"Quiet"??

[Ron Nossaman]

> I always give my clients The Piano.......book by Phillip Gurlick. It 
> usually keeps them busy reading, so they aren't up to noisy mischief.<G> 
> If that doesn't work, then I refer them to PAGE 10, Number 18....they 
> read it and usually say: Oh, I hadn't thought of that! Then they go tell 
> the yard service to take a hike or.....whatever. If that doesn't work, 
> then I have an olde 60's Mad Comics Post Card with a picture of Alfred 
> E. Newman shouting so loud that his glottis is vibrating and the 
> forceful sound lines project out of his mouth, expanding to a very large 
> QUIET!!!!!!!!<G> IF that doesn't work I either suffer in silence or walk 
> out, depending on the urgency of my pocket book and the tuning situation.<G>

Noise almost never is considered. Do you have enough light? 
Would you like the ceiling fan on? How about a cup of coffee? 
Wired on caffeine, blinded by Kliegs, and dopplered into a 
psychotic episode, why would you possibly need to be able to hear?
Ron N