At 10:49 AM 1/3/2006 -0700, you wrote: >Yesterday I went to examine a piano that "Joe" wanted moved from one house >to another. I did that as I've had people tell me too many times that >there were only 2 steps - which turned out to be an entire flight of them. :-( >I pulled the front board off the piano just to get a good look at the >insides and to remove anything that was there that might cause damage >during a move (not too concerned as this was a very old Hinze uprt in >rough condition). The fact that it's still around is remarkable. The only Hinze I ever saw had a faux grain paint job on pine, and it wasn't much better inside... (Only reason I remember it is that it was my victim when I was at WITCC.) >As I removed that board - a guy I had not seen before came around the >corner and asked the person that had asked me to move the piano if HE had >received permission from so-and-so ( evidently my client's x-wife's >boyfriend ). It appears that they could have the piano only if they got >all their stuff out of the house by last Friday. >As I sensed a "family feud" going on - I ducked and left this one alone. >What a way to start the new year...... > >John Fortiner >Billings, MT Good call! Sounds like you came _that_ close to being a Laurel and Hardy scenario. Conrad Hoffsommer Every great idea has a disadvantage equal to or exceeding the greatness of the idea. -Murphy's Law calendar
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