<!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 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Dave,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yup, whenever there is an animal (or small child) in the = house, my tool kit is closed while I work.  Fortunately, I haven't = experienced exactly what you did, but early on in my career, my mentor had the same = thing happen.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ah, the things we learn.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Barbara Richmond, RPT</DIV> <DIV>near Peoria, IL</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=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 22, = 2006 9:52 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Of brackets, Bordeaux, = bikes, and bad kitties...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV>Speaking of YC....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I booked five hours today for replacing a set of Young Chang = action brackets and regulating the action. After replacing the outside = brackets, I discovered that the inside ones were the wrong size!   Well, = that took care of the days income.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>AT least that gave me plenty of time to watch the end of the Tour = of California, Stage 2 bike race that finished about 2 blocks from = my aborted job...<BR><BR>After the race ended, I headed 3 blocks east to = a friend's house to tune her Acrosonic and sample some 20 year old = Bordeaux. Halfway through the treble, I heard her say, "Todd, NO!," Todd being = the cat. I looked down and saw that the side of my toolkit that holds pliers = and stringing tools had been unceremoniously filled up with an odiferous = yellow fluid from Todd.<BR><BR>Some days one should just stay in bed.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" = PTSIZE="10">Dave Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A = href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://dstahlpiano.net/</A></U></FON= T></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>