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  • C chriselst

    My wife 'bought' a piano (upright) last year, it was free to collector, despite us having absolutely no room in the house and no way of moving it. It was in the village so her idea was for me to push it back to our house. Fortunately this was the day before my car accident so I was unable to go and get it and she had to let someone else have it.

    Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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    DeathByChocolate
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    chriselst wrote:

    Fortunately this was the day before my car accident so I was unable to go

    :confused: ... because you needed to rest and prepare for your forth coming 'accident'? :)

    "State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B

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      My wife 'bought' a piano (upright) last year, it was free to collector, despite us having absolutely no room in the house and no way of moving it. It was in the village so her idea was for me to push it back to our house. Fortunately this was the day before my car accident so I was unable to go and get it and she had to let someone else have it.

      Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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      Nagy Vilmos
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      This was 'free' through the church. The people who had it were gifted it, but had no use, so put an ad in the news letter asking for a donation to the church only. We gave a nice donation plus I had to pay £85 to get yerman to do mvoe it for us. If you are familiar with the famed brick shiouthouse, you can envisage his build. Even then it required piano wheels [which he had] and a lot of ramps to move it.

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      • C CPallini

        Are you really sure she comprehends?

        Veni, vidi, vici.

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        Nagy Vilmos
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        She says she does and I'm not going to argue! :laugh:

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          chriselst wrote:

          Fortunately this was the day before my car accident so I was unable to go

          :confused: ... because you needed to rest and prepare for your forth coming 'accident'? :)

          "State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B

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          Nagy Vilmos
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          Shouldn't you be off eating chocolate somewhere? clickity[^]

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          • N Nagy Vilmos

            Shouldn't you be off eating chocolate somewhere? clickity[^]

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            :laugh: Saturday ..... I've got to wait until Saturday! Then it will be Chocolate Ice creams on the beach, Chocolate Cake in the café and beer in the pub! Houray!!! :-D :jig: :-D ... all with my 3 favourite sentient beings in the world! Happy days! :-D

            "State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B

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            • N Nagy Vilmos

              She says she does and I'm not going to argue! :laugh:

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              Good move! :thumbsup:

              "State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B

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              • N Nagy Vilmos

                Dearest Mrs Wife, for reasons she alone comprehends, bought a piano. No one plays, but she's decided that she wants one. So the piano was bought and we collected it yesterday with the help of a very clever piano moving man. But no, it is not a piano, it is a pianola - a self playing piano. The sellers did not know it was a pianola and once we got it home we found, inside the case, two dozen rolls of music. The mechanism doesn't seem to work, but it may just be that I don't know hos it is supposed to operate. Brute force and ignorance will not suffice. So now I need to find someone who can help me work out how the elephant this thing works. I think it will be quite fun to get the mechanism sorted out and serviced. In the mean time, it's back to 20 Tunes for Little Hands for me.

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                Lost User
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                I have seen pianolas played by the feet pumping the pedals.

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                • D DeathByChocolate

                  :laugh: Saturday ..... I've got to wait until Saturday! Then it will be Chocolate Ice creams on the beach, Chocolate Cake in the café and beer in the pub! Houray!!! :-D :jig: :-D ... all with my 3 favourite sentient beings in the world! Happy days! :-D

                  "State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B

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                  Argonia
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                  Oh, niceeee. And don't forget that the best meal with the Beer is Pizza! And please, pretty please pictures afterwards:)

                  Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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                    :laugh: Saturday ..... I've got to wait until Saturday! Then it will be Chocolate Ice creams on the beach, Chocolate Cake in the café and beer in the pub! Houray!!! :-D :jig: :-D ... all with my 3 favourite sentient beings in the world! Happy days! :-D

                    "State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B

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                    Jorgen Andersson
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                    May I have a guess[^] on what beer?

                    Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]

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                    • N Nagy Vilmos

                      Dearest Mrs Wife, for reasons she alone comprehends, bought a piano. No one plays, but she's decided that she wants one. So the piano was bought and we collected it yesterday with the help of a very clever piano moving man. But no, it is not a piano, it is a pianola - a self playing piano. The sellers did not know it was a pianola and once we got it home we found, inside the case, two dozen rolls of music. The mechanism doesn't seem to work, but it may just be that I don't know hos it is supposed to operate. Brute force and ignorance will not suffice. So now I need to find someone who can help me work out how the elephant this thing works. I think it will be quite fun to get the mechanism sorted out and serviced. In the mean time, it's back to 20 Tunes for Little Hands for me.

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                      Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                      So now I need to find someone who can help me work out how the elephant this thing works. I think it will be quite fun to get the mechanism sorted out and serviced.

                      Where's your engineering mind gone. I'd love to fix something like that, ignorant or not.

                      Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]

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                        Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                        So now I need to find someone who can help me work out how the elephant this thing works. I think it will be quite fun to get the mechanism sorted out and serviced.

                        Where's your engineering mind gone. I'd love to fix something like that, ignorant or not.

                        Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]

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                        He does have ginius mind, you know! But I bet his wife must have asked him to keep his hands off that pianola! :laugh:

                        Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!

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                        • A Argonia

                          Oh, niceeee. And don't forget that the best meal with the Beer is Pizza! And please, pretty please pictures afterwards:)

                          Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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                          Argonia wrote:

                          And please, pretty please pictures afterwards

                          :-D That will be a a picture of an empty glass and an empty plate! :-D

                          "State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B

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                            May I have a guess[^] on what beer?

                            Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]

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                            That looks interesting! :-D :-D :-D I don't think I've seen it or I would have tried it, I shall keep an eye out for it. :thumbsup:

                            "State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B

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                            • N Nagy Vilmos

                              Dearest Mrs Wife, for reasons she alone comprehends, bought a piano. No one plays, but she's decided that she wants one. So the piano was bought and we collected it yesterday with the help of a very clever piano moving man. But no, it is not a piano, it is a pianola - a self playing piano. The sellers did not know it was a pianola and once we got it home we found, inside the case, two dozen rolls of music. The mechanism doesn't seem to work, but it may just be that I don't know hos it is supposed to operate. Brute force and ignorance will not suffice. So now I need to find someone who can help me work out how the elephant this thing works. I think it will be quite fun to get the mechanism sorted out and serviced. In the mean time, it's back to 20 Tunes for Little Hands for me.

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                              Does she want to buy a Bridge?

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                                Argonia wrote:

                                And please, pretty please pictures afterwards

                                :-D That will be a a picture of an empty glass and an empty plate! :-D

                                "State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B

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                                :D

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                                • N Nagy Vilmos

                                  Dearest Mrs Wife, for reasons she alone comprehends, bought a piano. No one plays, but she's decided that she wants one. So the piano was bought and we collected it yesterday with the help of a very clever piano moving man. But no, it is not a piano, it is a pianola - a self playing piano. The sellers did not know it was a pianola and once we got it home we found, inside the case, two dozen rolls of music. The mechanism doesn't seem to work, but it may just be that I don't know hos it is supposed to operate. Brute force and ignorance will not suffice. So now I need to find someone who can help me work out how the elephant this thing works. I think it will be quite fun to get the mechanism sorted out and serviced. In the mean time, it's back to 20 Tunes for Little Hands for me.

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                                  Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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                                  the brother in law has one, that too didn't work but it turned out to be a perished bellows, that would be the first thing Id check (second in your case after the supply of gin)

                                  You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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                                    I have seen pianolas played by the feet pumping the pedals.

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                                    I've heard pianos that sounded like they were being played by foot.

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