<!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 6.00.2800.1476" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> wear and tear on da = nerves</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR>On 14-nov-04, at 6:25, David Love wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>I hadn't thought of this before but next time somebody is = making noise<BR>when I'm tuning the piano...k'ching...thank you that will = be an extra<BR>fifty bucks for wear and tear on my nerves. Won't take long = and they'll<BR>be thinking twice before they flush the damn toilet. <BR><BR>David Love<BR></DIV> <DIV>    </DIV> <DIV>David,</DIV> <DIV>    I've had  penalty system for years = now,although the dollar amounts are much more modest..</DIV> <DIV>    I preface this by saying that when my client = is noisy I politely mention that I'm having trouble hearing and = with rare exception they quiet down. For example, if the T.V. is on I request = that they turn the volume down and they always turn it off.   </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Now for  = the fun stuff,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Serving me = instant coffee----$2.00</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    = </FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>     Junk = on the piano (This varies with my mood and whether I'm served the = aforementioned instant coffee $2.00</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Any explaination = to my question "When was the last time the piano was serviced?" That = entails a complete family history including  details of uncle Henry's = colostomy that made him unable to sit on the piano = bench $2.00</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>       = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Any combination = of the following anecdotes :</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I thought all = piano tuners were blind</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    My grandmother = had a baby grand and she gave it away</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    My dad and = brothers smashed up our old upright</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Our old upright = was never tuned and always sounded great</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    The lady who = owned this piano was a concert pianist (Winter spinet)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    The movers said = this is the heaviest piano they ever moved (Winter spinet )  = $2.00</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    = $2.00</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    My husband has = the checkbook ,Can we mail it to you  $5.00 (sometimes hard to extract if = they already have the invoice)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    My list can be = expanded to include other violations as required.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    All penalty $'s = contributed to either the local food pantry or Starbucks (not necessarily in = that order)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom = Driscoll</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    =     </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>