[There's a test below this reply, in case anyone is interested] Sorry Bill, thanks to sorting, I missed this on an earlier fly-by. My responses: 1. The rest of us have dreams that often become reality. No reason to think you'd be any different. 2. I may have had the same dream one time, perhaps as a result of the same plant! 3. Maybe I missed one of Francis' dog & pony shows where he extolled the mis-virtues of plant life. I was at the "grand opening" for the 'Zapper', and at a later one, where he recanted? -- (stopped endorsing the 'Zapper' for centerpin use). Have seen R. Woltz presentations, but not in this subject area. 4. I think the sourcing is not important; rather that we set the record straight (as applicable) for ourselves and others. Francis did, with his own tool. [Finger pointing at you with thumb in my direction -- I too have (a) misunderstood others (b) mis-quoted others in spite of good intentions.] 5. I suppose this means the foot spray is out of the question. If so, sorry we had to abort -- I really thought that's where you were going with the thread. Trivia question: I'd like to know how the treated S&S flanges became super-saturated. Surely the flanges had to be heated, treated, or something else to cause them to wick that much gunk. I once tried a reversal experiment, using a heat gun. It was a "controlled experiment" (sounds good anyway), in that I spaced the heat gun away from the flange just enough to seriously heat but not nuke the flange. Objective: to cause the paraffin to become liquid and drip out, and leave a normal, dry flange. Results: inconclusive. Had a big puddle below flange, flange was still dripping, and I was tired of the noise from the heat gun. Almost forgot -- these flanges were abnormally dark (saturated), compared to some others. Any answers? At 03:16 PM 3/10/99 -0500, you wrote: >Jim, > >I guess I have taken literally the common, analogical use of the word fungus. >However, I really did come to believe that the Steinway cloth center condition >also involved a growing plant - how did I get there? Do I dream about this >stuff at night? Hope not. I think this was a widely held belief, at least >here in southern California. Didn't Francis Mehaffey and Randy Woltz >postulate this in using heat treatment? You were around here then, I >think.... > >Thanks for your clarifications on definitions - > >Bill Shull Jim Harvey, RPT Greenwood, SC harvey@greenwood.net
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