Three Cheers for Rob! Although I have disagreeed with you plenty on a number of issues, I must concur here! Beautifuly expressed! Some folks are altogether too "thin skinned" for their own ( or anyone else's ) good! Thump --- Rob Goodale <rrg@unlv.nevada.edu> wrote: > 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 > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover
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