<!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 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Rob,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Very, very good comments!  I agree = with you.  Frankly if I don't like the OTs, or the Ts for that matter, I = just delete them--simple as that.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joy!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elwood</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rrg@unlv.nevada.edu href="mailto:rrg@unlv.nevada.edu">Rob = Goodale</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> Tuesday, May 11, 2004 = 1:47 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Disgusted for the good = ol' days</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hello everyone.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I have been thinking about this OT, Moderated, = Unmoderated, Touchy-Feely, shame on you, you hurt my feelings", BS that has evolved = on this list and I am reaching a boiling point here.  Something is = terribly wrong.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I have been on pianotech continuously since close = to the beginning nearly 8 years ago.  I don't believe there are more than two or three others still here that go back that = far.  Over the years I have seen people come and go.  Some have left = and returned and then went away again.  Some haven't come back.  = We have also had a few who have passed away.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I bring this up because I have to wonder what happened.  We had <U>SO MUCH FUN</U> in the past.  We had = arguments that were GOOD arguments, we went off topic, on topic, nobody = cared.  It was just a great group of piano techs who had found a place to chit chat.  Most of the time we talked about pianos.  If someone = wanted to talk about something else for awhile nobody cared, we were just a = great group of piano technicians who had a lot of fun chatting on pianotech = and bouncing ideas off each other.  We always had the infamous "flame = suits" to put on if need be and we all loved it.  We joked, made fun of = each other, got serious, and then laughed again.  If the arguments got nasty we loved the list anyway and = wouldn't miss being here for the world.  Ah the good ol' days.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Over the past several years many of the Johnny-come-latelys that joined the list seem to = have had an assumption that pianotech is something that it = isn't.  Disappointed in this expectation they then took it upon themselves to mold pianotech into something else.  A few have self-appointed themselves to reprimand others. Others = assumed themselves to be the authorities on what topics were acceptable = and which were not.  And some have taken the list to a new level = of finger pointing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>It would be golden to turn back the clock to when "pianotech" was really "pianotech".  My question is what = happened?  Those of you who have only joined within the last couple years = will never know what you are missing.  We had a great time and looked = forward to exchanging messages piano related or not.  It was just a fun = place to meet.  Chaos was always in order and that was the = way everyone liked it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>It is interesting to note that having = talked with others over the last few years as to why they left their number one = complaint is that the list evolved into what it is now.  In that spirit = might I suggest that we all drop the agenda on trying to make pianotech a nice = and neat orderly place with hospital corners?  What pianotech doesn't need is a moderator, officially or otherwise.  = Who gives a crap, we're all big boys and girls, we don't need a scout master.  For those of you who can't handle this may I suggest = that you start another list elsewhere and leave well enough alone?  Hey, = the internet is an  absolutely HUGE place.  There is plenty of = room to create that sort of list.  Please just relax for a = change and enjoying the flying feathers.  Stupid CAN be fun.  Think of something really off-topic to talk about such as, oh = I don't know say... 70's disco fads.  Then have fun trying to relate = pianos to it.  Be careful, you might actually find yourself having = fun.  Smiling could be fatal for those of you who have a brittle = face.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>