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ME? - M.E. I spent fourteen miserable years suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) with no useful help of any kind at all from the National Health Service. If you know anyone in this same plight, do please email me for a FREE document that may possibly help them to make a rapid 80% recovery in a few weeks, as I did. It's worth a try! WOT, MAKE IT?? Nobody seems to make anything anymore. We went to a model shop, but they didn't have any modelling materials, only models. We went to an art shop, but they didn't have any paint, brushes, etc., only finished artwork. We went to a needlework shop, but they didn't have materials, only ready-made needlework. We went to a "music shop", but they didn't have any sheet music or instruments, they only sold CDs. And where on earth will I find someone who can make me some electronic projects? MIGRAINES Has anyone out there suffered frequent chronic migraines for years? Some doctors say they can’t be migraines because “migraines don’t happen several times a week” so this doesn’t help us at all. There are medications to alleviate the pain, but do you have any suggestions about ways to stop the problem happening in the first place? Please don’t give us a list of triggers like cheese, chocolate etc., we’ve been over all that endlessly.

JUST INTOLERANCE Be warned, there is a growing menace which threatens to undermine the whole internet system as well as your home PC: It is known as "Just Intolerance", and it works like this: You say "I'll JUST have one more look at that site" and the message comes up "Cannot find server". You say "I'll JUST print this before I catch the train" and the ink cartridge runs out. You say "I'll JUST find that document before I go out" and it isn't there. You say "I'll JUST play one more level of this game" and the machine crashes. You say "I'll JUST save this before I close down" and the hard-drive dies. NEVER EVER, under any circumstances, use the J word anywhere near your PC or laptop, or it will retaliate with instant and vicious effect. ARQIVA Have you had problems with a ticking electrical interference from Arquiva’s transmitter masts? If so, we would be extremely grateful if you would email us on bill@pianogen.org

Thanks to Barrie Heaton for getting us onto the internet in the first place, and to our friend and ex-neighbour Louis Barfe, music historian, radio presenter and "listening drummer" for his help in setting up our domain. Thanks also to the many people who helped in the past with piano information, including the Aberdeen City Librarian, Alastair Laurence, Andrew Garrett, Bernard Watts, Bill Dow, Bill Roope, Billy Little, Bowes Museum, Christie's Ltd., Colt Clavier Collection, Dick Burnett, Ernest Daynes, Eduoard Robbins, Finchcocks, Frances Collard, Gill Green, Guildhall Library, Jay Mallory, John Davis, Kenneth Mobbs, Lionel Sims, Mary Thrower, Miss Berry, Monika Barns, Monington & Weston Ltd., Morley Galleries, Musical Museum Brentford, Philips Ltd., Robert Kirkman, Rod Watt, Royal Archives at Windsor, Roy Sagar, Sherry Waring, Sotheby's Ltd., Stephen Kirkman, Tania Staite, and the Victoria & Albert Museum.