A day in the life of our Friend...

Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
Richard Riley wrote:
I'm not saying he isn't capable of teaching English. But it's not
giving him enough work or income.

That's because he "forgets" to show up and actually teach. It's really not his
fault.

It must be great to never forget something because you got distracted.
We're all in awe of your perfect memory.

Really, thanks for the chuckle,
Kev

In article . com,
"Kev" wrote:

That's because he "forgets" to show up and actually teach. It's really not
his fault.

It must be great to never forget something because you got distracted.
We're all in awe of your perfect memory.

It takes a "perfect memory" to remember to go to work?
wow! I must have a perfect memory.

Really, thanks for the chuckle,

indeed.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

Bob Noel wrote:
In article . com,
"Kev" wrote:

That's because he "forgets" to show up and actually teach. It's really not
his fault.

It must be great to never forget something because you got distracted.
We're all in awe of your perfect memory.

It takes a "perfect memory" to remember to go to work?
wow! I must have a perfect memory.

You must. Heck, I've even forgotten it was a work day at times :-)

The part of the blog that people seem to refer to, is when he gets a
call that he has an extra appointment. At the same moment, something
else happens and he forgets to write it down. I would be surprised if
this hasn't happened to everyone at some time or another. Unless no
one ever calls you, of course ;-)

Kev

In article .com,
"Kev" wrote:

The part of the blog that people seem to refer to, is when he gets a
call that he has an extra appointment. At the same moment, something
else happens and he forgets to write it down. I would be surprised if
this hasn't happened to everyone at some time or another. Unless no
one ever calls you, of course ;-)

Then prepare to be surprised. Come on, get real. The service industry
handles this all the time. How many times has a plumber or electrician
or contractor failed to show up for you because they "forgot"? When I
was tuning pianos for a living or just for extra income (e.g., in college or
as a side job), I NEVER forgot to write down the appointment and NEVER
forgot to go to the call. My father rebuilt player pianos for decades and
NEVER forgot a call. Not once, not even one time, has someone forgotten
a service call at my house.

If someone doesn't have the discipline to write down appointments, then
they have no business (no pun) doing service-like work.

And finally, there is a world of difference between forgotting once and
having a habit of "forgetting".

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:29:56 -0500, Bob Noel
wrote in
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My father rebuilt player pianos for decades

Then he must have heard of Carty Piano who rose from humble beginnings
in the early '60s to probability become the largest player piano
restorer on the west coast. Ah, it brings back fond memories of
rabbit-skin glue in a thermal jacketed pot, disassembling a thousand
wooden parts, ironing-off old pneumatic cloth, re-tubing the tracker
bar, vacuuming out a century's worth of dust, regulating the action
and leveling the keyboard.... Dick Carty is still alive and well in
Ventura, California. Would I recognize the name of your father's
business?

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

My father rebuilt player pianos for decades

Then he must have heard of Carty Piano who rose from humble beginnings
in the early '60s to probability become the largest player piano
restorer on the west coast. Ah, it brings back fond memories of
rabbit-skin glue in a thermal jacketed pot, disassembling a thousand
wooden parts, ironing-off old pneumatic cloth, re-tubing the tracker
bar, vacuuming out a century's worth of dust, regulating the action
and leveling the keyboard.... Dick Carty is still alive and well in
Ventura, California. Would I recognize the name of your father's
business?

Maybe not, since we were (are) on the east coast, and you didn't
make the connection between Noel and Noel's Piano Supply.

You ironed the cloth off? ugh. Lightly burn it and it comes off
easily. Sure, there are bellows that can't be easily burned, but
ironing-off the old cloth is sooooo slow.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:59:57 -0500, Bob Noel
wrote in
:

Maybe not, since we were (are) on the east coast, and you didn't
make the connection between Noel and Noel's Piano Supply.

I was only an amateur who restored a couple of pianos, so I wasn't so
intimately involved in the business. But I'll bet Dick would
recognize the name.

You ironed the cloth off? ugh. Lightly burn it and it comes off
easily. Sure, there are bellows that can't be easily burned, but
ironing-off the old cloth is sooooo slow.

It wasn't too slow if the iron was hot. The glue readily re-melted,
and the old pneumatic cloth slid right off. Didn't burning the cloth
cause a lot of noxious fumes and char scaring of the wood? You didn't
use a torch to remove the pneumatic bellows from the stack did you;
you used an iron right?

Today, of course, the popularity of mechanical pianos is in rapid
decline in favor of smaller, less expensive electronic keyboards, but
I still thrill at the sounds of a real grand piano lilting through the
house even if it is being played by a PianoDisc system:
http://www.pianodisc.com/

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

My father rebuilt player pianos for decades

Then he must have heard of Carty Piano who rose from humble beginnings

Nope. My father doesn't remember him.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:35:46 -0500, Bob Noel
wrote in
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In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

My father rebuilt player pianos for decades

Then he must have heard of Carty Piano who rose from humble beginnings

Nope. My father doesn't remember him.


Oh well. Thanks.

Bob Noel wrote:
In article . com,
"Kev" wrote:

That's because he "forgets" to show up and actually teach. It's really not
his fault.

It must be great to never forget something because you got distracted.
We're all in awe of your perfect memory.

It takes a "perfect memory" to remember to go to work?
wow! I must have a perfect memory.


Me, too. I remembered to go both yesterday and today. That's probably why
they're going to pay me next Friday, though I can't be sure. It may be just
because they like me.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com