<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 = Transitional//EN"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Carl</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks for your input.  We need to get  = back to business.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Jim Radford</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Templeton, CA</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original = Message-----</B><BR><B>From: </B>Carl Meyer <<A href="mailto:cmpiano@home.com">cmpiano@home.com</A>><BR><B>To: = </B><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Date: </B>Wednesday, April 25, 2001 4:48 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>The Forum = (Kinda OT)<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In view of some of the posts of the = last few days, I'd like to make a few comments.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have made it a habit that when = someone makes a disparaging, insulting or otherwise questionable comment, I first = look up the name in the directory.  I"d like to know where this = person is from etc. No need if I know who it is.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There have been recently 2 examples = I'd like to cite.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1.  Three or four have = suggested that humor such as many of us have has no place on the = list.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2.  The on topic discussion of = soundboard springs has been ridiculed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been involved in both these examples and having looked up the most outspoken responses</FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>find not = suprisingly that they are not listed in the directory.  Could they be</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1.  New members</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2.  Non members</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3.  Incognito</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4.  Other</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I want to personally and = publicly thank Del for sharing his ideas regarding springs for soundboards.  = He also graciously shared his e-mail address to someone who didn't know how = to find it on the e-mails or even look it up in the directory.  (Maybe = he doesn't have one).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This was after being = ridiculed.  Del, maybe your skin is just a little too thick.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Being the Rodney Dangerfield of the = PTG, I'm easily hurt but considering the source does help.  I feel = better now.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl (check the source) Meyer</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>