I went cross country skiing with my family last Saturday; after plodding along. thinking to myself. Heck, this is not much more fun than snowshoeing, several hotdoggers went flying past me. Hmmm, I thought, now that looks more like it! So I started to imitate their "snow skating" technique. It wasn't long before my skis were all twisted up, I flipped on an icy patch, and felt bad things happening in my left ankle. After the doctors informed me that I had a fractured ankle, and gave a temorary cast, they told me to get in bed for the next 10 days, and keep that leg elevated. Next week I'll either get a big plaster cast for 6 or more weeks, or, if I'm lucky. a high tech plastic boot for the same period of time. What's the list's experience with this scenario? Hopefully I'll be tuning consoles and spinets next week, but pulling a grand or upright action may be a bit of a challenge, especially if it's in front of new customers. I think *I'd* be a bit dubious about any service technician standing at my door with crutches under his arms, especially if he hadn't worked for me before. Ant words of wisdom out there? Patrick Draine, RPT (time to get back on the couch, and point my foot at the ceiling) draine@tiac.net
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