[pianotech] Way Hip!

[Joseph Garrett]

David,
"let the geezer games begin"???!!! Who you callin' a 'geezer'???!!!<G> I'm
tempted to take you up on that bit of bravado!! However, not sure I'm going
to be in Bellvue. Gotta save the bucks for the Las Vegas thingee. Very
happy to hear you are doing so well on that sort of surgery. The technology
has reall advanced by leaps and bounds in the last 20 years. Also sounds
like you found a good "slice & dice" guy to do the work! That is usually
the most difficulty. 
I'll get back to you on the foot race thingee.
Best Regards,
Joe

Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
Captain, Tool Police
Squares R I



> [Original Message]
> From: David Andersen <david at davidandersenpianos.com>
> To: Joe Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net>; Pianotech Pianotech
<pianotech at ptg.org>
> Cc: David Andersen <david at davidandersenpianos.com>
> Date: 2/10/10 12:02:41 PM
> Subject: Re: Way Hip!
>
> I'm rockin'...standing straight up; I'm not gonna limp any more all  
> hunched over like a troll...that'll be good for my serious vanity  
> issues...
>
> Actually, this has been an incredible process; I found a master of the  
> hip, Dr. Herb Huddleston (http://hipsandknees.com/ ) and he and his  
> people were excellent, artisan professionals, treating me as a  
> respected , strong, healthy human being, and treating the operation as  
> a relatively minor, easy procedure. I was in the operating room  
> getting cut on at noon on Friday; I walked back into my house---after  
> walking 3-400 yards around the hospital) on Sunday in time to see the  
> Super Bowl kickoff in hi-def and drink a Stella Artois or two...
>
> Now on Wednesday, I've been walking every day; I'll switch from a  
> walker to a cane tonight or in the morning; hopefully back working on  
> pianos by next week...working hard in the office right now. I wish I  
> hadn't been so scared of this process and put it off for so long; I'd  
> had serious, sleep-interrupting hip pain for about a year prior.
>
> Point is, everything happens right when you find the trusted artisan  
> professional who operates by the Golden Rule; just exactly what we all  
> talk about as our finest selling point---you can trust us as piano  
> technicians and fellow humans. Trust, and immense value follows.
>
> It's so, so cool that this consciousness and ethics stuff actually  
> works, through and through. AND---I'm makin' money on the phone....
>
> See y'all in Seattle; I will officially challenge Garrett to a 100- 
> yard race; the loser (Garrett) pays $25.00 to the PTG Foundation and a  
> bottle of single-malt scotch to the winner (Andersen)...let the Geezer  
> Games begin!
> xoxxoDA
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 10, 2010, at 8:35 AM, Joseph Garrett wrote:
>
> >
> > Hey David,
> > I hear you're more HIP than usual!<G> Hope the rehab is going well.
> > My Best,
> > Joe
> >
> >
> > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
> > Captain, Tool Police
> > Squares R I
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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