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<DIV>Hi Mike,</DIV>
<DIV>You were lucky.</DIV>
<DIV>It took the owners 15 mins. to find my shoes, after their dog, took and hid
them. It had chewed the laces too.</DIV>
<DIV>Have you ever tried to buy, good replacement laces?</DIV>
<DIV>I have been nipped a couple of times, by those yippy, little small dogs. It
seems the smaller they are, the noisier they are.</DIV>
<DIV>I had a bite from a bigger one, that ripped my pants, and my leg had a red
mark, but it didn't break the skin. The owner wrote me a cheque for a new pair
of pants, and when I go now, the dog is locked up in another room. </DIV>
<DIV>I like dogs, and the majority of times there is no problem. But it still
pays to be wary.</DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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<A title=mjbkspal@execpc.com href="mailto:mjbkspal@execpc.com">Mike
Spalding</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net
href="mailto:kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net">Kevin E. Ramsey</A> ; <A
title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 05, 2003 2:11
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Good dogs, was Bad
day!</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Last stop today, Aeolian spinet 50 cents
flat. By far the most inviting part of the job was Mel the
Spaniel. Owner kept calling her back to the kitchen so she wouldn't
"bother" me. I would rather have had Mel's company during that
unpleasant tuning job.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Earlier this year, took my shoes off at the door,
kneeling by the piano opening my tool kit, all of a sudden there's a Retriever
in my face trying to give me back one of my shoes!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net href="mailto:kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net">Kevin
E. Ramsey</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> Tuesday, March 04, 2003 7:52
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bad day!</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR>FWIW, I get a whole lot of pleasure
from the friendships I've made with<BR>piano owners' pets and children
during my visits. Couldn't imagine<BR>excluding them from my
practice.<BR><BR>Mike Spalding RPT<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Mike, I too have fun with
people's pets. I've never met a dog that I couldn't have playing with me and
licking my hand within about a minute. I don't know what it is, I've had
people say "He doesn't usually warm up to people like this." Clue,
they're just big kids, even the little ones. They want someone to pay
attention to them. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Kevin</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>