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<p>Been using my old iPAQ 1910 for maybe 6 years (can't really remember, now) and it's still going strong.<br /><br />Anyone upgrading should know about a website called <a href="http://www.usedhandhelds.com">www.usedhandhelds.com</a> for buying or selling. They offered me $100 for mine, as described and sight unseen! But I've decided to keep using it 'til it dies (or falls in a toilet).<br /><br />Hey, all, a little sick humor, jokes from clients:<br /><br />Four fanatic golfing buddies play the game very competitively every weekend for 20 years. One day, one the course, one of them had a stroke. They made him count it.<br /><br />That's one, this one's even sicker (but funny):<br /><br />The day after his wife disappeared in a kayaking accident, an Anchorage man answered his door to find two grim-faced Alaska State Troopers.<br /><br />"We're sorry Mr. Wilkens, but we have some information about your wife," said one trooper.<br /><br />"Tell me! Did you find her?" Wilkens shouted.<br /><br />The troopers looked at each other. One said, "We have some bad news, some good news, and some really great news. Which do you want to hear first? " <br /><br />Fearing the worst, an ashen Mr. Wilkens said, "Give me the bad news <br />first."<br /></p>
<p>The trooper said, "I'm sorry to tell you, sir, but this morning we found your wife's body in Kachemak Bay."<br /><br />"Oh, my Goodness!" exclaimed Wilkens. Swallowing hard, he asked, "What's the good news?"<br /><br />The trooper continued, "When we pulled her up, she had 12 twenty- five pound king crabs and 6 good-size Dungeness crabs clinging to her."<br /><br />Stunned, Mr. Wilkens demanded, "If that's the good news, what's the great news?"<br /></p>
<p>The trooper said, "We're going to pull her up again tomorrow."<br /><br />Alan Barnard<br /><br />Salem, MO<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Original message<br /><br />From: "Tom Sivak" <br /><br />To: "Pianotech List" <br /><br />Received: 4/18/2007 2:18:26 PM<br /><br />Subject: Re: How to get repeat business AND new tools<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The most amazing thing about this post is that you have a PocketPC that is still working after two years! I've never had one make it more than a year and a half max. <br /><br /><br /><br />Tom Sivak<br /><br />Chicago<br /><br /><br /><br />Greg Graham
<grahampianos@yahoo.com> </grahampianos@yahoo.com>wrote:<br /><br />Two years ago, I accidentally left the stylus to my<br /><br />Pocket PC in a customer's piano. I realized where it<br /><br />was just a few hours later. I didn't want to bother<br /><br />this somewhat grumpy and geographically out-of-the-way<br /><br />customer just to get my stylus back. I figured I'd<br /><br />get it back the following year at the next tuning. <br /><br /><br /><br />Last year, when I called to schedule the tuning, he<br /><br />informed me that health problems prevented him from<br /><br />playing the piano, and he didn't know if he would ever<br /><br />play again. "Don't call me... I'll call you." <br /><br /><br /><br />Figuring the customer any stylus were lost forever, I<br /><br />priced a replacement stylus, but I just couldn't see<br /><br />spending what Dell wants for their little piece of<br /><br />alumninum, so I did without. <br /><br /><br /><br />After two years of going without a stylus, and not<br /><br />finding any cheap replacements that would fit, I broke<br /><br />down and purchased a genuine Dell stylus, along with a<br /><br />new battery (which I actually did need). <br /><br /><br /><br />Two weeks later, the customer calls to schedule an<br /><br />appointment. He was feeling better. Now I have my<br /><br />stylus back, and my customer back. <br /><br /><br /><br />Leave tools in pianos. As soon as you buy a<br /><br />replacement, you'll get a repeat customer. <br /><br /><br /><br />Greg Graham<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />__________________________________________________<br /><br />Do You Yahoo!?<br /><br />Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br /><br />http://mail.yahoo.com
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