<!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 6.00.6000.16525" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The person who chastised you for spell checker errors was wrong, although correct for doing so, off list.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have seen many spelling errors on this list.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>So what, as long as the meaning is conveyed. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Ok, don't jump all over me, I didn't mean that one shouldn't strive for correct grammar and spelling. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>But things happen.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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=pianoboutique@comcast.net href="mailto:pianoboutique@comcast.net">William Benjamin</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 01, 2007 1:24 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: why I don't post</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Although I do not reframe from posting, I try to keep it to a minimum.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One of the things I have noticed, is that unless one knows the crowd, then things can be misconstrued.   After having my spelling attacked I returned a post saying I use my spell checker, but being blind some things get by me as having similar spellings and such.   I was chastised then off list for waving my blindness.   I don't have thin skin, but you know, that is a part of me and I kid about it more than anything else.   I like to think that I regulate by touch and tune by ear.   Yes they have a ETD for the blind, and I might get one some day just to play and compare.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another thread that goes along with this conversation is that with a short written text it is so easy to insult some one and not mean to.   I guess I forgot the cardinal rule that the biggest kidders can't take it.   Sheesh me thinks that I may have insulted a man that I have looked up to for years, but what can a man do?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I like to think I am an artist and not a great debater, so yawl have a great day and take your best shot.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>William</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Blind Willy's Out of Sight Piano Tuning Service</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>