<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 12/6/02 6:28:17 AM Central Standard Time, hoffsoco@luther.edu writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">One of my more distant customers had an old Haines fetal grand about which <BR>
I (15+ years ago) had advised they start saving their money for a <BR>
replacement. I'd hoped for either a trip to the landfill or at least to the <BR>
service area of a distant tuner who needed the "experience". ;-}<BR>
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They recently sold it... to someone closer. ;-{<BR>
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Who called me...<BR>
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I'm gonna need all my diplomatic skills, and then some.<BR>
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Conrad<BR>
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Hopefully by then the Upper Iowa will be at flood stage. <BR>
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Wim </FONT></HTML>