<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Julie,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Whew, I'm glad to hear that it was a =
comedy
routine! As a young woman starting out in this field (and a =
couple
times later), I found myself in some not so funny
circumstances. Not that the problem is specific to piano tuning, =
of
course. Creeps can be found anywhere as stage managers, security =
guards
(oh, my!), custodians, or just plain old drunks at home--you name =
it. All
common sense and self-defense rules apply.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=nicho@zianet.com =
href="mailto:nicho@zianet.com">Nichols</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 21, =
2004 10:27
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: prank calls</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Well, Julie,<BR> It's been a while. =
Several
years, actually. The old "dog-in-piano" gag was from a so-called =
comedy album
of some sort, I forget by whom. <BR> At least you're =
amused.
It was a lot more common before caller ID and star-69. =
<BR> You're
not alone...............<BR><BR>Later,<BR>Guy<BR><BR>At 10:07 PM =
2/21/2004
-0500, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT size=2>hello
=
list,<BR><BR> =
A young guy called me Saturday night around 9:45 and told me his dog =
jumped
in the piano and could I help him get him out. He sid the dog was =
out of
control and biting him when he stuck his hand in there.
=
<BR><BR>  =
;
I told him that he had a dog problem and not a piano problem. There =
was no
resonant barking from inside a piano in the backround and he said he =
didn't
want to leave the dog in there overnight. I told him I was sorry I =
am not an
animal professional and hung
=
up.<BR><BR> &n=
bsp;
Since I am a rookie I wasn't expecting this, but I really could have =
had fun
with this call. Later, I thought I should have told him to get a big =
piece
of meat and lure it out. How do you handle these calls?
=
<BR><BR>  =
;
It is refreshing to know that not all teenagers are out getting into =
serious
trouble and still creative enough to make these =
calls<BR><BR><BR>rookie
Julie<BR>Reading PA
=
<BR><BR>  =
;
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>