Awwww geeeezzzz. That's not right! TF On Mar 1, 2010, at 10:05 PM, Scott Gray wrote: > I don't know Jer, > > At first you couldn't understand them, then you say you heard them > swearing? Hummm... > > When I was working in the Phone business, a story I heard was about > an installer who was to run an extension line into a spare bedroom. > This little yappy dog the folks had keep right on him, barking and > trying to nip him.. He was on his hands and knees and trying to fish > the phone wire in back of a bed and the little yapper came out right > close to his face. He thought, I'll just give him something to > think about and grabbed his long screwdriver and flipped it around > and tapped him on the Noggin. Out like a light .. Nice an quiet. > But Ahemm... He didn't move. He didn't breath.. So he pushed him > under the bed and finished the extension and left. > > Scott Gray > > > > On 3/1/2010 7:40 PM, Gerald Groot wrote: >> >> Love both stories. >> >> One time while working in a home alone with two of these birds >> talking >> incessantly the whole time I was there, in the same room of course, >> I soon >> learned what went on in that household when the owners were at home >> alone >> with these birds.... At first, they were driving me NUTS with their >> constant blathering about absolutely nothing intelligent >> whatsoever. It did >> not take very long though, before I was laughing my fool head off. >> Those >> two birds could swear almost as good as a sailor! They had me >> laughing so >> hard listening to their constant swearing that I could barely tune >> there for >> a little bit. I had tears streaming down my face. It was like one >> was >> feeding off from the other one. A true comedy act. I noted >> however, that >> there was one or two words missing in their vocabulary. I felt >> compelled to >> teach them what they were missing out on but, I didn't dare... >> >> Never killed one though... Wanted too! >> >> Jer >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] >> On Behalf >> Of Dempsey Jr., Paul E >> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 4:13 PM >> To: pianotech at ptg.org >> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tuning with birds >> >> I had this happen a couple of years ago, posted it to the list, but >> it's >> worth re-telling. >> >> feathered onlookers >> Dempsey Jr., Paul E dempsey at marshall.edu >> Mon Feb 11 13:12:48 MST 2008 >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> >> I have serviced Betty Ann's lovely Steinway L for many years. Just >> as you >> enter her home you see a rather large aviary with several parrots, >> cockatoos, cockatiels....you get the picture. >> >> Every time I had been there the birds were in the enclosure. They >> occasionally will screech, whistle, etc. the usual bird talk, but >> never much >> of a bother. Until..... >> >> As fate would have it, one day I came to tune and Betty Ann greeted >> me at >> the door and then disappeared to the other end of the house. >> I noticed that the aviary was open and vacant. >> I thought little about that and began work. >> >> The great room where the piano is located has high vaulted >> ceilings, ledges, >> exposed beams, a highly polished parquet floor. >> >> I began tuning, thankful that Betty Ann was in the other end of the >> house >> (she's a talker ;-). >> >> I was about half way through the tuning when suddenly, from behind >> me; there >> was the sound of a screeching B-52 coming straight at my head. >> Startled, I >> did a duck and cover- both hands and arms flying up to cover my >> head. My >> tuning hammer was still clutched tightly in my hand and SMACK!!! >> >> One of the birds had zoomed down from the rafters making this God >> awful >> sound, arriving at my head the same time as the tuning hammer in my >> hand. >> POW- there the bird went.. spiraling across the polished floor a >> good 10-15 >> feet and then just laid there ON IT'S BACK! >> >> I thought " O MY GOD, I KILLED BETTY ANN'S BIRD". >> >> About then Betty Ann sings out from the other end of the house " >> Paul, is >> the bird bothering you?" >> >> I blurted back " Not any more" >> >> Fortunately, the bird flopped back to its feet, squawking for all >> it's worth >> and flew back up to its perch in the ceiling. >> >> It never came back down and it never shut its beak the entire rest >> of my >> visit. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Paul E. Dempsey, RPT >> Piano Technician Sr. >> Marshall University >> Huntington, WV >> 304-696-5418 >> 304-617-1149 >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> >> >> Previous message: Soundboard repair question >> Next message: Jacks for Wood-Brooks 90 degree action >> Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> More information about the Pianotech mailing list >> >> Paul E. Dempsey, RPT >> Piano Technician Sr. >> Marshall University >> Huntington, WV >> 304-696-5418 >> 304-617-1149 >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100302/54c89231/attachment.htm>
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