<!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 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bottomMargin=0 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=3 topMargin=0 = rightMargin=3> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>That was the one.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks, John.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca">piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca</A>= </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=pianoserv440@juno.com = href="mailto:pianoserv440@juno.com">John R Fortiner</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> Wednesday, August 08, = 2001 2:33 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: You Might Be A = Redneck Piano Tech If You Think...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>I'm certainly not Roger, but I believe this is the = "<STRONG>Redneck Pianer Tooner</STRONG>" list that he posted:</DIV> <DIV>John R. Fortiner</DIV> <DIV>Billings, MT.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4> <P align=center></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial size=5>YOU MIGHT BE A = REDNECK PIANER TOONER IF?</P></B></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=4> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P>Your toolbox has an STP sticker on it.</P> <P>You carve your initials in every piano you tune.</P> <P>You use old tuning pins for fishing weights.</P> <P>Your tuning hammer, is also used as your billy club.</P> <P>You save all the rat nests you've found.</P> <P>You use piano wire for dental floss.</P> <P>You keep brass knuckles in your tool box.</P> <P>You go to your tunings in a cab.</P> <P>You ask your customer to hold your beer. </P> <P>You have swapped a tuning for wrestling tickets.</P> <P>You have swapped a tuning for Willy Nelson tickets.</P> <P>You use a grand prop stick to keep your hood up.</P> <P>Your favorite classical pianist is Floyd Cramer.</P> <P>Your living room is paneled in old sound boards.</P> <P>Your 'OLD' tackle box, is your 'NEW' tool box.</P> <P>You have gone into your customer’s home wearing = flip-flops.</P> <P>You keep a tube of hair cream in your tool box.</P> <P>You strike your tuning fork on the customer’s = dog.</P></FONT></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>