Good! I'll be the first to stop referring to myself as one of those and continue to work toward a different level of inexperience. (I will also look up "pejorative" and find other ways to use it in a sentence.)<grin> I stopped by the auto parts store this a.m. to pick up some spark plugs for my wife's car. The fellow behind the counter was miffed that I didn't have a plug preference. After I left (with his preference), I thought about how I would never scoff if he came to me asking a question about buying a particular piano part. Dave Davis --- David Love <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> wrote: > > I actually find the term "newbie" useless and > slightly offensive and would > prefer people drop it as a classification. It is > too often used in a > pejorative way. We all have different levels of > experience in different > areas and each of us can be considered relatively > inexperienced in some > area(s). So what's the purpose. Just ask > questions, as we all do, when > encountering something that needs further > explanation. Avoid > classifications and status defining terms and > consider the trade as one > continuous learning process. > > David Love > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Nichols <nicho@cybermesa.com> > > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>; > <dave@davispiano.com> > > Date: 3/2/2003 11:05:53 AM > > Subject: Re: deep thoughts: When do you stop being > a newbie?OT(slightly) > > > > At 10:36 PM 2/28/2003 -0800, you wrote: > > >List, > > >As I am approaching the end of my newbie status, > > Oh, really? Wow! I've been at this for.... well... > a loooong time, and > I'm > > still a newbie in lots of areas. <GRIN> > > > > > > > > >Dave Davis, Assoc. > > > > > > > > >p.s. I've been wondering just when I do stop > being a > > >"newbie"!!? > > > > Well..... one of my students finally gave a blood > sacrifice while > assisting > > a stringing job the other day. So.... she > graduated up to apprentice > (from > > "student") > > Does that help? > > > > Best regards > > Guy ( a perpetual newbie) > > > > > > "On the other hand, you've got different fingers." > > > anon > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC