<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I realize that that is the case in many = instances.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 07, 2002 = 12:49 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: = Excessive-Compulsive</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I think that people responding on this list = usually do so very quickly often without double checking spelling, grammar, = punctuation, etc..  I know that I often zip off first draft comments = without looking back.  Later I might notice a careless error.  It's = nice to have everything perfectly correct, but I'm not going to lose sleep = over it.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=rptbob1@ameritech.net = href="mailto:rptbob1@ameritech.net">Robert Bergantino</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> July 07, 2002 8:45 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: = Excessive-Compulsive</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi John/James: Not compulsive = at all.  It is really too bad how persons on this list- and = sadly,in general- butcher the language.  It is so common  that = it is becoming acceptable to the many- and therein lies the problem.  = Common usage=accepted behavior. Subject lines even contain misspellings = that are perpetuated over and over.... and on and on.  Anyway, I for = one, support your stand.  You are certainly not offending = me.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=JamesBakerRPT@carolina.rr.com href="mailto:JamesBakerRPT@carolina.rr.com">James Baker</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 07, 2002 = 1:14 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> = Excessive-Compulsive</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can't help this - I'm = sick...It's not my fault, but I just have to put this out there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There - at that = place</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Their - belonging to = them</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They're - They are</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To - preposition</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Too - adverb</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Two - a number</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Obsessive-Compulsive - a mental = condition (which I am displaying here)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh yeah, Here - at this = place</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hear - a sense</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I apologize to any and everyone I = just offended and beg you to overlook my many = transgressions.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Smith (no, not that John = Smith)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>