<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">Hey Joe....where you goin with that gun in your hand....heeeaaay Joe. Musical interlude...hey aay Joe... </font> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> Always wanted to do that.</font> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"><br> </font> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> By the way....and to be crystal clear. I wasn't asking anyone to stay with HL. I think its a lost cause.</font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"><br> </font> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">I was simply trying to point out the facts as I heard them  from Jim. </font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"><br> </font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> I do think that there has </font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">been</font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> precious little appreciation coming towards us a group for our contributions to the organization from PTG politicos. I feel the same way about being an instructor but thats another issue.</font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> And equally little appreciation coming from us towards them. Perhaps that's because of the <u><b>"wild and woolly" </b></u>nature of our group.</font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">Man I love it!  But it may alienate them/some.</font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">Dale</font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> <br> </font><br> <div style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; clear: both;"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br> <font color="green">Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</font><br> </font></font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><font size="1" color="black"><font color="blueviolet"><font color="black"> <font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><br> </font></font></font></font><font size="1" color="cornflowerblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">www.Erwinspiano.com</font><font size="1"><br> </font><font size="1" color="crimson" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</font><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 7:54 am<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Don't Leave!<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_2071b20d-ab5b-4d5e-8334-550ad8bc4ac3" style="margin: 0px;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size: 12px;color: #000;background-color: #fff;"> <pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>Dale said: "There has been lack of any one being a liaison with this list to be sure except Kent" Dale, Apparently he's the only one that realizes that the heads of our organization think they know it all and don't need enlightenment from the "likes" of us! Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain of the Tool Police Squares R I <a href="http://gpianoworks.com/" target="_blank">http://gpianoworks.com/</a> </tt></pre> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </font>