Klarinet Archive - Posting 000483.txt from 1998/11

From: "Ed Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet playing and fever
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 09:48:08 -0500

Dee,
I really empathised with your note. In my business I make machine parts
for local businesses. I work by myself. [great quality control] A month
ago I broke my left ring finger. Obviously, my brilliant clarinet career
was put on hold. Unfortunately, I couldn't put my customers on hold, too.
I've been a one handed machinist. I certainly have come to appreciate my
left hand!

It's been tough to feel very sorry for myself, though. My great,great
grandfather lost his whole arm in the Civil War. He went home to Indiana
and FARMED for the rest of his days.

Ed Maurey
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> From: Dee D. Hays <deehays@-----.com>
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Clarinet playing and fever
> Date: Friday, November 13, 1998 12:03 AM
>
> Well I have followed this thread with some interest. It really makes no
> difference whether you are a musician (full or part time) or follow some
> other career. There are always people counting on you. At least in
music
> there is a possibility of finding some one competant to step in and play
the
> part even at very short notice. But many of us do not have that luxury
in
> our jobs. In my position (engineer), no one can step in and do my job
for a
> day as it would take them months to get up to speed on the projects. So
if
> I'm out, my work doesn't get done. In the industrial world, this can
have a
> great impact on winning and keeping business.
>
> However, one needs to evaluate very carefully whether or not to work when
> you are sick. You have to weigh the following factors.
>
> 1. Can the work schedule be adjusted later to catch up.
> 2. How urgent are the deadlines.
> 3. Can some one else cover any meetings.
> 4. Is it worth making half the plant sick.
> 5. Is it worth prolonging your own illness. Many times I've worked when
I
> was ill due to the urgency of the issues but ending up being sick twice
as
> long.
> 6. Is it worth getting run down and then being subjected to secondary
> infections. For example the people that go into hospitals or die in flu
> epidemics actually are victims of secondary infections like pneumonia.
>
> We have all worked when we were ill. However it is nothing to take
special
> pride in. It is sometimes a necessity but it is not wise.
>
>
> Dee Hays
> Canton, SD
>
>
>
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