<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <DIV>It seems to me that if Sandy or Katrina will have a long term positive net effect on the regional economy, then we should encourage vandalism and arson because it would do essentially the same thing.</DIV> <DIV>Chuck</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=normancantrell@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:normancantrell@sbcglobal.net">Norman Cantrell</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 26, 2012 8:08 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Sandy's impact on our business</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"> <TABLE style="COLOR: #000000" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top>Wim <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Keep in mind that Economists tend to fall into one of two broad camps.  There are the fiscal conservatives (not to be confused with political conservatives) and fiscal moderates (not to be confused with political moderates).  You can think of them as looking at the economy from either the glass is half full or the glass is half empty.  Both make valid points and both are somewhat correct.  Just because someone is a professional in a particular field of endeavor by no means makes them right all the time. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The same applies to studies of medicine, law and even piano technology.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Norman Cantrell<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sun, 11/25/12, tnrwim@aol.com <I><tnrwim@aol.com></I></B> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: tnrwim@aol.com <tnrwim@aol.com><BR>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Sandy's impact on our business<BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Date: Sunday, November 25, 2012, 11:55 PM<BR><BR> <DIV id=yiv494884405><FONT color=black size=2 face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <DIV>You can have you own personal opinions, but I'm sorry, I would rather take my economic advice from someone who actually knows something about economics. And I don't think any of us fit that description. The report was not written by a bunch of amateurs, but journalists working for Bloomberg News, a highly respected financial outfit.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both"> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<BR>From: David Love <davidlovepianos@comcast.net><BR>To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Sun, Nov 25, 2012 6:13 pm<BR>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Sandy's impact on our business<BR><BR> <DIV id=yiv494884405AOLMsgPart_1_eff36e47-27de-4079-a940-8f1afcaa62c0> <DIV class=yiv494884405WordSection1> <DIV class=yiv494884405MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Not quite so simple.  While there will be a boost in construction related industries in the rebuilding of that area, remember that there are a large group of people out of work, not collection paychecks, not paying taxes and who are receiving government assistance during their time of need.   Some of those situations may drag on for years.   When added all together, the overall economic impact is generally a negative, not a positive, as it was with Katrina.  </SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=yiv494884405MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV class=yiv494884405MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">David Love</SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=yiv494884405MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><A href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.davidlovepianos.com</A></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=yiv494884405MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: rgb(181,196,223) 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <DIV class=yiv494884405MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A href="wlmailhtml:/mc/compose?to=pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">wlmailhtml:/mc/compose?to=pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [<A href="wlmailhtml:/mc/compose?to=pianotech-bounces@ptg.org&" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">wlmailhtml:/mc/compose?to=pianotech-bounces@ptg.org&</A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B><A href="wlmailhtml:/mc/compose?to=tnrwim@aol.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">wlmailhtml:/mc/compose?to=tnrwim@aol.com</A><BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 25, 2012 7:01 PM<BR><B>To:</B> <A href="wlmailhtml:/mc/compose?to=pianotech@ptg.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">wlmailhtml:/mc/compose?to=pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Sandy's impact on our business</SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=yiv494884405MsoNormal> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=yiv494884405MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Susan</SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=yiv494884405MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=yiv494884405MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Neither of us are economist, by a long shot, so I can't defend your point of view. All I can go by is what economists say. </SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=yiv494884405MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=yiv494884405MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">"Reconstruction and related purchases and hiring may range from $140 billion to $240 billion and increase U.S. economic growth by 0.5 percentage point next year, assuming $50 billion in losses, according to Economic Outlook Group LLC, a Princeton, New Jersey-based forecasting firm."</SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=yiv494884405MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=yiv494884405MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Wim </SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=yiv494884405MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>