<!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>There are indeed tremendous "worries" in the = modern world. That's why I am so grateful for the serious, wise, intelligent, = rational, tough-minded, moral, pro-American and compassionate grown-ups now in = charge in the executive and legislative branches. Nobody has to agree; it's a free = country. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Alan</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=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 07, = 2002 7:58 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OT] Bridge = Pins</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><A = href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">tune4u@earthlink.net</A> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <FONT face=Arial>Well, thank God we = finally have intelligent, honest grown-ups in charge!</FONT> <FONT face=Arial>Alan</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Er... ah... who would that be ?  Personally I kinda miss = those days when the worst thing in this world we had to think about was = something about whose cigars were being used for what. Compared to todays = worries.... I almost get a feeling of nostalgia :) <BR>  <P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>UiB, Bergen, Norway = <BR><A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> = <BR><A = href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broad= park.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>