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<DIV>In a message dated 2/12/2004 5:55:33 AM Pacific Standard Time, jonpage@=
comcast.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue =
2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Since I started reading the list in the archiv=
es, it takes more effort to reply to a topic.<BR>I have to copy & paste =
text into an e-mail program and insert an address and topic.<BR>This is too =
much effort to go through to make a trivial quip. (the bulk of postings as o=
f late)<BR><BR>The problem is with the one-click reply button making it easy=
to reply impulsively and<BR>clutter the archives. It is the impulse p=
osting which needs to be restrained.<BR><BR>So before you click on the send =
button, ask yourself, "Is this really relevant to pianos?"<BR><BR>We get eno=
ugh hype from the media. This drivel is why I stopped receiving the list dir=
ectly<BR>to my computer. Reading the archives, I don't have to delete unwant=
ed posts, they never arrived.<BR>They are cluttering up someone else's compu=
ter. Sort of like...waste not, want not.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Jon Pa=
ge, piano technician<BR>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.<BR>mailto:jonpage@comc=
ast.net<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DI=
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<FONT size=4>Jon</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040><FONT size=4> &nb=
sp; Thanks I'm glad I wasn't the one to bring it up <STRONG><U>again!!</U></=
STRONG> Perhaps we should start a piano tech politician / government</FONT> =
<FONT size=4><STRONG>bash list so this one isn't cluttered.</STRONG></FONT=
> <FONT size=4>That way everyone can be happy.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4 FAMILY=
="SERIF" PTSIZE="12">Dale Erwin<BR>Erwins Piano Restorations<BR>4721 Par=
ker Rd, Modesto, Ca. 95357<BR>erwinspiano@aol.com</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>