Stupid Mistake

[Alan R. Barnard]

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Views on Sue's Blues
    ... a poem.

Sometimes you're the hero,
Sometimes you're the goat,
Life is tough, the goin' rough,
Keep paddling, stay afloat!

'Tis humbling to be bumbling
and stumbling through the day,
But in the end we'll all be dead.
What else is there to say?

Hope this cheers you up
(Though I can't imagine how)
But life is grand, strike up the band
And, "Hey Man, don't have a cow!"

Anyhow ... perfection was hung on the cross a long, long time ago. The =
rest of us have to muddle through.

And we do.=20

You, too.

Alan Barnard
Versifying in Salem, MO

P.S. This ought to cheer you up: When was the last time a man wrote =
poetry(?)  just for you?

P.P.S. You can wake up with a smile on your lips every single morning =
... but only if you are willing to sleep with a coat hanger in your =
mouth.
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: SUSAN P SWEARINGEN=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 11:15 AM
  Subject: Stupid Mistake


  Hi everyone.  I had my first little accident as a piano technician =
yesterday.  I'm fairly new to the business and this is my first mishap =
so I'm feeling a little guilty about it.

  Here is what happened.

  After tuning a 3-year old Yamaha U3 upright, I was placing the front =
board back in place when it slipped out of my hands and crashed into and =
on top of the piano.  It caused some minor rubbing on the finish but =
thank goodness it was only on the surface and it buffed out just fine.  =
The owner was standing nearby when all this happened so it was quite =
emabarrasing.  I thought everything was ok but the owner called me the =
next day saying the very left note (A0) was not playing.  She flipped =
open the top lid and peered in and saw that the A0 hammer was missing, =
just a broken hammer shank left.

  Of course, I'll be taking care of this little problem at no charge but =
I feel like such an idiot over the whole thing.

  I think it would be very theraputic to hear a few stories of similar =
mishaps when you more experienced folk were just starting out. =20

  How about it?

  Corte Swearingen

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