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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been off this list for a couple =
of months
now, yet one of the first comments I read after logging back on is =
admonishing
someone for their vocabulary. It never ceases to amaze me how =
offended many
of us are over the use of off color words. As far as being in the wrong =
business
if you choose to speak like this - I have worked for many artists, =
teachers,
professional musicians, choir directors, stage managers et al... whose
outrageous vernacular include terms for various body functions that far
exceed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>any I've read on this list! Since I =
know many on
this list are offended by such language, I'll not use any colorful =
phrases here,
just as I would not in a persons home or church etc..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, that Beckwith console I tuned
today aptly fits the descripitive term that Maria used! =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Romano</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Myrtle Beach, SC </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=RptBob1@AOL.COM =
href="mailto:RptBob1@AOL.COM">RptBob1@AOL.COM</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 05, =
2000 5:02
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Burnout</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2><B>In a =
message dated
12/5/2000 7:08:21 PM Mid-Atlantic Standard Time, <BR><A
href="mailto:maria.arnelof@spray.se">maria.arnelof@spray.se</A> =
writes:
<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></B><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">about this workmanship other than just sitting <BR>down =
and
doing the job while thinking of how much one will get in the end =
<BR>and if
its over soon :P.....until the next shitty little piano at the next =
<BR>stop
with that old lady that you start to think bad things about :) The
<BR>"general" tuning of a piano is rather monotoenous in itself to =
make it
even <BR>worse, right?! <BR>Wow, this was kind or a repetition for =
just
agreeing on what you just <BR>wrote. Oh, well...there you have =
it....I
agree...only, to do jobs for free <BR>is perhaps going abit too far =
with me
as you sugested ;) But, hey...Im only <BR>speaking for myself here, =
perhaps
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B><BR>Maria: <BR><BR>Is it really necessary for =
you to add
the street phrase for excrement to this <BR>list. It's so very
unprofessional and not worthy of this list. I am truly =
<BR>offended by
this street talk. <BR><BR>Try something more in tune with professional =
attitude- would you talk like <BR>this in a customer's home? If =
so,
you're truly in the wrong business. <BR><BR>Bob Bergantino, RPT =
<BR>Willoughby
Hills, Ohio</B></FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>