Average person's perception....

[Kevin E. Ramsey RPT]

My Personal High is in the High Sierras of California. You have to drive up
to about 9000 feet, get out of your car, climb for about four or five hours
up to about 12,000 feet, and go down into the valleys from there. There
aren't too many people up there, and the geology just blows your socks off.
It's very apparent of the massive forces involved in making up the terrain.
Up there, you catch what is known as "Golden" Trout. Bright yellow and red
bellies. The thin air gives you a great appetite. Everything is painted by
the golden (and later purple) hues of the heavens. There is absolutely no
way you can climb up into these regions and deny the existence of God.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Blankenship" <itune@firstsaga.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 7:26 AM
Subject: Re: Average person's perception....


> For me, it is the stillness that allows the beauty to wash the soul.
> Southside Virginia is several thousand square miles of quiet and
> contemplative beauty. Gently rolling land, dark forests, ancient farm
> fields, empty roads. Good for the soul.
>
> David, thank you for sharing this very personal moment and insight.
>
> Robin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Ilvedson, RPT <ilvey@jps.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 11:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Average person's perception....
>
>
> > Patchy clouds with some sunlight coming through.  Not very cold here
right
> > now.  Very still at that moment.  Seagulls screeching...Winter here is
> mild
> > but usually wet.  Hasn't been very wet yet.  We have the bare trees but
a
> > lot of cypress which keeps it looking green.  It was just a very
beautiful
> > moment.
> >
> > David I.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robin Blankenship <itune@firstsaga.com>
> > To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Date: Thursday, December 07, 2000 6:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: Average person's perception....
> >
> >
> > >David,
> > >What is the winter sky like in San Fran? I lived for a year in San
Diego.
> > We
> > >didn't have a winter sky. Then again, we didn't have a winter, either.
On
> > >the mid-East Coast, a winter sky means low, gloomy overcast. A pale
gray.
> A
> > >bleak scan of bare trees. Upturned soil in the fields. Stubble. Brown.
> > Calm.
> > >Cold.
> > >
> > >Robin
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: David Ilvedson, RPT <ilvey@jps.net>
> > >To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > >Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 7:46 PM
> > >Subject: Re: Average person's perception....
> > >
> > >
> > >> I can't imagine doing anything else...
> > >>
> > >> Today I went into San Francisco to three commercial accounts
> > (restaurants)
> > >> and one new one at Fort Mason at a theatre on the Bay not far from
the
> > >> Golden Gate Bridge.  When I was done I packed up my tools and sat
down
> on
> > >> the pier and just took it all in...seals swimming below me, Winter
> > >sky...its
> > >> a hard life...........
> > >>
> > >> David I.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
> > >> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > >> Date: Thursday, December 07, 2000 11:12 AM
> > >> Subject: Re: Average person's perception....
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >"David Ilvedson, RPT" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> When I was 23, with hair down to middle of my back, I told my
father
> I
> > >> was
> > >> >> interested in piano tuning.  He said "piano tuning"?   But he was
> > smart
> > >> >> enough and desperate enough to shut his mouth and call the local
> > >Baldwin
> > >> >> piano dealer who referred him to PTG in Seattle who recommended
WIT
> in
> > >> Sioux
> > >> >> City, Iowa.  The rest is history folks...well. my history
> anyway...;-]
> > >> >>
> > >> >> David I.
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >> >So what do you think after all these years ??  Would you do things
> > >> differently
> > >> >if you had the chance to do it all over ?? I kinda fell into piano
> work
> > >by
> > >> >accident way back when... all in all.... the best thing that ever
> > >happened
> > >> to
> > >> >me. Still... if there was one thing I could go back and change it
> would
> > >be
> > >> my
> > >> >lack of interest for school and in particular math and science as a
> kid.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >--
> > >> >Richard Brekne
> > >> >RPT, N.P.T.F.
> > >> >Bergen, Norway
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >
> > >
> >
>