<!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 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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=joegarrett@earthlink.net = href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joe Garrett</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> Tuesday, August 23, 2005 = 5:15 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Cats</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara said: "<FONT face="Times = New Roman" size=3>Joe,<BR><BR>Curiosity--cats--get it?  :-)"<BR><BR>Barbara,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Unfortunately, I do! Could really give a rip about dem cats! = Royal PITA, IMO. Dern Fur Balls!<G> Worthless creature.</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is a restaurant near here = called "The Cats"  I tuned their piano once.  They have a Yamaha = u3.  I put a Pianocorder in it for the dealer that sold it.  In just a few = months the bass strings went dead.  Yamaha paid me to put new ones in = and provided the strings. In a few months they went dead.  I = think the grease in the air did them in.  Great ribs.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway the full name of the place = was  "The Cats diminished fifth"  It was owned by a couple of lesbians and = was originally a stage coach stop on the way to Santa Cruz (read = bordello).  Still a popular place.  I don't want to get involved because = musicians beat the hell out of a nice piano.  I tuned a piano for one of = the musicians and never got paid.  Only time I ever got = stiffed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now you know the rest of the = story.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer PTG assoc<BR>Santa Clara, Ca.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>