Allan or list, I've been on this list for quite a few years now. Back in the BYU days. Danny Boone is the one who kept goading me to get on it! :-) Sometime in the mid 90's. If I'm not mistaken, didn't the pianotech list evolve out of the caut list? Avery At 08:01 PM 8/25/04, you wrote: >Ric, > >Sometime before that point, and the time some may be referring to, the >list was housed on the BYU server and started up by Jack Reeves. In the >early days, it was much like the CAUT list in intent. Each person >understood that the discussions were only about institutional situations >and that your name and institutional affiliation were to be included on >each post. It was very focused and very genteel. There were quite a >few very highly respected names who made wonderful posts and the noise >was practically nil. Perhaps those are the days being referenced... > >Allan > >Allan L. Gilreath, RPT >Allan Gilreath & Associates, Inc. >PO Box 1133 >Calhoun, GA 30703 >allan@allangilreath.com >706 602-7667 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On >Behalf Of Richard Brekne >Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 2:01 PM >To: Newtonburg >Subject: The Good Old Days ?? > >Hi folks... Ed, Barbara.. and others who recently took up this flag. > >I've been here since 1998... maybe late 97... not really sure. And >personally I dont buy this romanticised picture of how great things were > >in yesteryears pianotech. In fact I really dont notice much of a change > >in either content or tone on the whole at all. When I poped up the >raging war at the time was one Ed Foote up against one Bill Bremmer. >And boy did things get nasty. I got wrapped up in a couple with a few >people as well for statements and opinions that still have me aghast in >wonderment as too what brought all that about. I've watched a select >agenda oriented types few bully off one person after another for having >some view or another about pianos they didnt like. Ive seen outbreaks of > >political posts about Clintons presidency by the bushel. Religion has >been a regular player all along... and all the posts I've seen through >the years relating how sick and tired somebody is of all the crap has >not increased or decreased one bit as far as I can see. > >Sorry... I dont buy it. I dont buy that somehow people just 8 years ago >were fundementally more well behaved then they are now. What in human >nature could possible explain such a degenerate evolution ? I'd like to > >hear some Darwinistic justification .... grin. No no no... its easy to >romantisize the good old days... easy to forget the bad and remember the > >good. But frankly... the only thing I've seen fundementally change here > >in 6 + years are a few faces. > >Cheers >RicB > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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