Dave, Eat right and take your vitamins. Most of ue techs have positive attitudes which helps keep us healthy. I've been taking a vitamin supplement that is custom made for me. Gets shipped to my door once a month @ about $50. Been taking them for several years now, and I rarely need to see a doctor, haven't had a cold or flu in over a year. Take care, Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano -------------- Original message from piannaman at aol.com: -------------- All true, but I occasionally get the "labor-management" internal struggle: "My boss is a slave driver," vs. "My employee is a lazy swine." I need to listen to the employee when it comes to being sick and tired! Dave Stahl Dave Stahl Piano Service 650-224-3560 dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net http://dstahlpiano.net/ -----Original Message----- From: jrwhiteltd at msn.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 1:31 PM Subject: RE: A downside to self-employment I entirely agree. Self-employment means you can pace yourself, take a nap in the afternoon if you have to. The corporate sick-leave model doesn't apply to us self-employeds. Thank heavens! A self-employed person, almost by definition, in one who has a compassionate boss. J. R. White >From: "Diane Hofstetter" <dianepianotuner at msn.com> >Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: RE: A downside to self-employment >Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:24:44 -0700 > >Dear Sunday Sofa Spud, > >Actually, that's the upside to self-employment---that you can learn what >your limits are and respect them. And the sooner the better. I've had a >lot of trouble learning that lesson, and it continues to cause me problems >when I forget to take care of myself. > >I just spent four months of not tuning at all. The pain in my hands, arm, >shoulder, lower back--- ALL WENT AWAY! What an eye-opener THAT was! > >I hope you feel better very soon! >Diane > >Diane Hofstetter > > > > >----Original Message Follows---- >From: piannaman at aol.com >Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: A downside to self-employment >Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:44:26 -0400 > >You don't get paid when you don't work. That's the big downside. >Vacations we generally tend to account for, but it's hard to plan sick >leave. > >I probably should have taken this whole week off. I had a couple of nights >of fever and chills, and was feeling weak most of the time. But like the >stubborn ox I am, I pushed through what I thought was a cold, capped by a 4 >tuning-with-some-voicing Friday that included a fair amount of driving. I >ended up in the ER that night with chest pain. Turns out it was a mild >case of pneumonia, not a heart issue. > >Do others of you notice a difference in sound perception when you have a >fever? Even pianos that I tuned that passed every interval and etd test >available to me sounded unpleasant and off. > >Next time, I'll listen to my body when it screams, "take the time off." It >would be a lot more costly to end up in the hospital for a long stretch >than to miss a few days of work. > >Be Well, > >Dave Stahl, Sunday Sofa Spud > >Dave Stahl Piano Service >650-224-3560 >dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net >http://dstahlpiano.net/ >________________________________________________________________________ >Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security >tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, >free AOL Mail and more. > > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061009/7745cfcd/attachment.html
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