<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>.hmmessage P { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY class=hmmessage bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>THE reason I bought a Prius 2 years ago was because of the input I received from Piano Techs on this list when I asked for their personal experience with the car. I really didn't think the Prius would work for me and was convinced to buy one after all the positive comments from the list. It might be a little off topic, maybe side topic, but I'm sure glad it was discussed here.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Fenton</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=pianotune05@hotmail.com href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com">Marshall Gisondi</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 11, 2008 8:06 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> gas mileage</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Geneva,Arial,Sans-serif">Hi Everyone,<BR>I want to thank all the kind and helpful people on the list.  At times we run across responses like this that I received in an e-mail.  The names were left out to protect of course.  This is just to remind some that as piano techs newer to the field and those who've been there for years, that we are one team.  Look at this response.<BR></SPAN></FONT><PRE>"I must assume there are no Toyota dealerships in your<BR>area. If there were, a simple trip to your local<BR>Toyota dealer would answer all your questions better <BR>than a bunch of piano tuners. <BR> <BR>I guess you must figure that someone on the list owns<BR>a Prius and could answer your questions for you. <BR> <BR>This is like asking the list "What's the weather like<BR>in Spokane?" figuring that somebody on the list must<BR>live in Spokane and therefore it's a legitimate<BR>question to post on this list.<BR> <BR>It's not. I predict no one, other than I, will<BR>respond to this post. Because the question is<BR>unanswerable, (since who among us actually owns a<BR>Prius? One of us? Maybe two?) and because it would<BR>be so simple for you, yourself, to answer these<BR>questions by simply going to the Toyota dealer." <BR><BR><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Geneva,Arial,Sans-serif">Have a great day </SPAN><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: Geneva,Arial,Sans-serif"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Geneva,Arial,Sans-serif">Marshall</SPAN></FONT><BR></PRE><BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> "<BR></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><BR> <HR> Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. <A href="http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_video_072008" target=_new>Get started.</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>