<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1250"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>County dump?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial>Here's the = kind of crap I get to play with all too often:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial>Ancient BBUBIIBUWBHAABUBBATFAABTIY (Big Beautiful Upright But Inside It's Butt = Ugly With Bubbling Hammers And A Bunged Up Bass Bridge And Totally Filthy = And Ain't Been Tuned In Years)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial>Sitting in a = metal building that is heated/cooled one evening a week--sign over door says = "Little Branson Theater."</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial>"Can you = please come tune it before Saturday? We're having a show!" </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial>Well, isn't = that just special! And, no foolin' now, that shore IS an emergency, yessirree ... </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial>Anyway many = hammers bububububbling. Lost motion not bad, letoff kinda okay, checking not = very good, etc., etc., etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial>But the fix = was easy and quick. Think about worn parts, the general untidiness of these old = beaters, and basic upright geometry...</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial>Any takers?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>