<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19400"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Me a link too please! <A href="mailto:wippen@ecr.net/">wippen@ecr.net/</A>  anything I have tried from the list comes back. Jim Dally</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ajoyfulsound@gmail.com href="mailto:ajoyfulsound@gmail.com">Laura Olsen</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> Sunday, February 24, 2013 8:05 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Say goodbyebye Folks</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Send us a link!  I'll give it a try.<BR> <DIV apple-content-edited="true"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Helvetica; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); 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" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV>Laura Olsen,RPT</DIV> <DIV>847-277-0778</DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.ajoyfulsoundinc.com">www.ajoyfulsoundinc.com</A></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></SPAN><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Feb 24, 2013, at 6:23 PM, Dean May wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV>The pianotech site at Google+ is really easy to use. I am always logged onto<BR>Google anyway on my computer for Gmail and Calendar. Plus I use Android<BR>phone that is also always connected. My phone automatically uploads my<BR>pictures to Google and from there it is super easy to share them with the<BR>Pianotech forum and make a post. <BR><BR>It is really easier to use than this email list and much more versatile. And<BR>readable, and easier to comment, or just give a "like". I get a mail<BR>notification for new posts and I can comment simply by hitting reply. The<BR>only drawback to it right now is not enough of you have moved over to it.<BR><BR>Dean<BR>Dean W May                (812) 235-5272 voice and text <BR><A href="http://PianoRebuilders.com">PianoRebuilders.com</A>    (888) DEAN-MAY        <BR>Terre Haute IN 47802<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf<BR>Of Dale Erwin<BR>Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 11:05 AM<BR>To: <A href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>; <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Say goodbyebye Folks<BR><BR>Well, I for one will participate less.<BR>Dale<BR><BR>Sent from my iPhone<BR><BR>On Feb 24, 2013, at 12:14 AM, "Joseph Garrett" <<A href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>><BR>wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">From the Dark Side:<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">"2.From: Keith McGavern<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Posted: Saturday February 23, 2013 2:37 PM<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Subject: Pianotech Mail-List Server closing April 1st<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Message: All,<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">The thing I find so interesting about this final decision being made <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">is this.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">The very thing that some resistant persons, whom have supposedly <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">refused to participate in, which is not the case entirely, and even <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">one of those has referred to calling it the dark side, will now most <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">certainly have to participate fully with <A href="http://my.ptg.org">my.ptg.org</A>, or disappear from <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">the scene. I find that somewhat ironic.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">There is one other option, however, and that is possibly Pianotech at<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Google+ set up by Ron Berry. Only drawback, it still requires logging <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Google+ on to<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">the web.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">So, the Mailman concept will be gone from PTG (Piano Technicians <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Guild), however disappointing. It has served us well with all the <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">volunteers that worked behind the scenes to make it happen since forever!<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Please don't feel that I am unsympathetic to a lost friend as the <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Pianotech Listserv, but times, they do move on, like it or not. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Someone, or something, has got to go first in order that others, or <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">other things, should live on next.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">I certainly am no exception.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Keith McGavern, RPT<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">What really galls my balls is that I had to hear it from the likes of <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Keith McGavern! And, that the Board didn't have the balls to let us <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">know in an expedient fashion.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">See y'all in the funnies after April 1st.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Captain of the Tool Police<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Squares R I<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><A href="http://gpianoworks.com/">http://gpianoworks.com/</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>-----<BR>No virus found in this message.<BR>Checked by AVG - <A href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</A><BR>Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus Database: 2639/6101 - Release Date: 02/13/13<BR>Internal Virus Database is out of date.<BR><BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>