice and neat orderly place with
> hospital corners?  What pianotech doesn't need is a
> moderator, officially or otherwise.  Who gives a
> crap, we're all big boys and girls, we don't need a
> scout master.  For those of you who can't handle
> this may I suggest that you start another list
> elsewhere and leave well enough alone?  Hey, the
> internet is an  absolutely HUGE place.  There is
> plenty of room to create that sort of list.  Please
> just relax for a change and enjoying the flying
> feathers.  Stupid CAN be fun.  Think of something
> really off-topic to talk about such as, oh I don't
> know say... 70's disco fads.  Then have fun trying
> to relate pianos to it.  Be careful, you might
> actually find yourself having fun.  Smiling could be
> fatal for those of you who have a brittle face.
> 
> Rob Goodale, RPT
> Las Vegas, NV
> 
> 
> 
> 



	
		
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