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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>The same goes for the
folks who are selling their secret method for getting rich.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Alan Barnard
[mailto:<st1:PersonName w:st="on">pianotuner@embarqmail.com</st1:PersonName>] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 18, 2008
12:26 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> 2 Rude Questions</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The first rude question is related to our business, or any business
actually: Today I mailed out some of the tools I recently sold on the list. The
postal clerk wanted to know if I want to buy insurance. Question: Since I am
paying them to safely convey said packages, why the heck should I have to
pay more in case THEY lose them or break them? Maybe we should start
charging our customers an extra amount to cover any possible callbacks we
get because we left a mute in the action, or forgot to replace a pedal rod, or
something, hm? A little screw-up insurance for OUR trade.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Second impertinent question: I keep hearing ads from companies
companies selling gold ... you know, "Now is the time to buy",
"Gold is a great investment", etc. My question is, if gold is such a
great thing to buy and hold, why are these people so anxious to sell it?
Seems like a fair question, to me.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Alan Barnard<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Salem</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MO</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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