Hi Julia, Try just saying "I'm going to treat the block". Here is why I don't use the term "dope". (pianos are not "high" or "ignorant") *grin* dope n 1: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane] 2: an ignorant or foolish person [syn: dumbbell, dummy, boob, booby, pinhead] 3: carbonated drink flavored with extract from Kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States) [syn: cola] 4: slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight dope?" [syn: poop, the skinny, low-down] v 1: take drugs to improve one's athletic performance 2: add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties; "The resistors have been doped" 3: give a narcotic to; "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race" [syn: dope up] At 01:12 PM 8/30/2006 EDT, you wrote: >By the way... I always use the word "dope" even though I mean CA glue, when I >am explainging the "loose tuning pin " problem and how to remedy it to the >customer.......After all .....how professional does it sound if you tell them >you are going to put Krazy Glue in their block?!!...they'd probably say " >Ummm....no thanks" and then think , "Woah...I better call a professional >tuner" THanks Julia Gottshall Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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