And that's just the way I like it! To live well and live quietly, enjoying my job and raising my family in my own little niche without attracting any undue attention to myself. There's a very real sense in which I can say that the stupider people think my job is, the better. And if you want people to ooh and aah when they see your business card, just call yourself a "Piano Acoustics and Tactile Response Engineer." Kristinn Leifsson wrote: > > When I went to study piano work, a girl I was speaking to basically mocked > me. P-I-A-N-O T-U-N-I-N-G!??? > After I came back, I met her. She asked me what I was doing and suddenly > "oh yeah P-I-A-N-O T-U-N-I-N-G, that was it" > And what was she doing? Working in a bakery, getting fatter every > day. And I was making MUCH more money, but it was still a stupid job. > > At 04:45 7.12.2000 -0500, you wrote: > >My father in law once told me, "I've been around a long time, and I know > >you can't make a living tuning pianos." > > > >Wally Scherer > >Lake Worth, Florida > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Send e-mail (TEXT ONLY!) to: <WallyTS@iname.com> or <p003520b@pb.seflin.org> > >If you are sending html documents, attachments, etc., please use: > ><WTScherer@hotmail.com> This is checked about once a week. > >My personal web page: <http://www.geocities.com/vienna/2411> > >My business web page: <http://www.angelfire.com/biz6/afinetune>
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