<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">And so your name "Mac's" is gone too.<div><br><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div>Al -</div><div>High Point, NC</div><div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
</div>
<br><div><div>On Mar 13, 2011, at 11:22 AM, <a href="mailto:kam544@allegiance.tv">kam544@allegiance.tv</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>List,<br><br>I was reminded of the days when Wal-Mart came to town.<br>What was to become of the Mom & Pop stores.<br><br>Then I was reminded when Super Wal-Mart came to town.<br>What was to become of Wal-Mart.<br><br>I liken the new web format to a Super Wal-Mart.<br>The offerings are phenomenal compared to the Mom & Pop stores<br> and to the first version of Wal-Mart.<br><br>Now I ask you this, of the 600 + subscribers of [Pianotech], who of you<br> has never participated in going to a Super Wal-Mart,<br> excluding those who might be extremely in remote areas,<br> and not reaped the benefits of the offerings that exist in those Super Wal-Marts'.<br><br>That is what is available at <a href="http://my.ptg.org">my.ptg.org</a> .<br><br>Now consider this:<br>When those of you who did enter a Super Wal-Mart,<br> didn't you initially wander around forever in amazement,<br> sometimes even bewilderment,<br> to take in the amazing reality of those stores?<br><br>And if you actually were looking for something,<br> and couldn't find it, all you had to do was ask for directions.<br><br><a href="http://my.ptg.org">my.ptg.org</a> has such a place to ask for directions. <br>It's a subscription called User Help Group for when one is overwhelmed<br> and truly what's to participate. There's no harm and no foul for seeking help.<br><br>Explore this new reality. It's not going away. And the only persons being<br> deprived of its benefits are the persons unwilling to accept<br> that Mom & Pop stores have basically become a thing of the pass.<br><br>It is a fond, rememberable time, no doubt, but I would never trade<br> those days for the ones that are here now.<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>Keith McGavern, RPT<br><br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>