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Bob Nelson says:

>To show how far behind the curve I am, I can only emulate Jeff and ask
(re IT), "Wuzzat den?"

   If you have to ask, the answer to the question is probably no. My 
girlfriend is a techie, and thinks it's pretty funny how out of touch I am 
with the lingo and acronyms. She told me last night what IT was and I've 
already forgotten!

In my field, I guess I could be considered a galoot. I make a living playing 
piano and accordion, mostly playing music that was in vogue anywhere from 
40-100 years before I was born (I'm 30). I also play things that could be 
classified as crazy noise, but I don't get paid as much to do that. I think 
of being a musician and being a galoot as nearly the same thing- both give me 
the satisfaction of developing manual skills and making stuff myself. The 
difference is there's no sharp objects in music.
 
Art Bailey,
Somerville, Ma

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