This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Time for a reality check- Let's review the facts, (the real ones this time, NOT the assumed, the = politically challenged, or the philosophical and biblical references). = Review: I NEVER said I "wanted to swing a tuning hammer on him", or = "it's okay to swing a tuning hammer", or "blows to the head with a = tuning hammer" or any other misquoted version that have evolved. Makes = it sound like I carry around a baseball bat. The accurate quote was "I = postured myself for a quick rap..." and "Very happy that didn't become = necessary". Visualize yourself alone in an apartment with a hairy guy in a dress and = heals a half block behind the Las Vegas Strip near a topless bar. Now = imagine you are tuning while he is standing behind you. Now imagine all = of the possibilities that could occur in such a scenario. Now push the = mute button on the "political-gender" debate. This is Las Vegas, not = Des Moines. Things can be different here. People make money dressed = like that. Some may have honorable thoughts, others don't and you would = never know. Personally I prefer not to find out. My primary interest = was to get the piano tuned and get the hell out of there. You BET I = postured myself with my tuning hammer. I kept my eyes moving and my = elbow positioned to move fast. It makes a good story later but not = while you are tuning. This qualifies as one of those "you had to be there" scenarios. Being a = member of the human species was never the point. In this application = "It" refers to the ridiculous and the futile. "It" is a perfect = adjective to describe such a situation where there isn't even an attempt = to imply an identity. This person's history was not my first thought. = More forefront on my mind was the open heels with hairy toes sticking = out and the eyeliner that made Tammy Baker look hot. The only thing = that might have made it more complete would have been a pink poodle = wearing pearls and a sombrero dancing to Lady Of Spain. He-Her-It, = whatever, would have never made the cover of cosmopolitan. Forget the = political-gender crap, this was a skit on Saturday Night Live. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- I am both saddened and amazed at what this list has deteriorated to. I = have been on pianotech continuously since 1997. We had a lot of fun in = those days. For all practical purposes pianotech was a coffee shop = where one could put your feet up and chat and not care about who might = get offended. When there were disagreements we argued knowing full well = that it would be forgotten and you could pick on someone new the next = day. Sometimes it was down right silly as we extended running jokes and = puns for weeks. I am sorry that those who have joined in more recent = times will never what the full potential of this list can be. With the = exception of myself and a very small handful of others virtually = everyone is gone. Some of the biggest names in the PTG were once here = including regional V.P.s, well known factory techs, even a couple retail = people. Many fine and respected technicians who have taught at = conventions once swelled these cyber walls. Even so it remained = informal and we still chatted about a lot of other things besides = pianos. One by one they have left as a new generation has, in my = opinion, spoiled it. I have talked to a number of the past subscribers = who have echoed the same reasons for leaving and doubt they will return. = Pianotech is now a ghost of what it once was. Too large, too = political, too many self-appointed moderators, too many being offended. = If I were to assign a date I would have to guess that it was when Newton = passed away that the last remaining light on pianotech blew out. Stop taking your frustrations out on your keyboard people. Save it for = the real criminals, there are plenty of them to choose from. Pianotech = is supposed to be informal, educational, fun, and a great resource tool, = NOT a day-time talk show in search of a host. =20 Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV "Visualize whirled peas, it's cheaper." ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d7/6b/46/aa/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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