<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Been there, done that, more times than I care to admit. I have finally come up with a duplicate tool kit that always stays in my van. It contains a bare minimum of tools required to tune the piano, no fancy hammer, no regulating tools, etc. </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoAutoSig><b><font size=6 color=navy face="Bradley Hand ITC"><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:navy;font-weight: bold'>Dean</span></font></b></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Dean May</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>             cell 812.239.3359</span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272</span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Terre Haute IN  47802</span></font></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>terryb<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, March 03, 2006 6:31 PM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Pianotech List<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: My OOPS</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>As I am getting old and senile, I always leave a postit note stuck to the door so I will remember to take the darn tools when I leave. You are not the only one who has left without them.<br> <br> Terry Beckingham RPT <br> <br> At 07:18 PM 3/3/2006 -0400, you wrote:<br> <br> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Well, I did it again. It has been 20+ years, since it happened.</span></font></b><br> <b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>I drove an hour for my first appointment of the day, got there at 0900 hrs., right on time.</span></font></b><br> <b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Opened the side door of my van, reached in for my tools, but they were not there. Yes, you guessed it, I had left them home.</span></font></b><br> <b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>So round trip of two more hours, and I started my first tuning two hours late.</span></font></b><br> <b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>So four and a half hours driving today, made for a longer day.</span></font></b><br>  <br> <b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>John M. Ross<br> </span></font></b><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold'>Windsor</span></font></b><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>, </span></font></b><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Nova Scotia</span></font></b><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>, </span></font></b><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Canada</span></font></b><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><br> <a href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</a></span></font></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> </body> </html>