<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>Got to tell you....I left a = case and a tall light in the parking lot of the church.  They put it inside for = me........ The secret is that I start talking and forget my procedures...</FONT></STRONG></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=richard.ucci@att.net href="mailto:richard.ucci@att.net">richard.ucci@att.net</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> Sunday, January 30, 2005 = 9:08 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Dumb Tuner moves - = was Stupid Tuner Tricks</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <P>List,</P> <P>Did I ever tell you all about the time I left my zero haliburton = case by the back door of a church and drove off one August day? </P> <P>By the time I got to my next stop about 20 min. away and got = back to the church, the local police were waiting for me and the bomb squad = was on the way. The cop told me they would have x-rayed it and then blown it to = bits with a water cannon.</P> <P>The next day I stenciled my company name on the case in big = black letters.</P> <P> </P> <P>Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano<BR></P> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px = solid">-------------- Original message from "JAMES DALLY" <jdally@ecr.net>: = -------------- <BR><BR><BR>> Phil: I don't know how you could do that! (I left = my large case/ a tall <BR>> light/ in the parking lot of a = church.............. fortunately someone put <BR>> it inside....... <BR>> ----- = Original Message ----- <BR>> From: "Phil Bondi" = <PHIL@PHILBONDI.COM><BR>> To: "Pianotech" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>> Sent: Sunday, January 30, = 2005 5:21 AM <BR>> Subject: Re: Dumb Tuner moves - was Stupid Tuner Tricks = <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > From what I've read with this thread, it = still doesn't match the level of <BR>> > stupid that I did just = yesterday, and it reminded me that I should share <BR>> > that level of = stupid with the rest of you. <BR>> > <BR>> > New Client - New = Piano - Warranty Tuning from the dealer - nothing out of <BR>> > th! e = ordinary so far, right? <BR>> > <BR>> > Well, I had = another appointment after that one. When I got to that next <BR>> > appointment, I noticed that my little brown bag that holds my tuning = lever <BR>> > and rubber mutes was not in my tool box. Everything = else was there except <BR>> > that bag. <BR>> > <BR>> > I = looked around the piano I was presently at..thinking I MUST have put it = <BR>> > down somewhere............. <BR>> > <BR>> > It = didn't take me long to figure out that the bag in question was left <BR>> = > behind at the last client's home. I may have left behind a mute or 2 on = <BR>> > the plate in the past (isn't there a Mute-Sharing program in = place?!?), <BR>> > but never the whole bag. It was clear across town (20 = minutes each way - <BR>> > thank God it was Saturday or the time would = have been more). I kicked <BR>> > myself for awhile, then I started = laughing at my stupidity - h! ow could I <BR>> > have left = behind the one bag that would prevent me from doing my job? <BR>> > = Here's my excuse: <BR>> > <BR>> > The owner of the home and I were = talking as I was putting the piano back <BR>> > together - the owner = happens to be a Boston Red Sox fan, and I'm not. <BR>> > <BR>> > = I was cursed! <BR>> > <BR>> > -Phil Bondi(Fl) <BR>> > = <BR>> > _______________________________________________ <BR>> > = pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives <BR>> = > <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> = _______________________________________________ <BR>> pianotech list info: = https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>