{"id":310,"date":"2023-01-16T08:24:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T08:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emmetrobinson.com\/wp\/?p=310"},"modified":"2023-03-19T18:54:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T18:54:33","slug":"you-asked-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emmetrobinson.com\/wp\/voiceover\/you-asked-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"You Asked For It!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoTitle\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i>AUDIBILITIES<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">King Street Recording Company<\/h2>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b><i>Professional Audio Services for Any Purpose You Can Think Of<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b><i>\u00a0Video and Photo Too!<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><i>Quality Professional Services Since 1967<\/i><\/b><\/span><i><\/i><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">15 East King Street, Post Office Box 402 Malvern, PA\u00a0 19355-0402<\/h2>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoHeading8\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Volume 83, Winter, 2023\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0610-647-4341<b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoHeading8\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.kingstreetrecording.com\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.kingstreetrecording.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.kingstreetrecording.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/mailto\/kingstreetrecord@aol.com');\"  href=\"mailto:kingstreetrecord@aol.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">kingstreetrecord@aol.com<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emmetrobinson.com\/wp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.emmetrobinson.com\/wp\/<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoHeader\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>You Asked For It!<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">In the business world, being a \u201cOne-Trick Pony\u201d can be risky, and diversification becomes necessary for continued growth. Sometimes that happens as a natural process of evolution. When someone asks me, \u201cWhat do you do at your studio?\u201d my usual answer is, \u201cWhat do you want?\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u2022 The business started in 1967 as a location recording service for musicians, capturing their performances \u201clive\u201d as they happened.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u2022 Then, when someone asked about an actual studio, I had to create one.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u2022 Requests for recording larger groups led to moving to larger quarters.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u2022 When someone asked about a video interview with a parent, lights, camera and tripod were added.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u2022 An advertising executive heard me emceeing at a club, liked my voice, and asked me to narrate the script for a radio commercial.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u2022 Someone else heard the commercial on the air, recognized my voice, and asked me to narrate an instructional corporate audiovisual presentation. Since then, working with other voiceover artists, we\u2019ve produced a broad selection of commercials and corporate training programs for companies such as DuPont, A T &amp; T, WAWA and Atra Zeneca<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u2022 A request for instruction led me to offer private coaching in the effective use of the voice \u2013 for speaking or for singing.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u2022 A postcard request on a community bulletin board led to creating character voices, original music and sound effects for puppet shows.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u2022 When a neighbor asked about converting a vintage audiotape to disk, a new line of related services was born. CDs (or flash drives) are now made from open-reel tapes, audiocassettes, microcassettes and all forms of phonograph records.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u2022 When someone asked about restoring a damaged photograph, another workstation was installed to handle the request. Developing that process led to restoring and preserving vintage photos, documents, certificates, hand-written letters, etc. One thing leads to another.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u2022 In response to a request to restore and preserve a vintage video, some new equipment \u2013 and an extra computer \u2013 added yet another new service.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Thanks to the company website and the Internet, people now call from out of state and send work by mail. This has led to clients<b>\u00a0<\/b>in Arizona,\u00a0California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,\u00a0Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington,<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">West Virginia, Hawaii and Munich, Germany.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">This natural evolution, based entirely on requests, has allowed this small business to become the longest continuously operating sound studio on the Main Line \u2013 beginning year Number 56 as of this writing.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">While there continue to be occasional variations in the menu of services, the bulk of the work currently consists of:<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u2022 Restoration of vintage sound recordings, videos and photographs<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u2022 Narration and audio production for instructional video<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u2022 Recording of acoustic (unplugged) voice and music<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">All of these extensions on the original business occurred because someone asked for them. What do\u00a0<i>you<\/i>\u00a0want? Ask. You might get it!<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Now then, what\u2019s been going on since last we met?<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>IN THE STUDIO<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Music<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>The Romantic Balladeer<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Joe\u2019s been back recently to record yet another new song, a romantic ballad titled, \u201cTil the End of Time.\u201d His smooth baritone voice and rich guitar accompaniment combined to make a truly pleasant listening experience as well as a most enjoyable recording session. I hope to work with him again soon.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>By Request<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Responding to a special request, I tuned up my guitar, warmed up my voice and recorded a number of well-known tunes from the coffeehouse era of the 1960s along with several more contemporary tunes. A particular favorite of mine was\u00a0<i>Londonderry Air,<\/i>\u00a0more popularly known as\u00a0<i>Danny Boy<\/i>. The song is a delightful combination of a traditional melody with lyrics by English songwriter Frederic E. Weatherly. Another was a poignant song by Craig Bickhardt and Tom Schuyler called\u00a0<i>This Old House.\u00a0<\/i>I describe it this way:<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Imagine that you\u2019ve just completed the purchase of your new home, and really excited about moving in. You\u2019ve made one last tour of your old home to make sure that you haven\u2019t missed anything. After tucking a few odds and ends away in the back of the car, you\u2019re ready to pull out of the driveway and thinking of the many memories so firmly bonded with the familiar house you\u2019re leaving behind. You\u2019re going to miss your old house, at least for a while. Do you wonder if, maybe, your old house might miss you? This is a song about moving day \u2013 from the viewpoint of the house.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><b>Words<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">What a treat it was to work with a talented narrator who could put life and meaning to the words she read. I don\u2019t remember what she said; I just remember that I believed every word. That\u2019s important, this is why.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">In voiceover work entirely too much attention is paid to vocal quality and tone of voice: \u201cDon has a great voice \u2013 he\u2019d make a wonderful narrator!\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Not necessarily. The most important aspect of voiceover work is\u00a0<i>believability.<\/i>\u00a0At the microphone, it\u2019s really an\u00a0<i>acting<\/i>\u00a0job. Make it real.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Seeking an exciting new career in voiceover work and don\u2019t know how to \u201cmake it real?\u201d Call here for instruction.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><b>FROM THE ATTIC<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><b>Audio<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><b>On the Small Stage<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Over the years I\u2019ve worked with several puppeteers in producing recorded sound tracks for their performances. One puppeteer in particular developed a national following and I\u2019ve just finished converting most of the original tapes to compact disk in order to preserve the original recordings. I say\u00a0<i>most<\/i>\u00a0because time, temperature and humidity had rendered a few of them unplayable.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Produced here more than 40 years ago, they were clever adaptations of traditional childrens\u2019 tales. I remember the recording sessions especially well because I was in them.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Responding to a notice,\u00a0<i>Voices Wanted for Puppet Shows,\u00a0<\/i>I found myself hired as both voiceover artist and recording engineer. With the client serving as director, just one other actor and I were able to do all of the voices. When music was needed for scene changes, we used some of my original tunes. When sound effects were needed, we invented them. All in all, that wildly creative collaboration remains one of my favorite memories.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><b>Video<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><b>Talk, Talk, Talk<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Because I love educational videos, it was a pleasure to capture and preserve an old VHS tape on DVD. The content was a professional presentation to the management and staff of Manufacturer\u2019s Mall in Morgantown, PA. The speaker was able to combine solid information, common sense and humor in an energetic presentation that held everyone\u2019s attention. Along the way, I learned a point or two myself.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><b>In the Photo Shoppe<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">As a child, she\u2019d always been clever with pencil or pen on paper. Back in 1940 while living in Switzerland she\u2019d drawn a series of images on a single sheet of paper. Neatly and skillfully drawn, they were pleasant scenes of domestic activities. My favorite was of a female figure descending a flight of stairs. The image was so skillfully drawn that I could actually sense movement. Because the images had begun to fade over the last 80 years, my assignment was to increase their contrast. All went well with just one exception: a single image had faded more than the rest and needed individual touchup. As an adult, the child artist ultimately became a highly skilled interior decorator.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Scribbles<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>The Page Turner!<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Writer Jim McCusker has just completed Chapter 10 in his latest exciting novel,\u00a0<i>The Edge<\/i>. Working in close collaboration, Jim sends me the chapters as they\u2019re completed. I review them, inserting minor suggestions along the way. When I complete my review, I send hard copy back to Jim in three versions: first, the original, uncut version. Second, a version with my suggestions offered in red. Then finally a third version with all suggestions included. Later, we review the entire chapter by phone and\u00a0decide which suggestions to include and which to discard. It\u2019s Jim\u2019s story, so it has to be told in his words.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><i>The Edge<\/i>\u00a0is\u00a0an exciting story! In an earlier chapter, Jim described two large trucks mysteriously arriving and parking behind the lead character\u2019s workplace. No explanation has been offered as to their contents or purpose and Jim won\u2019t tell me. \u201cWait for it,\u201d he says. When finished,\u00a0<i>The Edge<\/i>\u00a0will be a story worth reading!<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">In the meantime you might enjoy\u00a0<i>Atlantic City Nights<\/i>\u00a0in either print or<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">audio book format \u2013 narration by yours truly. All of Jim\u2019s books are available on Amazon.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Keeping in Character<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">One of my favorite writers is working on a new novel that includes one character from the Deep South. In writing dialogue, she found expressing the southern accent in print to be a bit challenging. Luckily, I was able to help.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">In an unusual way, I\u2019m bilingual \u2013 fluent in both English and Yankee. Dad was from West Virginia, and I lived and worked in southern states for a number of years. I remember clearly how folks from Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, Texas and other southern states sound in conversation. I found arranging the characters on the page to represent those sounds to be most enjoyable.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">(What we in the North think of as the Southern accent actually originated in England and Scotland long, long ago.)<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>New Direction<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">After writing for the small business market for more than forty years, I\u2019ve turned my hand to fiction \u2013 just makin\u2019 stuff up! Oh, my, this is fun!<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><i>Harry\u2019s Adventure<\/i>\u00a0is the story of a shy man finding true love by adopting an entirely new philosophy and approach. Initial reviews have been most encouraging. Autographed copies of the complete story are available for $4.95. Contact me the old-fashioned way:\u00a0<b>610-647-4341<\/b>.\u00a0Here&#8217;s a sample:<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Harry&#8217;s Adventure<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">(An excerpt)<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>By Emmet Robinson<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">Copyright \u00a9 2022 Emmet L Robinson<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">All Rights Reserved<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Basically a shy man, Harry had trouble meeting people. Well, that\u2019s not really the whole story. Harry had trouble meeting\u00a0<i>women<\/i>, and hadn\u2019t been on a real date in three years. Following the advice he found in magazines and newspaper columns had never worked very well. The traditional greeting lines like, \u201cWhat\u2019s your sign?\u201d and \u201cDo you come here often?\u201d would usually result in the target of his intentions turning away in annoyance. One woman actually laughed at him. Massive trauma! That wounded him so badly that he went right home, crawled into bed and sucked his thumb for the rest of the weekend. To develop his social skills, he\u2019d once taken a course in ballroom dancing \u2013 and failed the course. The instructor told him that he held her much too tightly. \u201cI don\u2019t want to get married,\u201d she said. \u201cI just want to teach you some steps.\u201d Another tragic assault on his fragile ego.\u00a0<i>Of course<\/i>\u00a0he\u2019d held her tightly \u2013 he was that desperate for female contact. His need was weighing him down, and he needed help.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">One Friday after work Harry happened to run into his friend, Chuck, at Flanagan\u2019s Saloon, a local watering hole. Seated at a table in the back, Chuck smiled, pushed out a chair with his foot and said, \u201cPark it, pardner!\u201d After a couple of drinks, and a review of the latest political debacle in the news, Harry decided to tell his friend about his little problem. After listening to Harry\u2019s sad story, Chuck grew thoughtful for a moment, then asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s your real interest in meeting women, Harry? Do y\u2019just wanna get laid? Or would you rather develop a real relationship \u2013 something that might last?\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Looking intently into his drink as though it might hold the answer, Harry mumbled, \u201cUm, well, both, I guess.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cOkay then, on a scale of ten, what\u2019s your level of interest in making it happen?<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Harry stammered in embarrassment. \u201cUm,\u00a0<i>eleven<\/i>?\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cOkay. I think I see your problem. Like with the dance lady, you\u2019re too hungry, too needy.\u00a0 You come across as desperate. That\u2019ll turn a woman off quicker than buzzard breath and argyle socks.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">In self-defense, Harry said, \u201cWell, I-I can\u2019t help it, Chuck, I\u00a0<i>am<\/i>\u00a0desperate! I\u2019ll be thirty-seven next Tuesday and I feel like I\u2019m running out of time. My sister\u2019s tried to fix me up with some of her friends, but it\u2019s never worked out. I don\u2019t want to be one of those lonely old farts that the neighbors feel sorry for. Y\u2019know?\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Chuck was fully sympathetic. \u201cYeah, I get that. The stock pickup lines guys use are so old and tired that they should have been consigned to the Smithsonian a century ago. You need a better approach, that\u2019s for sure. But before that, you need a better attitude.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cAttitude?\u201d Harry\u2019s eyebrows rose toward his hairline.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cYeah. You have hopes; you have expectations. That\u2019s risky! Meeting a woman is too important to you. A woman senses that and you\u2019re outta the race before you can even put on your track shoes. Y\u2019gotta give that up, man. Don\u2019t expect anything, and abandon all hope. Just do the best you can and take whatever happens. Expecting and hoping don\u2019t do anything but lead to disappointment. Throw all of that stuff away and get . . . curious.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cCurious?\u201d Harry wondered where this was going.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cYeah. Treat every single opportunity to meet a woman as an exercise in scientific inquiry \u2013 an experiment where you don&#8217;t\u00a0<i>care<\/i>\u00a0about the results you get; you just want to know what they are.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">As his blood pressure rose with his frustration, Harry became more outspoken. \u201cOkay, then, mister Man-of-the World,\u00a0<i>what the hell do I do?\u201d<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cIt\u2019s simple. When you make contact with a woman for the first time, learn not to care so much how that contact goes. No, that\u2019s not it. Learn not to care\u00a0<i>at all<\/i>. If you just don\u2019t give a shit, rejection won\u2019t hurt you so much. And, believe it or not, you may seem even more appealing.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Eyes wide in amazement, Harry said, \u201c<i>Don\u2019t care?<\/i>\u00a0Man, you\u2019re askin\u2019 the impossible!\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cNo, I\u2019m not. And, while we\u2019re at it, let\u2019s adjust your perspective. Have you ever asked a woman for a date and been turned down?<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cWell, yeah. Of course.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cIt may have hurt, but it didn\u2019t kill you, did it?\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cUm, well, no. It just felt like it.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cIf you\u2019re rejected again, will you die?\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Harry laughed. \u201cOkay, Chuck, you\u2019ve made your point.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cGood,&#8221; said Chuck, nodding in agreement. &#8220;Now, where do you meet women?\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cUh, in bars, mostly.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cOkay, y\u2019gotta quit that. Stay outta bars. They\u2019re nothin\u2019 but meat markets full of horny people. And, yes, women get horny, too.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Warming to his subject, Chuck continued. &#8220;So tell me, Harry, besides warm, breathing and able to fog a mirror, what is there about a woman that attracts you \u00ad\u2013 that gets your attention? Oh, wait! I know! You&#8217;re in checkout line three at the market and you happen to glance over at line five and\u00a0<i>there she is!<\/i>\u00a0And you\u00a0<i>know<\/i>\u00a0\u2013 intuitively \u2013 that she&#8217;s highly intelligent, has a keen sense of humor and really loves poetry. Right?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Chuck answered his own question. &#8220;Naah, that&#8217;s stupid. The first thing you notice about her is her appearance \u2013 what she looks like. Right?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Not wanting to seem shallow, Harry hesitates, then, &#8220;Well . . . yeah. Of course.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">&#8220;Okay then, what looks good to you? Since you haven&#8217;t even seen this woman of the future yet, you can decide now on what&#8217;s important to you about a woman&#8217;s appearance. If you made a list of qualities, what would be first on that list, Harry? &#8220;<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Still shy about revealing too much of his extraordinary need \u2013 and seeming shallow as well \u2013 Harry hesitated for a few moments then blurted it out in a single, breathless, run-on sentence:<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">&#8220;About five-foot-five, fit but not flat, one-twenty-five to one-forty, brown hair, blue eyes, a nice smile, a pleasant appearance but not necessarily pretty.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">There was more. &#8220;Oh, and I prefer alto voice to soprano.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Chuck reared back in his chair, amazed at his friend&#8217;s sudden heartfelt revelation. &#8220;Wow! You didn&#8217;t just make that up, did you? You&#8217;ve been thinkin\u2019 about this for a long time, haven&#8217;t you?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">&#8220;Um, well . . . yeah. What the hell \u2013 I can dream, can&#8217;t I?<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">&#8220;Chuck laughed. &#8220;Hell yes\u00a0 \u2013 and dream big while you&#8217;re at it!&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Feeling that he was really being listened to, Harry began to relax a little. His shoulders came down from around his ears, and he hitched up a little in his chair. Pleased by Harry&#8217;s willingness to listen, Chuck pressed forward. &#8220;Harry, where do you see women who appeal to you?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">&#8220;Oh, they&#8217;re everywhere, man. You know that.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Clapping hands together in a brief burst of applause, Chuck laughed out loud.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cCongratulations, my friend. You&#8217;ve just expanded your field of inquiry from Flanagan\u2019s Saloon to the entire world!&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Feeling a slight tingle of excitement at that remark, Harry&#8217;s angular face showed a trace of a smile as his grinning friend continued: &#8220;A wise old man once told me that organizational skills can take you farther than talent. You seem to know exactly what you&#8217;re looking for. That increases your chances of finding it.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Harry&#8217; s frustration could be heard in his voice. &#8220;Yeah, Chuck, I see \u2018em but I still don&#8217;t know how to approach &#8217;em!&#8221; Leaning forward over the table, Chuck spoke softly in a conspiratorial tone. &#8220;Harry, m&#8217;boy, I&#8217;m gonna tell you a secret that very few men know: Real men don&#8217;t &#8220;pick up&#8221; women \u2013 we develop\u00a0<i>relationships<\/i>\u00a0with them.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Leaning forward also, Harry asked, &#8220;Okay, how in hell do I do that?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Continuing, Chuck said, &#8220;First, you have to become known to women. You do that by . . .\u201d<b><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">Okay, that\u2019s all you get for free. For the rest of the story, please send $4.95 to King Street Recording Company at the above street address.\u00a0You\u2019ll receive a 13,758 word 39 page printout mailed to your home.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Client Commentary<\/span><\/b><\/span><i><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u201cThank you for the wonderful job you did editing material on the DVD and transferring to CD. It\u2019s SO much better as a recording.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThanks so much for your help converting my old 1960s tape to CD. What a lifesaver!<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv6831879794MsoNormal\">We were able to put the CD in our family Time Capsule to be opened in 2030. 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