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<div align="left">One of my customers used to live in Southern California and worked for the City of Los Angeles. Her job was to approve and coordinate all the movie and television shoots that required streets to be blocked off, highways shut down, and that sort of thing. This brought her into contact with many celebs and she got to know quite a few.</div>
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<div align="left">Michael Landon was a heavy, heavy (4 packs a day) chain smoker of cigarettes (it's what killed him) and one day my customer saw him chatting with a bunch of kids while smoking one one after the other--they were filming an episode of Touched By An Angel. In a private moment, she chastised him for setting such a lousy example for the children. He ignored her with a shrug. So later, when more kids were around, she reached out, grabbed the cig right out of his mouth, and stomped on it. Nothing further was said, though she feared for her job.</div>
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<div align="left">Years later, when Mr. Landon was on the Carson show, Johnny asked him about fans who behave in some unexpected or outrageous behavior. Landon answered by relaying the story of my (still nice but a little nutty to this day) customer. He never forgot!<br/><br/>Alan Barnard<br/>Salem, MO<br/><br/></div>
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<hr/>Original message<br/>From: "Willem Blees"
<wimblees@aol.com> </wimblees@aol.com><br/>To: Pianotech@ptg.org<br/>Received: 3/10/2008 7:18:09 PM<br/>Subject: Speaking of menus<br/><br/>
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<wbr> </wbr> A while back, just before he died, Michael Landon appeared on the Johnny Carson Show and read a "Road Kill" menu. Shortly afterwards, while we were on a trip, my wife and I, along with our two boys, came up with a Piano Technician's Menu. Enjoy. <br/><br/>
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<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/>www.pianotuning.com<br/><br/></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="impact, sans-serif" size="3"><strong>Piano Technician’s Menu</strong></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><strong>Drinks</strong></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Your choice of balance or front rail punch</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">A Diminished 5<sup>th</sup> of Jack Daniels</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Egg Knob</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">A Case of Beer</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">So-La-Ti (our special blend of herb tea)</font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><strong>Appetizers (Hors D’oeuvres)</strong></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Stuffed Mushroom Capstans</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Deep Fried Soundboard Buttons</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">String cheese</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Egg Drop Screw Soup</font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Marinated Monkey</font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><strong>Miscellaneous ( A LA Cart)</strong></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Lettuce Wedge</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Key Bed of Spinach</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Sour “do†Piano Rolls</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Half Baked Piano Rolls </font><font face="Calibri" size="3">(taken out of the oven a 16<sup>th</sup> hour early)</font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><strong>Pork, Steak, Lamb & Poultry</strong></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Butt Steak</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Pork Belly Rail</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Bar-B-Q Baby Back<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Check Ribs</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Hammer Shank Steak</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">New York Temperament Strip Steak</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Let-off Rack of Lamb</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Dark & White Turkey</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Becket O’ Chicken</font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><strong>C Food</strong></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Lobster Tails</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Bass Strings</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Fish Prop Sticks</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Jack Salmon</font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Fillet of Sol</font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><strong>Desserts.</strong></font></div>
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