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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>AMEN and Hallelujah</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer Assoc. PTG<BR>Santa =
Clara,
California<BR><A href="mailto:cmpiano@attbi.com">cmpiano@attbi.com</A> =
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rrg@unlv.edu href="mailto:rrg@unlv.edu">Robert =
Goodale</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> Sunday, November 17, 2002 =
8:57
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> LIST CENSORSHIP - Put =
it in
perspective!</DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Well... my personal piece of mind:</FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I have been on this list continuously now for =
about six
years. I have seen many names come and go over the years. =
Some
leave and come back, others have never returned. Frequently some =
new
blood appears. With so many new people it is no wonder that the =
same
topics recycle again and again with each new generation. =
Sometimes
people get upset with each other. Then it passes and all is =
right
again. "Off topics" have littered the list since the =
beginning. I
suspect they always will. Sometimes there is humor, =
sometimes they
are serious.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>We've talked about pianos in general, pianists, =
technical,
tuning, rebuilding, customers not paying bills, advertising, public =
schools,
universities, budgets, conventions, trade shows, dealers, other =
technicians,
insurance, financing, general business topics, cats peeing in pianos, =
pianos
in floods, pianos in fires, pianos that should be burned, vandalism, =
glue,
strings, hammers, springs, fees, brands, manufacturing, refinishing, =
wheels,
lids, bushings, center pins, cleaning, tools, wood, just about =
anything you
can thing of. We've also occasionally discussed politics, off =
topic
humor, people, places, food, holidays, computers, money, television, =
movies,
drinking, gambling, sex, and rock and roll.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Censorship has also been discussed from the
beginning. It has never happened and I think for a very good
reason. The majority of us don't want it. What is the =
pianotech
list? Well... it's about a bunch of technicians who get together =
in
cyber space and have discussions. We talk on topic, (most of the =
time),
and occasionally talk off topic. Why? Because we are a =
happy group
and we have "conversation" just as if we were in a casual setting at a =
convention with other technicians. There are no specific rules
here. The general topic is pianos. Sometimes we just goof =
around a
little bit and have fun doing it. It is a "human" environment =
where
people don't want to become tech-ish all the time. We get that =
enough
when we're working.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>So what does this all mean? It means, (and =
this is my
opinion but which I know it is widely shared), lighten up! Leave =
the
serious forms to the university chat room geeks who have no life to =
speak ,
wear pocket protectors with a hardware store stuffed in them, of and =
dream
about wires and gears in their sleep. We CAN relax and have fun =
here and
we CAN talk technical about pianos at the same time. Take a look =
at your
keyboard for a moment. Just to the right of the "enter" key and =
just
below the "insert" key there is another little key that says =
"Delete".
If a topic arises that you don't wish to read or the author of a topic =
gives
you the runs, just push it and the message will disappear in .00349276 =
nano-seconds. Then you will be happy and bubbly again and =
everything
will be right in your world.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Enjoy life more often. Trust me, it will be =
more fun
that way.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV>
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