piano techs and their cars

[gordon stelter]

This is why I keep my SAT in a cheap-looking plastic
toolbox, instead of a fancy aluminum box that sceams
"Cameras! Guns! Jewelry!" But  I am careful to get the
kind ( K-Mart, last time ) that has no gaps on the lid
around the handle that can let in rain.>
     Also I have never seen the sense in having a
fancy foam-filled case in this profession. Many old
pianos are so chock-full of revolting crap that I wipe
off all my tools after using them, and also wrap my
SAT in a towell (for shockproofing) and put it in. But
Bowser might come up and slobber in my open tool case
while I'm not  looking, so I want something that can
be washed. My next tuning might be on a church altar.
     Thump

--- antares <antares@euronet.nl> wrote:

> John, It makes no sense because it depends on where
> you live and on the 
> society you are living in.
> I live a society of average everything with some
> extremes in craziness, 
> like in most countries on Earth.
> Conditions like the Bronx in NYC you will not find
> here, but walking 
> through the red light district where a great number
> of prostitutes sit 
> behind windows (which sometimes reminds of visiting
> the aquarium at the 
> zoo) is another extreme you will not find so
> blatantly in most cities 
> either.
> For 26 years I have lived in the very centre of
> Amsterdam, 8 minutes 
> walking away from the red light district.
> I personally find that area (the red light district)
> absolutely scummy 
> and revolting, but the funny thing is that it is
> absolutely safe. 
> Hordes of Chinese and Japanese tour groups hobble
> over the cobble 
> stones gawking and yelping at the nude women. You
> will not be molested, 
> your car is reasonably safe till 1 in the morning
> (after 1 am I would 
> not vouch for that).
> The area I lived in for 26 years is called the
> "Grachtengordel". It is 
> the most beautiful old part of Amsterdam with its
> canals circling 
> around the heart, the oldest part of town.
> That's where I had most of my break ins and
> burglaries, but I am sure 
> that most of it was caused by scummy junks.
> Now I live in a very quiet residential area just
> outside the 
> Grachtengordel. A lot of older folks (like me haha)
> live here and it is 
> a real geriatric neighborhood. Nobody here is very
> rich but they are 
> well off, so to speak.
> When I came back from vacation, a whole lot of cars
> along the canal 
> where I live on had been damaged with a sharp object
> and my car maybe 
> looked a little too nice, so they had broken into it
> and thrashed it.
> Just 200 meters away starts the real rich "south"
> called the "gold 
> coast".
> That's a place where every house has burglary alarm,
> fences, security 
> patrols and dogs.
> 
> I know that the Bronx is really much worse and I
> guess where I live is 
> comparable to many other places.
> 
> maybe we can learn something from them A-rabs after
> all? They love 
> chopping paws and heads....
> The older I get, the more I'm for it..........
> 
> André Oorebeek
> 
> 
> On 15-jan-05, at 16:54, John Ross wrote:
> 
> > Would you guys, who have things stolen from their
> vehicles make a list 
> > of your locations. I want to avoid those
> locations. :-)
> > Seriously, I consider myself very lucky, I have
> been driving for over 
> > 50 years, and never had a vehicle broken into, or
> anything stolen, 
> > from myself, house or car.
> > After reading about the woes of people on the
> list, I guess I will 
> > have to watch myself on my way to the next
> convention. I always drive 
> > to them.
> >  
> > John M. Ross
> > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> > jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >  From: Keith Roberts
> > To: Pianotech
> > Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 10:56 AM
> > Subject: Re: piano techs and their cars
> >
> > Andre, you are right, the beat up vehicle gets
> left
> >  alone. You still make the mistake of locking it.
> That shows you are 
> > afraid of losing something. I went to a concert in
> Oakland and parked 
> > on the street and the woman I was with had me roll
> the window down so 
> > someone could just  get their arm in. We came back
> and everybody's 
> > window on the passenger side was broken except
> ours. She was irate 
> > when she found they took 30 and some odd cents in
> change from her 
> > console.
> >   
> > I lock my car door where I live to keep the kids
> honest but I know if 
> > someone really wants to take my stuff, they will,
> and quickly, locked 
> > or not.
> >  
> > Keith
> >
> friendly greetings
> from
> André Oorebeek
> 
> Vita Dura Est
> 
> 


		
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