<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>Thanks, Will, for confirming! But without getting deeply into the "spiritual mechanics" or "theology" of it, SOMEONE (IMHO) who would truly prefer that we NOT be maimed, provides a feeling that what we are doing is too risky; followed, for many, by a verbal internal warning. (And if you wish to familiarize yourself with this feeling/inner voice for future reference, just drive your car along the Pacific Coast Highway in a rain storm or sleet, at an increasingly high rate of speed. The "feeling" and/or internal verbal warning you receive just before skidding across the guardrail and plunging to your death is what I'm referring to. ) And to avoid the temptation of ignoring* this feeling/inner-voice, don't ever let anyone (either customers, or your own anxious "thoughts") propel you "across the line" (your metaphysical guardrail) into risky, too-passionate conduct. Get enough rest, avoid excess excitement, and work methodically. From one who knows (Recipient of 5 full blood transfusions, written up in the AMA Journal, and once called by surgeons "...the worst case of internal injury to survive in medical history." Thumpe *The word "ignorance" implies volition. That is, it is not the mere "unawareness" or "stupidity" that it is usually incorrectly used to describe; but a willful act of ignoring something or someone. </div></td></tr></table> <div id="_origMsg_"> <div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif:font-size:10pt"> <div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"> <hr size="1"> From: Encore Pianos <encorepianos@metrocast.net>; To: <pianotech@ptg.org>; Subject: Re: [pianotech] A Happy New year? Sent: Wed, Jan 2, 2013 10:49:51 AM <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="font:inherit;"><div class="WordSection1">Gee, I must be SMARTER than you, Dale.  Because about half a second BEFORE the chisel slips from the wood I am paring in an awkward  position,  that little voice in my head says “This is really stupid”.  Then the chisel dives into the finger I have so thoughtfully placed in its trajectory, and the blood starts spurting.   Will Truitt  From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dale Erwin Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 11:00 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] A Happy New year?  Nah thump I never got that memo till a split second later.<div>Dale Erwin R.P.T. Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc. Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.Erwinspiano.com">www.Erwinspiano.com</a> Phone: 209-577-8397 <tt> </tt> <tt>  </tt></div>  <div>-----Original Message----- From: Euphonious Thumpe <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">lclgcnp@yahoo.com</a>> To: pianotech <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">pianotech@ptg.org</a>> Sent: Tue, Jan 1, 2013 7:54 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] A Happy New year?<div id="AOLMsgPart_1_20117d5f-1222-4f3e-9074-e0d54208efec"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top" style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;'><div>And have we all learned, yet, that immediately prior to these "mishaps", we have sense of foreboding? (Perhaps, even, a "still small voice" within saying SLOW DOWN!!!) Thumpe</div></td></tr></table><div id="_origMsg_"><div>  <div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style='text-align:center;'><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center"></div>From: Dale Erwin <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">erwinspiano@aol.com</a>>; To: <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">pianotech@ptg.org</a>>; Subject: Re: [pianotech] A Happy New year? Sent: Tue, Jan 1, 2013 5:20:07 PM <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top" style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;'>My altercation with a router 10 years ago didn't go so well either Terry. Very traumatic honestly <div> Lost the tip of my left index.  ie. 3 or 4 mm .  It was a mess, but my Dr. is an artist.</div><div> I am very fortunate to be able to still play the bass, guitar and piano.  </div><div> </div><div> I haven't mastered picking my n_ _ _  yet though.</div><div>  </div><div> I have vowed to never have another hand accident. <div>Dale Erwin R.P.T. Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc. Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.Erwinspiano.com">www.Erwinspiano.com</a> Phone: 209-577-8397 <tt> </tt> <tt>  </tt></div>  <div>-----Original Message----- From: Ron Nossaman <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">rnossaman@cox.net</a>> To: pianotech <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">pianotech@ptg.org</a>> Sent: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 9:48 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] A Happy New year?<div id="AOLMsgPart_0_f943e98d-bad2-4f8e-8b73-7546d556e19d"><pre style='background:white;'><tt>On 12/31/2012 11:06 PM, Euphonious Thumpe wrote:</tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>  </tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>> P.S. My sympathies on the finger! I almost cut mine off on a similarly</tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>> worthless pice of junk a few months ago.</tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>> (Taught me to not get upset about what I'm working on. Or, at least, NOT</tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>> work on it, WHILE I'm upset about it!)</tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>>  </tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>>  </tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>> *From: * Terry Farrell <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</a>>;</tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>> *To: * <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">pianotech@ptg.org</a>>;</tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>> *Subject: * Re: [pianotech] A Happy New year?</tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>> *Sent: * Mon, Dec 31, 2012 5:23:23 PM</tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>>  </tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>> Nothing good to say. I'm sick, drunk, and I chopped off the end of my</tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>> finger trimming damper felt on this #%&*ing square grand that won't</tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>> leave my shop......  :-(</tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>  </tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>Home for lunch one day, I whacked my left index finger tip off making a </tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>sandwich, with two more to tune that afternoon. Swellness... I got the </tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>bleeding stopped, taped it up, ate the sandwich, and went back out and </tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>tuned 'em.</tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>  </tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>Haven't done that yet this year, so far.</tt></pre><pre style='background:white;'><tt>Ron N</tt></pre></div></div></div></td></tr></table>  </div></div></div></div></div></div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div>