<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 7/2/2011 2:35 PM, Encore Pianos wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">You're a hard, hard man, Ron.....   :-)<br></blockquote><br>I'm not grinning. Am I wrong?<br>Ron N<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>You are 100% spot-on:</div><div><br></div><div>"Anyone such as yourself championing the new system ought to put his actions where his rhetoric is and support it by using it, <b>if only in support of the illusion of sincerity."</b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> (Ron N. to Dale P.)</span></font></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Wow. Truth serum is powerful stuff. I'm not grinning either; I'm serious as a heart attack. I sincerely implore leadership to stay away from patronizing or politicking. We are attempting to have a mature, honest dialog. Please don't be disingenuous.  Some of the most talented and respected pianotechs, who have shared countless hundreds of hours of their wisdom and experience, are making strong, clear statements; just take it in, sit with it, and respond from a win-win place.</div><div><br></div><div>Does that sound cheesy and California-ish? Hope not.</div><div><br></div><div>DA</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>