This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello everyone. I have been thinking about this OT, Moderated, Unmoderated, = Touchy-Feely, shame on you, you hurt my feelings", BS that has evolved = on this list and I am reaching a boiling point here. Something is = terribly wrong. I have been on pianotech continuously since close to the beginning = nearly 8 years ago. I don't believe there are more than two or three = others still here that go back that far. Over the years I have seen = people come and go. Some have left and returned and then went away = again. Some haven't come back. We have also had a few who have passed = away. I bring this up because I have to wonder what happened. We had SO MUCH = FUN in the past. We had arguments that were GOOD arguments, we went off = topic, on topic, nobody cared. It was just a great group of piano techs = who had found a place to chit chat. Most of the time we talked about = pianos. If someone wanted to talk about something else for awhile = nobody cared, we were just a great group of piano technicians who had a = lot of fun chatting on pianotech and bouncing ideas off each other. We = always had the infamous "flame suits" to put on if need be and we all = loved it. We joked, made fun of each other, got serious, and then = laughed again. If the arguments got nasty we loved the list anyway and = wouldn't miss being here for the world. Ah the good ol' days. Over the past several years many of the Johnny-come-latelys that joined = the list seem to have had an assumption that pianotech is something that = it isn't. Disappointed in this expectation they then took it upon = themselves to mold pianotech into something else. A few have = self-appointed themselves to reprimand others. Others assumed themselves = to be the authorities on what topics were acceptable and which were not. = And some have taken the list to a new level of finger pointing. It would be golden to turn back the clock to when "pianotech" was really = "pianotech". My question is what happened? Those of you who have only = joined within the last couple years will never know what you are = missing. We had a great time and looked forward to exchanging messages = piano related or not. It was just a fun place to meet. Chaos was = always in order and that was the way everyone liked it. It is interesting to note that having talked with others over the last = few years as to why they left their number one complaint is that the = list evolved into what it is now. In that spirit might I suggest that = we all drop the agenda on trying to make pianotech a nice and neat = orderly place with hospital corners? What pianotech doesn't need is a = moderator, officially or otherwise. Who gives a crap, we're all big = boys and girls, we don't need a scout master. For those of you who = can't handle this may I suggest that you start another list elsewhere = and leave well enough alone? Hey, the internet is an absolutely HUGE = place. There is plenty of room to create that sort of list. Please = just relax for a change and enjoying the flying feathers. Stupid CAN be = fun. Think of something really off-topic to talk about such as, oh I = don't know say... 70's disco fads. Then have fun trying to relate = pianos to it. Be careful, you might actually find yourself having fun. = Smiling could be fatal for those of you who have a brittle face. Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e7/6a/9d/bb/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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