Actually I liked the Helpful New Yorkers (Manhatten) and yes the food prices were HIGH......but......it fed 2 people! Hugh quantity of food!!! (But that's the Locals feeding you, not the National Chain Restaurants) Damon B Telrad Electronics Fort Wayne IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "walter wood" <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 4:00 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Here's a new one > Great. > I'm so glad we can converse without hurt feelings, > and flared tempers. > As for NY, I'd personally like to visit. > Our choir director goes about twice a year. > He holds a PhD in music and is the local college > professor. > He loves the shows and the food, two things I hold > dear. > As for my wife, Cathy, it would have been 1968. > We wern't married yet, but soon would be. > She was an exchange student, going to London, and > Paris for the summer, while I was at Ft. > Lenordwood, Missouri. > She flew into NY, and had a layover. > Probably not the greatest example, but she was > appaled by the prices, and said everyone she met > was rude. > She loved London England. > She Hated Paris France, and was in bith cities long > enough to get a good feel for it. > I'm a lot more laid back than she is, in fact, more > than most people. > Even around here. > Your example of your mechanic talking you through a > tranny repair on the phone is a little different > than the actual case as, I assume, you don't fix > trannys at all. > The origional scenareo, was two techs talking, even > though the circumstances that brought them together > were strange. > Anyway, I'd love to continue to converse with you > about our different areas of the country, but we > probably should take it off list, UNLESS, some > others would like to engage in peaceful > conversation. > Walter > > --- becyn <becyn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Walt, > > no offense taken. Though I must say we're not all > > bad! > > Now, you as a member of the "Bible belt" should > > be familiar with the > > phrase "do onto others as you would have done to > > you". > > > > Well, I would NEVER have the nerve to expect my > > mechanic to talk me > > through a transmission job on the phone for free! > > So the issue of him "being > > nice" wouldn't come up. I pay as I go... It's a > > matter of being "fair > > minded". > > > > NY is beautiful in the summer. Where did your > > wife go that was such a > > bad experience? > > The decade is important on thet topic as well. > > > > Jim McVey > > McVey Alltronix > > 327 Broadway > > Newburgh N.Y. 12550 > > > > "If it doesn't play... > > CALL MCVEY !!!!!!" > > Factory authorized > > service for over 20 > > major brands. > > 845 561 8383 > > (Last of the Mohegans) > > > > walter wood wrote: > > > > >Jim, I mean NO offence, but I'm in Southern > > Middle > > >Tennessee, 18 miles from the Alabama border. > > >That may explain the difference in our mindset. > > >My wife visited New York once, and doesn't want > > to > > >go back. > > >I've never had the pleasure, but I'm sure I > > could > > >cope. > > >Anyway, I feel that it is best to eer on the > > side > > >of nice, and help others as much as possible. > > >I've found that every good deed comes back > > around, > > >in some form or another. > > >But even if it didn't, I'd have the pleasure of > > >liking the man in the mirror. > > >I've been self employed nearly all of my working > > >life(I'm 59 years old), and so far, have not > > gone > > >broke, nor, have I been to rehab or therapy, > > >although all three are still a possibility. > > >After all, I'm a tech. > > >I guess the somewhat slower pace of life down > > here > > >allows this. > > >Must be something to it, as we have retirees > > from > > >all over the Northern part of our land. > > >And that's OK too. > > >Walter > > > > > > > > >--- becyn <becyn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>John, > > >>It clear from this post that you're a very nice > > >>guy. > > >>Unfortunately, ya know where you're going to > > >>finish in the $ race if you > > >>keep > > >>it up. > > >> > > >>Maybe it's my nasty NY attitude, but I would be > > >>offended if someone had the > > >>moxey to call me up to talk some half-baked > > tech > > >>through a repair-FOR FREE. > > >> > > >>Last I knew, we are trying to make a living at > > >>this. Running a no-charge > > >>tech line > > >>doesn't sound too profitable to me. If your > > >>advice fixed it, I doubt the > > >>customer > > >>would send you one red cent! > > >> > > >>When I get the "second guessing" call from > > >>customers who already had another > > >>tech give them an estimate, I tell them that I > > >>can't comment on another > > >>person's > > >>pricing, since I'm not sure the underlying > > >>diagnosis is correct. I ask > > >>if they would > > >>like to have us take a look (for a fee of > > >>coarse). Sometimes they do. > > >> > > >>In a case like yours, I'd ask why he didn't > > bring > > >>to me first, since he > > >>so much > > >>confidence in me. If he said I was too far > > away, > > >>I'd tell him tech line > > >>is $ 3.00 a minute. > > >>May I have your credit card # please??? > > >> > > >>I bet next think I'd hear would be a dial tone! > > > > >>But hey, it's worth a try! > > >> > > >>Jim McVey > > >>McVey Alltronix > > >>327 Broadway > > >>Newburgh N.Y. 12550 > > >> > > >>"If it doesn't play... > > >>CALL MCVEY !!!!!!" > > >>Factory authorized > > >>service for over 20 > > >>major brands. > > >>845 561 8383 > > >>(Last of the Mohegans) > > >> > > >>John @ Myers TV wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>In the past, we've all received phone calls > > from > > >>> > > >>> > > >>customers wo've found > > >> > > >> > > >>>us though our postings here on TA. Friday, I > > had > > >>> > > >>> > > >>a new twist to it. > > >> > > >> > > >>>A customer called me in reference to a post I > > >>> > > >>> > > >>made on a JVC PTV, a year, > > >> > > >> > > >>>or two ago. He had a technician at his home, > > and > > >>> > > >>> > > >>asked me to speak to > > >> > > >> > > >>>him. I spoke to the tech for 20-30 minutes, > > >>> > > >>> > > >>runing down a voltage > > >> > > >> > > >>>source, and BS'ing. > > >>>We didn't solve anything, but it left me > > >>> > > >>> > > >>wondering how I'd handle it if > > >> > > >> > > >>>a customer put me on the spot like that. I > > think > > >>> > > >>> > > >>I'd probably have told > > >> > > >> > > >>>him to take a hike! > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>-- > > >>No virus found in this outgoing message. > > >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > >>Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.2/55 - > > >>Release Date: 7/21/05 > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > > > > > > > >>This Email List is Public. 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