<html>  <head></head> <body>  <DIV></DIV> Dave, Eat right and take your vitamins. Most of ue techs have positive attitudes which helps keep us healthy. I've been taking a vitamin supplement that is custom made for me. Gets shipped to my door once a month @ about $50. Been taking them for several years now, and I rarely need to see a doctor, haven't had a cold or flu in over a year.  Take care, Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message from piannaman@aol.com: -------------- <DIV> All true, but I occasionally get the "labor-management" internal struggle:  "My boss is a slave driver," vs.  "My employee is a lazy swine."  I need to listen to the employee when it comes to being sick and tired!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl Dave Stahl Piano Service 650-224-3560 dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net http://dstahlpiano.net/ -----Original Message----- From: jrwhiteltd@msn.com To: pianotech@ptg.org Sent: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 1:31 PM Subject: RE: A downside to self-employment <STYLE> .AOLPlainTextBody { margin: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px; color: #000; background-color: #fff; } .AOLPlainTextBody pre { font-size: 9pt; } .AOLInlineAttachment { margin: 10px; } .AOLAttachmentHeader { font: 11px arial; border: 1px solid #7DA8D4; background: #F9F9F9; } .AOLAttachmentHeader .Title { font: 11px arial; background: #B5DDFA; padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px; } .AOLAttachmentHeader .FieldLabel { font: 11px arial; color: #000000; padding: 1px 10px 1px 9px; background: #F9F9F9; } .AOLAttachmentHeader .FieldValue { font: 11px arial; color: #000000; background: #F9F9F9; } .AOLAttachmentHeader a, .AOLImage a { color: #2864B4; text-decoration: none; } .AOLAttachmentHeader a:hover, .AOLImage a:hover { color: #2864B4; text-decoration: underline; } body { background-color: white; font-family: "Verdana"; font-size: 10pt; border: 0px; } p { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; } img.managedImg { width: 0px; height: 0px; } img.placeholder { width: 275px; height: 206px; background: #F4F4F4 center center no-repeat; border: 1px solid #DADAD6 !important; } </STYLE> </DIV> <DIV class=AOLPlainTextBody id=AOLMsgPart_0_8f4adb1d-cabb-4502-b40a-caac43f7161e>I entirely agree. Self-employment means you can pace yourself, take a nap in the afternoon if you have to. The corporate sick-leave model doesn't apply to us self-employeds. Thank heavens!  A self-employed person, almost by definition, in one who has a compassionate boss.  J. R. White    >From: "Diane Hofstetter" <<A href="mailto:dianepianotuner%40msn.com">dianepianotuner@msn.com</A>>  >Reply-To: Pianotech List <<A href="mailto:pianotech%40ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>>  >To: <A href="mailto:pianotech%40ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>  >Subject: RE: A downside to self-employment  >Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:24:44 -0700  >  >Dear Sunday Sofa Spud,  >  >Actually, that's the upside to self-employment---that you can learn what >your limits are and respect them. And the so oner the better. I've had a >lot of trouble learning that lesson, and it continues to cause me problems >when I forget to take care of myself.  >  >I just spent four months of not tuning at all. The pain in my hands, arm, >shoulder, lower back--- ALL WENT AWAY! What an eye-opener THAT was!  >  >I hope you feel better very soon!  >Diane  >  >Diane Hofstetter  >  >  >  >  >----Original Message Follows----  >From: <A href="mailto:piannaman%40aol.com">piannaman@aol.com</A>  >Reply-To: Pianotech List <<A href="mailto:pianotech%40ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>>  >To: <A href="mailto:pianotech%40ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>  >Subject: A downside to self-employment  >Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:44:26 -0400  >  >You don't get paid when you don't work. That's the big down side. >Vacations we generally tend to account for, but it's hard to plan sick >leave.  >  >I probably should have taken this whole week off. I had a couple of nights >of fever and chills, and was feeling weak most of the time. But like the >stubborn ox I am, I pushed through what I thought was a cold, capped by a 4 >tuning-with-some-voicing Friday that included a fair amount of driving. I >ended up in the ER that night with chest pain. Turns out it was a mild >case of pneumonia, not a heart issue.  >  >Do others of you notice a difference in sound perception when you have a >fever? Even pianos that I tuned that passed every interval and etd test >available to me sounded unpleasant and off.  >  >Next time, I'll listen to my body when it screams, "take the time off." It >would be a lot more costly to end up in the hospital for a long stretch >than to miss a few days of work.  &g t;  >Be Well,  >  >Dave Stahl, Sunday Sofa Spud  >  >Dave Stahl Piano Service  >650-224-3560  ><A href="mailto:dstahlpiano%40sbcglobal.net">dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net</A>  ><A href="http://dstahlpiano.net/" target=_blank>http://dstahlpiano.net/</A>  >________________________________________________________________________  >Check out the new AOL. 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