<!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 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New = Roman; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Good for you!  I quit in 1960.  The first 2 weeks were = the hardest.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Carl Meyer</FONT></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.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</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> Saturday, December 16, = 2000 6:26 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Last = octave/stretching, etc.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>  <P>"David M. Porritt" wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <B><FONT size=+3>It's the holiday season!  Why is everyone so Grumpy??</FONT></B></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Well, I know why I have been a bit barky lately.... grin... = after nearly 30 years of 20-25 fat ones each and every day... I have finally = mangaged to quit smoking. A Christmas gift to myself and my wife. <P>grin.. I suppose I will be over the worst of it all by Christmas = eve. .. its been two weeks already ! <P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>Bergen, Norway <BR><A = href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.u= ib.no</A> <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>