Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Custom Harmonicas - Worth It?

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Gary writes:
 
"Please send all those broken down harps directly to me.
Save the  landfills!!  I'll try to recycle them!!"
 
...that's a great idea!  I can imagine 'somebody' could make a good  business 
out of recycling what would otherwise be trashed or tossed  harps...I even 
have a few 'tossed in the drawer' old MB's and chroms.

"I  was hoping to make everybody laugh with the shoes comment, that's all.  
And  in lots of cases it just might work."
 
...Oh, you did.  I laughed out loud, loved it, and hope you  realize MY 
response was made teasingly (ergo the smiley  faces)...you're clearly not among 
those who think in a 'sexist'  manner.  Mea culpa if I didn't make that clear.  
 

"If your lady isn't into shoes, fill in the blank."
 
....hey, harps'll work for me as well as boots. ;)
Elizabeth

GW

At 01:36 PM 4/16/2008, EGS1217@xxxxxxx  wrote:


See....that's the  'sexist' ;) response.....lol

I'd appeal to her sense of logic:  economy and ecology:

tell her 3 - 4 harps at roughly $25. - $27.  (American)...blown out in a year 
or so and ending up in the garbage  (landfill)...

...are a lot more ecologically disastrous to the  environment than one 
customized harp at roughly the same cost lasting several  years with perhaps only 
minor repair costs ;)

P.S.  Of  course, the shoes wouldn't hurt either.  In my case, I can't own 
enough  boots, lol

Elizabeth
Message: 11
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008  12:49:25 -0400
From: Gary Warren _gdubya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:gdubya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) .
Subject: Re:  [Harp-L] Custom Harmonicas - Worth It?
To: Wolf Kristiansen  <wolfkristiansen@xxxxxxxx>, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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Take her shoe  shopping.

At 12:37 PM 4/16/2008, Wolf Kristiansen wrote:
>Thanks  to all who responded to my question about
>whether custom harmonicas  were "worth it", i.e. worth
>buying. The answer from the majority was a  resounding
>"yes!" because of the improved playability,  sound,
>responsiveness etc.
>
>My question was prompted by  monetary considerations; I
>was already sold on the idea. My problem is,  because
>of the abuse I put harmonicas through, and the rate
>they  die on me, I couldn't afford to replace them at
>$50 to $100 per  replacement.
>
>What I gathered from your answers, dealing only  with
>the cost factor, is this:
>
>1.  Custom  harmonicas last longer
>2.  You don't throw custom harmonicas away  when a reed
>goes; you (or a customizer) replace the  reed
>3.  You can save money by learning to customize  or
>repair your harmonicas yourself
>
>So, I'm convinced  they are worth buying.  My next
>question-- how do I convince my  wife?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Wolf  Kristiansen




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