retirement_just remember this

[Greg Newell]

Michael,
What a shame that will be when it finally erodes enough to take all that 
property. And what a loss that will be for you. Too Bad!! Enjoy it while 
you can.

Best,
Greg Newell



At 01:53 AM 3/19/2005, you wrote:
>And this:
>A man isn't old when his hair turns grey
>A man isn't old when his teeth decay
>But... he's fast approaching his last long sleep
>When his mind makes appointments his body can't keep.
>
>An old Norfok poem - and should be said with the dialect:
>
>A man ent oold whun 'is te-earth decaay... etc
>
>I'm just off on holiday - before it's too late. That is, if you go on the 
>internet and look up Happisburgh - which is three miles along the coast 
>from my holiday property - I don't know how long I shall have this 
>property for....
>Regards
>from Michael G.(UK)
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "ibetuner" <ibetuner@sbcglobal.net>
>To: <irs.pianos@earthlink.net>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 5:39 PM
>Subject: retirement_just remember this
>
>
>>To commemorate her 69th birthday on October 1, actress/vocalist Julie
>>Andrews made a special appearance at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall for
>>the benefit of  the AARP. She changed (slightly) the lyrics to one of her
>>favorite songs, as follows:
>>
>>"Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting,
>>Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings,
>>Bundles of magazines tied up in string,
>>These are a few of my favorite things.
>>
>>Cadillacs and cataracts and hearing aids and glasses,
>>Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses,
>>Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings,
>>These are a few of my favorite things.
>>
>>When the pipes leak,
>>When the bones creak,
>>When the knees go bad,
>>I simply remember my favorite things,
>>And then I don't feel so bad.
>>
>>Hot tea and crumpets, and corn pads for bunions,
>>No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions,
>>Bathrobes and heat pads and hot meals they bring,
>>These are a few of my favorite things.
>>
>>Back pains, confused brains, and no fear of sinnin',
>>Thin bones and fractures and hair that is thinnin',
>>And we won't mention our short shrunken frames,
>>When we remember our favorite things.
>>
>>When the joints ache,
>>when the hips break,
>>When the eyes grow dim,
>>Then I remember the great life I've had,
>>And then I don't feel so bad."
>>
>>Ms. Andrews received a standing ovation from the crowd that lasted over four
>>minutes and repeated encores.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> > Subject: retirement
>>> >
>>> > This is to all the friends and enemies I've made on the list.  No, I'm
>>>not
>>> > going away, even if some of you think I should.
>>> >
>>> > I'm pushing 75 from the wrong direction and my get up and go has got up
>>>and
>>> > gone.
>>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives

Greg Newell
Greg's piano Forté
mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net