<!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 5.50.4616.200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tell that to the people in NYC. Do you = think the Yankees and Mets' fans are eager to get back to the game?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Romano</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Myrtle Beach, SC</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=Karintunes@AOL.COM href="mailto:Karintunes@AOL.COM">Karintunes@AOL.COM</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> Thursday, September 13, = 2001 7:56 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re:Don't know what to = say (Wim)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face="Comic Sans MS" size=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT">Wim wrote: <BR><I><BR>I disagree that the = NFL canceled all the games this weekend, and that the ML <BR>canceled games until = Friday. Some of the other baseball and football players <BR>are saying that = football and baseball are "just a game." Even though they <BR>are, they are = more than that. Professional sports have become part of our way <BR>of life. = Football and baseball players are earning a living. And just as the <BR>rest of = us have to continue with our lives, and continue making a living, so <BR>are = the players. The professional sports people are not the only ones making = <BR>a living off the sport. The concession workers, the parking attendants, = the <BR>security people, etc., etc., all count on these games to make a = living. But <BR>unlike a football player who makes $10,000's per game, some of = these others <BR>are making just enough to put food on the table for the = next week. </I><BR><BR>I agree, Wim. <BR>Not to mention, we could use a little = cheering up.  Remember how important sports were to soldiers overseas. =  We need a little break from the chaos.  It will still be there when = the game is over.  I'd consider a good game "moral support" at this time.  Then again, having the teams get around without planes might be = a little difficult... <BR><BR>Karin <BR>the Keys <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>