Hi Joe, How about cost. I know, that long distance calls, are substantially, cheaper, than the old days. But e-mail is for all intents and purposes free, since you have the air time anyway, in a plan. That would then mean that the Archives should be used more, and that questions should just be asked to elaborate on the answers there? Is that what you mean? Regards, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia. jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 3:16 PM Subject: Resources? | All, | Is it my imagination or are we becoming lazy? Or, is it something else? | I've noticed, several times, of late, where a tech will request information | on a particular subject, when they have an excellant source, in their area. | It seems to me that, to get all the necessary information, a telephone | conversation or a face to face is better. Granted, this list has many who | can give us all a better "slant" on things. And the list certainly avails us | of a tremendous resource. For those who are somewhat, (or really), isolated | from the rest of the industry and are struggling to cope with all the stuff | out there in the piano world, This is a great thing for them. | However, over the years, I have gotten many calls from techs, from all over | the country. I thoroughly enjoy this type of "human interaction". It just | seems to me, that we, because of the list, are not interacting with our | fellow techs/human beings, as much as we used to. To me, that is a sad | thing, as interacting with others is, to me, the essence of life itself. | Just musing, on a sunday. <G> | I hope no one will take this as any kind of confrontation or?, but if you | have comments, please feel free. | Best Regards, | Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) | | I'm never lost, because everyone is telling me where to go. <G> | |
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