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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey I've been on the list for 3 or 4 =
years and it's
ALWAYS been like this. I find the CAUT list to be a bit more
sophisticated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joy!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elwood</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Elwood Doss, Jr.<BR>Technical Director/Piano =
Technician<BR>Department of
Music<BR>225 Fine Arts Building<BR>University of Tennessee at
Martin<BR>731/587-7482<BR>::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dnereson@dim.com href="mailto:dnereson@dim.com">Dave =
Nereson</A>
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<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> Tuesday, March 18, 2003 =
2:07
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> too much O.T.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV> I'm another one who is about ready to =
unsubscribe to
the list because rather than getting educational discussions of piano
rebuilding and servicing, and answers to problems I run into on the
job, I get: American nostalgia, space shuttles, sexual =
habits
of Native Americans, Amerigo Vespucci's exploits, political
discourses on presidential actions (of the U.S., not PTG), =
mindless
banter, and rantings and ravings ad nauseam. </DIV>
<DIV> It wasn't like this (not as bad, anyway) last =
year --
what happened? Isn't the content of this list monitored, and =
edited at
least for the archives? </DIV>
<DIV> If people in other music-related
fields are referred to this list or the archives for =
edifying
information regarding their piano problems and questions, what =
will be
their impression of the Guild, when the =
discussions include the
above-mentioned crap? These people could be performing =
artists,
college music professors, amateur rebuilders (some of whom could
be new PTG members seeing this list for the first time),
technicians from other countries, and other professionals, =
perhaps doing
research for a book or considering going into the piano service =
field.
</DIV>
<DIV> All this off-topic stuff "cuts a bad =
figure" for
a PTG-related newsgroup. There are thousands of other groups and =
chat
rooms available. Use them for your diatribes, not this =
list.</DIV>
<DIV> --David Nereson, RPT, Denver</DIV>
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