<!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 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi 'Florons' !!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No flame, just a coined word from the = mountins of North Carolina where there are many retirees who spend 6 months in = Florida (cold weather) and the other in the hills (hot weather). Tuesday, we had = almost 3 inches of rain yesterday not much. Today an expected one inch more....caught between the two storms and a front from the northwest = that is stalled. Who Knows what's next.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At any rate 'hunker down' Terry, Phil, = Jim,and everyone else.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Opelika, in Cherokee means "Big Swamp" !!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hubert</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Opelika,Al</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</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> Thursday, August 12, 2004 = 8:05 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> A Three-Hour = Cruise</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Now I really wish I knew how to = play piano. This morning I am scheduled to tune pianos on the Carnival cruise ship = Sensation. Was just thinking after tuning each piano, as the new = passengers are boarding...... </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>"Just sit right back and you'll = hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip, that started from this tropic port, = aboard this tiny ship. The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed......." (sing Gilligan's Island theme). </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>If you don't know what I am = talking about, check where Tampa is (for the geo-plitically challanged, Tampa is = exactly in the middle of the projected path): </FONT><A = href="http://www.weather.com/maps/news/atlstorm3/projectedpath_large.ht= ml"><FONT = face=Arial>http://www.weather.com/maps/news/atlstorm3/projectedpath_lar= ge.html</FONT></A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What kind of a nutcase would board a = cruise ship out of Tampa today?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wish us Sunshine-State-West dwellers = luck over the next 36 hours!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Phil Bondi and Dave Smith - pick = up some batteries and plywood while you are out today - and turn your radio = on....... maybe a jar of peanut butter also.......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A = href="http://www.farrellpiano.com">www.farrellpiano.com</A></FONT></DIV= > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(in case it is not there on Saturday morning)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>