<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Last stop today, Aeolian spinet 50 = cents flat.  By far the most inviting part of the job was Mel the = Spaniel.  Owner kept calling her back to the kitchen so she wouldn't "bother" = me.  I would rather have had Mel's company during that unpleasant tuning job.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Earlier this year, took my shoes off at = the door, kneeling by the piano opening my tool kit, all of a sudden there's a = Retriever in my face trying to give me back one of my shoes!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net = href="mailto:kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net">Kevin E. Ramsey</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 04, 2003 = 7:52 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bad day!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR>FWIW, I get a whole lot of = pleasure from the friendships I've made with<BR>piano owners' pets and children = during my visits.  Couldn't imagine<BR>excluding them from my practice.<BR><BR>Mike Spalding RPT<BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Mike, I too have = fun with people's pets. I've never met a dog that I couldn't have playing with = me and licking my hand within about a minute. I don't know what it is, I've = had people say "He doesn't usually warm up to people like this."  = Clue, they're just big kids, even the little ones. They want someone to pay attention to them. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Kevin</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>