<!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 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh God!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I keep thinking of = the last scene in the original movie "Psycho", where Norman Bates is in a = strait-jacket proclaiming how "he'll show them, he wouldn't even hurt this = fly."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin</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=lclgcnp@yahoo.com href="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com">gordon = stelter</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 06, 2003 = 3:32 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> !!!!!!!!!Exclamation points!!!!!!!!!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Dear List,<BR>     I really thought = that essay on my (at<BR>times)profligate use of ! was very funny!<BR>Thanks!for!the!chuckle!<BR>     = Actually, I wish for you all to know that I have,<BR>perhaps, never felt more serene. = And I mean that. I am<BR>grateful for the companionship this list provides.....<BR>even the heated debate. Much of my life has been spent<BR>alone in a restoration shop with no-one but NPR to<BR>listen = to ( and gripe at, occassionally! ) and most<BR>certainly no one to share = piano-talk with. Thank you!<BR>So there is now very seldom any anger felt as I write.<BR>And for this I can also thank = Dubya.<BR>     You see, I am truly convinced that he will soon<BR>incinerate us all in = WWIII, so that his, <BR>( and his buddies') chicanery will never make it = into<BR>the history books!<BR>     And I am prepared to die. I = have experienced a<BR>wonderful life full of love and miracles, and have no<BR>attraction whatsoever for living in a land where<BR>everyone is constantly bombarded with encouragement to<BR>be fearful. As a long = time monk with a thorough belief<BR>in an afterlife, that just seems like a big = waste of<BR>energy.<BR>    So, thank you, all! I just wanted = you to know<BR>where I am coming from, and that I am  feeling = very<BR>blissful indeed and very "un-angry", ( usually ).<BR>    And, = after the planet is reduced to a smoldering<BR>cinder and the cockroaches (if = any survive) have all<BR>the pianos they'd ever desire to build their bordellos<BR>in, and God sorts us all out, I truly look forward = to<BR>meeting a few of you "in person"! <BR>  <BR>     Peace,<BR>     Gordon<BR><BR>__________________________________________________<BR>Do = you Yahoo!?<BR>Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more<BR><A = href="http://taxes.yahoo.com/">http://taxes.yahoo.com/</A><BR>_________= ______________________________________<BR>pianotech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>