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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Middle age is half way between your age =
and your
life expectancy. I wish.</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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV>
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title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 31, =
2002 1:37
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Median age</DIV>
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<DIV>I guess I'm middle-aged. A couple years ago I bought something at =
Home
Depot and the checkout gal asked me for my AARP discount card. Then,
depressed, I stopped at the grocery store on the way home and bought a =
bottle
of wine. The checkout gal there asked me for my I.D. Then I went home =
and
celebrated! That must be middle-age. Or caught in the middle - or
sumpthin'.</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV>
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href="mailto:kpiano@goldrush.com">Keith
Roberts</A> </DIV>
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title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 30, =
2002 8:31
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Median age</DIV>
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<DIV><BR> I think it works against me to a certain =
degree.
I get the sense sometimes that when I make recomendations, I =
am not
taken as seriously because of my perceieved lack of experience. =
Oh
well, maybe I should gain 20 pounds and grow a beard...
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bsp; Jim
Rickson</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I got asked for my ID buying alcohol at 35. =
You're
right, perceived youth equates with inexperience and people =
sometimes
don't take you seriously. That's their tough luck but you hate to =
lose out
on the gravy work. Old doesn't necessarily mean fat but a beard =
does help.
Add just a little touch of gray to the sideburns and you'll never =
get
asked. If you do get asked how old you are tell them you're old =
enough to
know better. Or add 15 years and you'll always get a
compliment.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Keith
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