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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi Terry,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Any messages you get with a font too small or hard
to read can be rectified by clicking on the "forward"
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hope this helps.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Alastair</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>David Lawson's Pianos</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Terry
Farrell</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> Tuesday, July 31, 2012 7:18
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] NY Times article
on pianos (OT)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Susan - I don't know if I am the only one who receives your
posts in the tiny courier font or not, but it is very difficult to read. It is
tiny and looks like you were running out of ink on your ribbon. Is it possible
for you to use a larger, more readable font? I've always enjoyed your posts,
but I have to admit that I tend to not read them now because the font used is
so difficult to read. Or is it on my end? :-)
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<DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV>
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<DIV>On Jul 30, 2012, at 11:02 PM, Susan Kline wrote:</DIV><BR
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face=Arial><SMALL><FONT size=4>Hi, Bill <BR><BR>We can agree to disagree
about that. Certainly there's plenty of blame to go around. <BR><BR>The
predatory lending, and the draconian bankruptcy bill which saddles young
people with debt <BR>for their natural lives, and the vicious collection
practices (pressuring kids to <BR>pay their loans before their rent, their
utilities, their food, or their medicine) <BR>seem to be to be far from
blameless. And the way they've set up loans so if graduates <BR>can't make
payments, the principal just mounts up and up -- doubling, tripling --
<BR>"I owe my soul to the company store" comes to mind. <BR><BR>It all seems
very similar to the mortgages banks sold to people who obviously would
<BR>default. They privatize the profit while socializing the risk.
<BR><BR>I'm done with politics, here. Suffice to say that no one newly
graduated with <BR>a six-figure debt will be able to study piano tuning, or
live on a beginning <BR>tuner's earnings. And that has been going on for
decades already. No wonder <BR>routine work isn't getting done.<BR><BR>It
reminds me of places where the cost of real estate and rent gets so high
<BR>that the service people (gardeners, window cleaners, day care people,
etc.) can't <BR>afford to live within commuting distance. <BR><BR>It all
feels like endgame to me. If things can't get any more expensive <BR>and
complicated and impractical, in the end they will come crashing down.
<BR><BR>Best to keep a wary eye on the basics in our lives -- where does our
food, <BR>electricity, fuel, etc. come from, and will it keep coming? Is the
division of <BR>labor which we've become totally dependent on really going
to go on <BR>forever? Anyone feel like investing in some nice high-paying
Spanish <BR>bonds? 25% unemployment in Spain these days. What are they all
going to <BR>do? <BR><BR>Thumpe's right -- gardening is good. Not because it
is financially profitable <BR>right now, but because the food is better than
store-bought, and growing it <BR>teaches people how to do it successfully,
and how to use the produce and <BR>plant the right amounts at the right
times. Someday they might really need this <BR>skill. Plus some plants like
fruit trees and berry bushes and nut trees <BR>need time to grow.
<BR><BR>Best, <BR>Susan<BR></FONT></SMALL><BR></FONT>Bill Fritz wrote:
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Susan, while I'd agree that this world
is indeed changing...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>However, I would respectfully suggest that Wall Street is not at
fault for the massive Student Loan mess... it is the US Govt, the
Colleges, & the Professors who encouraged students to take on too much
debt at too young an age. I'll also fault the parents, though the
students are by law allowed to make their own decisions, and indeed do so
too willingly.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Easy loan money from the USGovt encourages students to step up to
more expensive colleges, and only encourages the Colleges & the
Professors to raise their rates.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The law of supply & demand... except in this case, Wall Street
had nothing to do w/ it.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Best Regards... Bill Fritz, St Louis</DIV>
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<DIV id=AOLMsgPart_9_bcff6aef-268b-4165-a232-70525d83c23d><SMALL><FONT
size=2 face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">What I see is one more way
in which this country has paid for letting <BR>Wall Street put most of the
young and educated into indentured servitude <BR>via student
loans.</FONT></SMALL></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>