<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type = content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The post did not suggest that pianos = use gasoline, but rather addressed a significant every-day overhead cost factor = affecting all of us who make piano service calls.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Definitely not OT.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A technician can make a service call = unimpeded regardless of which computer operating system s/he uses (if a computer = is used at all - many of us do not employ computer use in our business). = However, we all consider overhead costs in our everyday business and we all use gas = every time we make a service call (except for Andre Oorebeek, who, on occasion, = uses a higher form of transportation).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=dahechler@charter.net = href="mailto:dahechler@charter.net">Hechler Family</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net = href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n= et</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 11, 2004 = 1:29 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Gas price = increase</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>So for once I decided to be a horses a++, so since when = do pianos use gas ? <BR><BR>As other persons keep crabbing at me, this is = a piano tech list. So I'll state my question again, since when do pianos use = gas ?<BR><BR>Pain,<BR><BR>David Love wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid410-220045211551542@earthlink.net type="cite"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <DIV>I consider this on topic as it's about how to conduct = business.  So I've removed the OT moniker.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A = href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n= et</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: rgb(0,0,0) 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: = none">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: rgb(228,228,228) 0% 50%; FONT: 10pt arial; = font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: none; moz-background-clip: = initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial; moz-background-origin: = initial"><B>From:</B> <A title=dahechler@charter.net = href="mailto:dahechler@charter.net">Hechler Family</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: = none"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: = none"><B>Sent:</B> 5/10/2004 9:17:12 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: = none"><B>Subject:</B> OT: Re: Gas price increase</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:Topperpiano@aol.com">Topperpiano@aol.com</A> = wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mida9.574f5fa5.2dd15a46@aol.com type="cite"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR>Hi, How is = everyone coping with the gas price hikes? I work in an area that requires = me to drive several hours a day and I have calculated that my gas = costs have gone up about $40.00 a week.  I am raising my prices accordingly.  Won't say what they are or will be but I will = be dividing the increase among my customers.  How is = everyone handling this?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>REMEMBER THE "OT:" RULE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR><PRE class=moz-signature = cols="72">-- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Organ, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild Reed Organ Society Member St. Louis, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated = href="mailto:dahechler@charter.net">dahechler@charter.net</A> = </PRE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>