<br> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Alan Barnard <pianotuner@embarqmail.com><br> To: pianotech@ptg.org<br> Sent: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 9:20 am<br> Subject: Re: customers is funny<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_5cc9bcc0-1e30-40bc-87ed-6b7d8d947f7b> <div align=left>Oh yeah! Well, Honolulu has a Poo Poo Street, so there! :>}<br> <br> Alan Barnard<br> Salem, MO<br> <br> But it's pronounced. Po'o Po'o.  We also have Likelike street. I'm not stuttering, it's pronounced leekai, leekai. I could go on an on, but that has been one of my biggest problems, finding streets with names I can't pronounce, much less know the meaning of. It's almost like living in a foreign country. But we love it here. <br> <br> Wim <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </div> <div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<br> From: "Willem Blees" <br> To: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><br> Received: 10/25/2007 5:39:51 PM<br> Subject: Re: customers is funny<br> <br> <div align=left><WBR></WBR>In St.Louis, a major artery that runs from the northside all the way to the southside, changes names 5 times. It does go through a lot of different suburbs, but the name doesn't necessarily change at a city limit.  <br> <br> </div> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> <A href="http://www.pianotuning.com/" target=_blank>www.pianotuning.com</A></div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Michael Kurta <<A href="mailto:mkurta@roadrunner.com">mkurta@roadrunner.com</A>><br> To: Pianotech List <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><br> Sent: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 4:34 am<br> Subject: Re: customers is funny<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_95851304-af34-4221-a951-b3410645d0c0> <div><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>    You should live in New York, in our town of Auburn, the same street will change names three times within 2 miles!  Towns are not communities, but townships.  We also have cities, villages and hamlets.  The worst is when  street signs are missing, or turned by vandals.  Next to the worst is homes without numbers!  How do they expect emergency personnel to find them?  There 'oughtta be a law......</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>    Mike Kurta</FONT></div> </div> <div class=AOLPromoFooter> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free <A href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000970" target=_blank>AOL Mail</A>!<br> </div> </div> <div align=left><WBR></WBR></div> </div>