<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=Windows-1252"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=722361118-22072003>Got a = call from a lady who needs her piano tuned. She said her tuner has moved to St. = Louis. I asked who it was. She named someone that I've never heard of although = I've been here for years. Uh, oh. Methinks this piano will be a bit "off."</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=722361118-22072003><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Anyway, she also said that some people left one of her rental houses several months = rent and an abandoned piano. "Great big thing," she said. She wants me to look at = it and take it away if I want it. But here's the kicker: She said the former = renters "took the keys." On further questioning, it appears they tore off the ivory.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=722361118-22072003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=722361118-22072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ya, = never know what's going to be on the other end of these phone = calls.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=722361118-22072003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>---<BR> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.<BR> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR> Version: 6.0.495 / Virus Database: 294 - Release Date: 6/30/2003<BR> </FONT> </P>