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<P><FONT size=2>Well... my personal piece of mind:</FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I have been on this list continuously now for about =
six
years. I have seen many names come and go over the years. =
Some leave
and come back, others have never returned. Frequently some new =
blood
appears. With so many new people it is no wonder that the same =
topics
recycle again and again with each new generation. Sometimes people =
get
upset with each other. Then it passes and all is right =
again. "Off
topics" have littered the list since the beginning. I suspect they =
always
will. Sometimes there is humor, sometimes they
are serious.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>We've talked about pianos in general, pianists, =
technical,
tuning, rebuilding, customers not paying bills, advertising, public =
schools,
universities, budgets, conventions, trade shows, dealers, other =
technicians,
insurance, financing, general business topics, cats peeing in pianos, =
pianos in
floods, pianos in fires, pianos that should be burned, vandalism, glue, =
strings,
hammers, springs, fees, brands, manufacturing, refinishing, wheels, =
lids,
bushings, center pins, cleaning, tools, wood, just about anything you =
can thing
of. We've also occasionally discussed politics, off topic humor, =
people,
places, food, holidays, computers, money, television, movies, drinking,
gambling, sex, and rock and roll.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Censorship has also been discussed from the
beginning. It has never happened and I think for a very good =
reason.
The majority of us don't want it. What is the pianotech =
list?
Well... it's about a bunch of technicians who get together in cyber =
space and
have discussions. We talk on topic, (most of the time), and =
occasionally
talk off topic. Why? Because we are a happy group and we =
have
"conversation" just as if we were in a casual setting at a convention =
with other
technicians. There are no specific rules here. The general =
topic is
pianos. Sometimes we just goof around a little bit and have fun =
doing
it. It is a "human" environment where people don't want to become =
tech-ish
all the time. We get that enough when we're working.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>So what does this all mean? It means, (and =
this is my
opinion but which I know it is widely shared), lighten up! Leave =
the
serious forms to the university chat room geeks who have no life to =
speak , wear
pocket protectors with a hardware store stuffed in them, of and dream =
about
wires and gears in their sleep. We CAN relax and have fun here and =
we CAN
talk technical about pianos at the same time. Take a look at your =
keyboard
for a moment. Just to the right of the "enter" key and just below =
the
"insert" key there is another little key that says "Delete". If a =
topic
arises that you don't wish to read or the author of a topic gives you =
the runs,
just push it and the message will disappear in .00349276 =
nano-seconds.
Then you will be happy and bubbly again and everything will be right in =
your
world.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Enjoy life more often. Trust me, it will be =
more fun
that way.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV>
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