Pianotech

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today.

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn. 

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

Don,
There are two strains on the virus and one is significantly worse than the other for everyone who contracts that strain.  Herd immunity is ethically problematic because it suggests (in the 'fine print') that only the healthy deserve to survive this.  There are human beings who, through no fault of their own, would not be able to survive this virus, and saying everyone should just get sick and either get over it or die is just...messed up.  Sorry to disagree.  

Human lives are more important than the economy.  I say this even as I know I will likely struggle to have a lot of work for the next year as people recover from this financially.  I don't know about you, but I'd rather be ALIVE and BROKE, than dead and the economy is okay. And I think most people feel that way.  

If we reopen everything by Easter it will be a catastrophe, as our European friends try to warn us, and we may as well have never closed everything.  Unfortunately this will take time.  My guess is 2-3 months.  

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

Don,
There are two strains on the virus and one is significantly worse than the other for everyone who contracts that strain.  Herd immunity is ethically problematic because it suggests (in the 'fine print') that only the healthy deserve to survive this.  There are human beings who, through no fault of their own, would not be able to survive this virus, and saying everyone should just get sick and either get over it or die is just...messed up.  Sorry to disagree.  

Human lives are more important than the economy.  I say this even as I know I will likely struggle to have a lot of work for the next year as people recover from this financially.  I don't know about you, but I'd rather be ALIVE and BROKE, than dead and the economy is okay. And I think most people feel that way.  

If we reopen everything by Easter it will be a catastrophe, as our European friends try to warn us, and we may as well have never closed everything.  Unfortunately this will take time.  My guess is 2-3 months.  

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

"This is not to dismiss the danger of COVID-19 or deny the respect it warrants. But if the reason for that respect is the danger posed to life, limb, and loved ones- we are distorting it with regard to coronavirus, while overlooking many greater threats that hide in plain sight. This is an inevitable consequence of communal fixation at an all but unprecedented scale.

"There is more. Coronavirus severity and mortality are, again based on the best available data we have thus far, massively concentrated among the already chronically ill, and especially among the elderly, as I've noted before. Where the denominator data are most reliable, roughly 99% of cases are reported as mild, posing no threat to life and not requiring hospitalization. The risk of death is highly concentrated among those over age 70 and especially 80, meaning the likelihood of exposure and recovery in the rest of us is considerably better than 99%, and more like 99.9%. Unlike the flu or measles, this infection has shown no tendency at all to cause death in children."  --David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coronavirus-mortality-reality-check-david/?trk=portfolio_article-card_title

How many of those who supposedly died from COVID-19 would have been in line anyhow if this had been the flu that hit them? Not trying to be callous but maybe we're losing sight of the forest for the trees. There are some 7.8 billion people on earth, and the 400,000 COVID-19 cases, the vast, vast majority of which are mild, are mostly just noise that we've blown all out of proportion.

Signed,
Your Friendly Neighborhood Contrarian

"This is not to dismiss the danger of COVID-19 or deny the respect it warrants. But if the reason for that respect is the danger posed to life, limb, and loved ones- we are distorting it with regard to coronavirus, while overlooking many greater threats that hide in plain sight. This is an inevitable consequence of communal fixation at an all but unprecedented scale.

"There is more. Coronavirus severity and mortality are, again based on the best available data we have thus far, massively concentrated among the already chronically ill, and especially among the elderly, as I've noted before. Where the denominator data are most reliable, roughly 99% of cases are reported as mild, posing no threat to life and not requiring hospitalization. The risk of death is highly concentrated among those over age 70 and especially 80, meaning the likelihood of exposure and recovery in the rest of us is considerably better than 99%, and more like 99.9%. Unlike the flu or measles, this infection has shown no tendency at all to cause death in children."  --David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coronavirus-mortality-reality-check-david/?trk=portfolio_article-card_title

How many of those who supposedly died from COVID-19 would have been in line anyhow if this had been the flu that hit them? Not trying to be callous but maybe we're losing sight of the forest for the trees. There are some 7.8 billion people on earth, and the 400,000 COVID-19 cases, the vast, vast majority of which are mild, are mostly just noise that we've blown all out of proportion.

Signed,
Your Friendly Neighborhood Contrarian

"This is not to dismiss the danger of COVID-19 or deny the respect it warrants. But if the reason for that respect is the danger posed to life, limb, and loved ones- we are distorting it with regard to coronavirus, while overlooking many greater threats that hide in plain sight. This is an inevitable consequence of communal fixation at an all but unprecedented scale.

"There is more. Coronavirus severity and mortality are, again based on the best available data we have thus far, massively concentrated among the already chronically ill, and especially among the elderly, as I've noted before. Where the denominator data are most reliable, roughly 99% of cases are reported as mild, posing no threat to life and not requiring hospitalization. The risk of death is highly concentrated among those over age 70 and especially 80, meaning the likelihood of exposure and recovery in the rest of us is considerably better than 99%, and more like 99.9%. Unlike the flu or measles, this infection has shown no tendency at all to cause death in children."  --David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coronavirus-mortality-reality-check-david/?trk=portfolio_article-card_title

How many of those who supposedly died from COVID-19 would have been in line anyhow if this had been the flu that hit them? Not trying to be callous but maybe we're losing sight of the forest for the trees. There are some 7.8 billion people on earth, and the 400,000 COVID-19 cases, the vast, vast majority of which are mild, are mostly just noise that we've blown all out of proportion.

Signed,
Your Friendly Neighborhood Contrarian

"This is not to dismiss the danger of COVID-19 or deny the respect it warrants. But if the reason for that respect is the danger posed to life, limb, and loved ones- we are distorting it with regard to coronavirus, while overlooking many greater threats that hide in plain sight. This is an inevitable consequence of communal fixation at an all but unprecedented scale.

"There is more. Coronavirus severity and mortality are, again based on the best available data we have thus far, massively concentrated among the already chronically ill, and especially among the elderly, as I've noted before. Where the denominator data are most reliable, roughly 99% of cases are reported as mild, posing no threat to life and not requiring hospitalization. The risk of death is highly concentrated among those over age 70 and especially 80, meaning the likelihood of exposure and recovery in the rest of us is considerably better than 99%, and more like 99.9%. Unlike the flu or measles, this infection has shown no tendency at all to cause death in children."  --David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coronavirus-mortality-reality-check-david/?trk=portfolio_article-card_title

How many of those who supposedly died from COVID-19 would have been in line anyhow if this had been the flu that hit them? Not trying to be callous but maybe we're losing sight of the forest for the trees. There are some 7.8 billion people on earth, and the 400,000 COVID-19 cases, the vast, vast majority of which are mild, are mostly just noise that we've blown all out of proportion.

Signed,
Your Friendly Neighborhood Contrarian

Don,
There are two strains on the virus and one is significantly worse than the other for everyone who contracts that strain.  Herd immunity is ethically problematic because it suggests (in the 'fine print') that only the healthy deserve to survive this.  There are human beings who, through no fault of their own, would not be able to survive this virus, and saying everyone should just get sick and either get over it or die is just...messed up.  Sorry to disagree.  

Human lives are more important than the economy.  I say this even as I know I will likely struggle to have a lot of work for the next year as people recover from this financially.  I don't know about you, but I'd rather be ALIVE and BROKE, than dead and the economy is okay. And I think most people feel that way.  

If we reopen everything by Easter it will be a catastrophe, as our European friends try to warn us, and we may as well have never closed everything.  Unfortunately this will take time.  My guess is 2-3 months.  

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

Don, 
There are two strains on the virus and one is significantly worse than the other for everyone who contracts that strain.  Herd immunity is ethically problematic because it suggests (in the 'fine print') that only the healthy deserve to survive this.  There are human beings who, through no fault of their own, would not be able to survive this virus, and saying everyone should just get sick and either get over it or die is just...messed up.  Sorry to disagree.  

Human lives are more important than the economy.  I say this even as I know I will likely struggle to have a lot of work for the next year as people recover from this financially.  I don't know about you, but I'd rather be ALIVE and BROKE, than dead and the economy is okay. And I think most people feel that way.  

If we reopen everything by Easter it will be a catastrophe, as our European friends try to warn us, and we may as well have never closed everything.  Unfortunately this will take time.  My guess is 2-3 months.  

Don,
There are two strains on the virus and one is significantly worse than the other for everyone who contracts that strain.  Herd immunity is ethically problematic because it suggests (in the 'fine print') that only the healthy deserve to survive this.  There are human beings who, through no fault of their own, would not be able to survive this virus, and saying everyone should just get sick and either get over it or die is just...messed up.  Sorry to disagree.  

Human lives are more important than the economy.  I say this even as I know I will likely struggle to have a lot of work for the next year as people recover from this financially.  I don't know about you, but I'd rather be ALIVE and BROKE, than dead and the economy is okay. And I think most people feel that way.  

If we reopen everything by Easter it will be a catastrophe, as our European friends try to warn us, and we may as well have never closed everything.  Unfortunately this will take time.  My guess is 2-3 months.  

Don,
There are two strains on the virus and one is significantly worse than the other for everyone who contracts that strain.  Herd immunity is ethically problematic because it suggests (in the 'fine print') that only the healthy deserve to survive this.  There are human beings who, through no fault of their own, would not be able to survive this virus, and saying everyone should just get sick and either get over it or die is just...messed up.  Sorry to disagree.  

Human lives are more important than the economy.  I say this even as I know I will likely struggle to have a lot of work for the next year as people recover from this financially.  I don't know about you, but I'd rather be ALIVE and BROKE, than dead and the economy is okay. And I think most people feel that way.  

If we reopen everything by Easter it will be a catastrophe, as our European friends try to warn us, and we may as well have never closed everything.  Unfortunately this will take time.  My guess is 2-3 months.  

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

Don (and Ben)

You do understand exponential growth right?  Never mind, rhetorical question. I think I know the answer. But here's your chance.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

David,

It's seems you're pretty furious at those of us who don't hold the same view as you do. It appears you think we're a bunch of narrow-minds who are set in one direction and don't take the situation seriously. But how do you expect us to take you seriously when you resort to swearing (in violation of the rules btw), calling us a bunch of hacks, and implying that our mental capabilities are inferior to yours?

From your posts it seems you are completely unwilling to even consider the opposite side of this debate. That's narrow-mindedness. How are we to be open-minded when you yourself are not willing to extend us the same courtesy?

Don (and Ben)

You do understand exponential growth right?  Never mind, rhetorical question. I think I know the answer. But here's your chance.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

David,

It's seems you're pretty furious at those of us who don't hold the same view as you do. It appears you think we're a bunch of narrow-minds who are set in one direction and don't take the situation seriously. But how do you expect us to take you seriously when you resort to swearing (in violation of the rules btw), calling us a bunch of hacks, and implying that our mental capabilities are inferior to yours?

From your posts it seems you are completely unwilling to even consider the opposite side of this debate. That's narrow-mindedness. How are we to be open-minded when you yourself are not willing to extend us the same courtesy?

Don (and Ben)

You do understand exponential growth right?  Never mind, rhetorical question. I think I know the answer. But here's your chance.

There are a growing number of us in lockdown states and cancelling all appointments until things open up again. In spite of the President's fantasy that this will happen by Easter I think that is unlikely but that's still several weeks away and I'm not interested in a debate on policy right now. I happen to think lockdown is necessary to insure that our health care system is not overwhelmed and people don't lose their lives unnecessarily.

One question for us is how do we best prepare for the time when the country does open again. At present it's hard to schedule appointments as we don't know if we will be able to keep them and going back and forth rescheduling is difficult not to mention we don't know what the status of those customers will be.

What I am doing is continuing to use my email reminder system to alert folks that their pianos are due for service. In my reminder email text I have written that at this time I am not booking any appointments but I am creating a list for those who want me to contact them as soon as we get word that things are opening up again. 

Since I use an email system for reminders (which I recommend as it allows you to send global updates and announcements not to mention saves in time and postage), I have simply created a subfolder in my outlook inbox called "post-covid" and the responses I get from those who want me to contact them can be kept in chronological order so I can respond first come first serve. I expect this folder to have quite a few responses by the time this is done and this is an easy way to keep track. I can then go to these emails and simply respond to each one.  

'My database system uses a simple excel spreadsheet with a column, among others, for contact date (when they are due for a reminder), and a column for their email address so that I can just copy and paste those email addresses into the Bcc area of the email. Excel allows you to custom sort by any column so you can easily sort by the contact date and see all those who are due in a given month. 

I would add to Hannah's very good list of things to do while we are locked down to learn to use excel. It is a very useful program for database use, accounting, and a host of piano applications including calculations for touchweight specs and  soundboard design calculations.  It's not difficult to learn.

For those who are desperate for work there are a number of industries that are hiring including grocery store chains for restocking, big box stores like Walmart and Costco, CVS pharmacies, delivery companies, Amazon, etc.  I'll add a link to an article outlining those companies that I saw earlier today. 

Here are 700,000 open jobs that need to be filled immediately

These are difficult times for everyone but I'm confident we will come out of this if we remain vigilant and responsible in our actions. Take care of your families and neighbors and let's let this bring out the better angels of our nature.

Take care and be well.

David,

It's seems you're pretty furious at those of us who don't hold the same view as you do. It appears you think we're a bunch of narrow-minds who are set in one direction and don't take the situation seriously. But how do you expect us to take you seriously when you resort to swearing (in violation of the rules btw), calling us a bunch of hacks, and implying that our mental capabilities are inferior to yours?

From your posts it seems you are completely unwilling to even consider the opposite side of this debate. That's narrow-mindedness. How are we to be open-minded when you yourself are not willing to extend us the same courtesy?

Don (and Ben)

You do understand exponential growth right?  Never mind, rhetorical question. I think I know the answer. But here's your chance.