so, it's my 70th bday soon. x-posting.

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2. 1 of my great frustration as a carpenter was gloves and boots that fit.

a bunch of us used to pool our money and send someone to the factory store of 1 of the few manufacturers who made small enough gloves, and buy a gross.
i was in my fave hardware store, where i have bitched many about gloves. they had a pair of kinds bulky gloves that fit, but i told him i wanted a nice pair of kid gloves. he got on his computer, check all his suppliers, and nope. still cant get them.

only a couple of the top bootmakers made small enough work boots, let alone steel toe. i had a pair of redwings. i think timberland had then too. the spendiest boots on the market at the time.
we’re always paying the pink tax.

the cost to retrofit a free piano w 1 of these keyboards is about $10k, w a wait of a yr or more for parts.
i have an $800 yamaha digital. the 1 i am on the list for is $6k, w no delivery date in sight.

these ppl r leaving tons of money on the table. in chgo, free pianos r everywhere. there’s 0 reason to buy a new 1. u can recondition an old 1 for about $2k.
but if they put these in their showrooms, every rich dad w a talented daughter wd b happy to plunk down $50-150k for a new steinway.

the lady who runs this foundation is shaking the trees for me. she got a ping from steinberger, which is the top german maker. she’s also poking yamaha, which did make them for a while when this thing was new, but isnt keen on them now.

it’s a matter of equality. and the magat who is ceo of steinway doesnt like that idea.
le sigh. well, we’re gonna shake them up.

(and they might even let me sing in the chgo festival they’re planning.)

so happy for a cause that does not involve elections or parties.