<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I've noticed this = behavior, both in myself and others, David. Sometimes when sometime this stressful hits = us, we just go on auto-pilot. There's something comforting in the routine. The = fact that none of your customers cancelled could be due to their desire for = company, as much as anything else. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> Every customer wanted to keep their appointment...I tuned<BR>with the TV on = and stopped constantly dumbfounded by the horror of the = scene...<BR><BR>Looking back I can't explain why I didn't turn around and head home that = day...maybe I was too numbed to think clearly...<BR><BR>David = I.<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pian= otech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>