<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV>From the files of "Embarassing but True."  If you can't laugh at yourself, who CAN you laugh at?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So I finish tuning this lady's piano, and the diuretic effects of the morning's coffee kick in.  "M'am, may I use your facilities?"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"Yes, no problem."  She shows me to the door.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm wearing my shop apron.  Don't know why, probably because of th= e convenient pocket space it affords me to put things like my pocket PC in(foreshadowing here...)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Business done, apron back in place--without my IPAQ, which has fallen i= nto the (fortunately freshly flushed) toilet.  Flushed for most of the day = were appointments, Tunelab, contacts, and map functions.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Things to be thankful for: </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My wonderful wife, who offered me personalized GPS service via my cell phone from her job at the university.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I tune mostly by ear, anyway.  (4 of the five jobs consisted of lowering the pitch on new pianos, 2 by over 20 cents each).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Since my day was so busy, I'd made out all of today's invoices in advan= ce, so at least I had everyone's address handy.</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>SD cards, which saved EVERYTHING today.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Water dries out.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Computers can come back from a dunking. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It's been a long day.  Time for a glass o' vino.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>