<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Yikes! Very well stated Stan. Sad to see this crud.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida <A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black">From: <A href="mailto:JStan40@AOL.COM" = title=JStan40@AOL.COM>JStan40@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">To: <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Sent: Saturday, February 10, = 2001 12:22 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Subject: Reply to = "Anonymous"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>Dear List, After replying a couple of days = ago to a posting by Roger Jolly that I thought was particularly = praise-worthy, I received this response.  Here is the entire posting, headers included: Subj: prep Date: 2/9/01 5:00:36 PM = Central Standard Time From:    <A href="mailto:anon@anon.com">anon@anon.com</A> Sender:  =   <A = href="mailto:nobody@ficus.frogspace.net">nobody@ficus.frogspace.net</A>= (Nobody) To:    jstan40@aol.com = Hi Stan, I think you might find some pianos at a certain store less = than well prepped. *shhhhh* ok? There is a lot of Lip servicing going = on. <XMP></XMP> ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <nobody@ficus.frogspace.net> Received: from  rly-ye01.mx.aol.com (rly-ye01.mail.aol.com [172.18.151.198]) by air-ye05.mail.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Fri, 09 Feb 2001 = 18:00:35 -0500 Received: from  ficus.frogspace.net ([64.6.237.2]) = by rly-ye01.mx.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Fri, 09 Feb 2001 = 18:00:34 -0500 Received: from nobody by ficus.frogspace.net with local = (Exim 3.02 #1)     id 14RMWl-0004ow-00     for jstan40@aol.com; Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:00:31 -0500 To: = jstan40@aol.com From: anon@anon.com Subject: prep Message-Id: <E14RMWl-0004ow-00@ficus.frogspace.net> Sender: Nobody <nobody@ficus.frogspace.net> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:00:31 = -0500 What I find particularly disturbing about this = response is not necessarily the idea that someone doesn't agree with Roger on = what HE says that HE does in his own store, but that the person who wrote = the above message did so anonymously, using a web address that = guarantees anonymity, and is therefore able to spread whatever brand of = poison he/she wants to spread without being accountable for it.  This is unacceptable and cowardly.  There have been many = disagreements on this List, heaven knows, but the participants were all willing to = identify themselves and put their opinions on the line.  On an open = list such as this, that is not only expected, but may be desirable in the = long run.  (And yes, I'm well aware of the feelings generated by such...er...discussions!)   I have been mostly a = List-lurker for the past three years or more, but chime in occasionally when I = believe I have something to offer, or when I feel it necessary to respond = to something.  This is one of those occasions--I do not = personally know Roger Jolly, but having watched his contributions to this List = over a period of time, I have no doubt but what I would LIKE to know = Roger Jolly, and I have no reason whatever to doubt him when he says what his = store policy is.  As Newton has said upon occasion, "Perfection is a = moving target, and one does what one can with what one has available at = the time."   I couldn't agree more.....we try, and that is what = Roger seems to be doing at all times. So........to the person = who sent me this message........if you have something to say, say it. =  We don't always agree, we don't always HAVE to agree, but I abhor = such behind-the-back, underhanded tactics as this, and I will not = suffer it quietly.  If you have an overabundance of vitriol, then find an outlet, but do it honorably, at least.......IDENTIFY YOURSELF and = take such slings and arrows as may come your way! Stan Ryberg Barrington IL mailto:jstan40@aol.com </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>