<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Marshall:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> You say “we should be  aware of this sort of thing”.  Inquiring minds DEFINITELY want to know, what sort of thing do you want us to be aware of?   In your mind, exactly what  about this video clip makes it important for us to view?  Given the sheer volume of attributions regarding your motives, this is a golden opportunity for you to set the record straight.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> You said it, so it is fair to ask.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> My mind is open right now, but I don’t know how much longer I can hold it in this position before it slams shut again…..  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Will Truitt<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Marshall Gisondi Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 5:18 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: on or off topic<o:p></o:p> </div> </div> <o:p> </o:p> HI Everyone, First, Thank you Joy for your post.  I'm glad that you didn't take the fact I sent the clip as negative.  Thank you for seeing that I was not exercising freedom of speech or the lack thereof but rather saying, "Here is a clip, we should be aware of this sort of thing."  I'm glad you saw this as it was intended.  I almost lost hope there for a minute thinking that the open minds of folks were becoming more narrow as the years progressed, but you opened my eyes again to the fact that there are people like you, open minded and understanding out there.  Thanks again.  To everyone else, the apology still stands, but as I stated, I was not using freedom of speech, just sending out something important to view.  I didn't once give my view of the video clip.  You guys did, but don't include me as part of the video. I just simply sent it for every to view.  Does this relate to pianos?  Directly it does not, but the next president whomever it may be might choose to tax us more for example.  The price of gas will continue to rise.  The next leader of this country will have an affect upon us.  Since "us" here refers to piano techs and those in the piano arena then indirectly this does have to do with pianos.  We need to think outside the  piano case and look at the world as a whole.   We are not one pixel but part of the big picture.   The fact I do not "own" the list as some folks here do does hold true in that if some of you posted something that wasn't 100% related to pianos, it would slide by like the occasional key that needs a little lost motion taken out, or that unison next to a break in the plate that won't stay perfect.  Again, Thank you Joy for seeing this as it was intended and my apologize to those of you who did not see it as it was intended.  Now drop the subject and enjoy that cookout! :-)  Marshall  <o:p></o:p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> Give to a good cause with every e-mail. <a href="http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?souce=EML_WL_%20GoodCause" target="_new">Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft.</a><o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>