(OT) Re: SV: perfect pick in animals - getting well off-topic

[Clyde Hollinger]

Ola,

Are you sure you want to trust that chicken on the computer keyboard?  I never heard of a potty- or
litter-trained peep, and when they go there's no warning.  You could end up with chicken little's doodoo
down between your keys!  <G>

Regards, Clyde

Ola Andersson wrote:

> OK
>
> If you are getting of topic I will too
> I have to share this. I'm very sorry and will behave for a long time after this
>
> I have a one week old chicken born alone and just now sleeping in my arm
> She (I hope) is very social so she wants to hang around with us humans
> It seems she thinks our hands are chickens
> She likes to run around on the keyboard when I'm writing (as my hands) and picks the same keys I write
> I'm sure next week I can point on the key and she will pick it hard enough to write
> When I move my hand to the mouse she runs after and picks the mouse after I hit it with my finger
>
> Maybe next week I send a mail written by my chicken secretary
>
> Ola Andersson
> Bergen Norway
>
> ( "come on chicken, hit the send button so I can put the blame on you":-)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Z! Reinhardt <diskladame@provide.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 6:44 PM
> Subject: Re: perfect pitch in animals - getting well off-topic
>
> > Parrots are incredible mimics!  There's one in my customer base who can
> > mimic the ringing of the cordless phone with such uncanny accuracy that it
> > is unnerving.  Things got really wild once when the cordless really was
> > ringing, and the parrot mimicked it from another room, complete with the
> > silent intervals between rings.
> >
> > Z! Reinhardt  RPT
> > Ann Arbor  MI
> > diskladame@provide.net
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "L. Verkoelen" <lverkoelen@pineknot.com>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 8:35 PM
> > Subject: RE: perfect pitch in animals
> >
> >
> > Never had a problem with a dog. One of my clients does have a parrot. The
> > first time I tried to tune the treble the parrot started repeating the
> > notes, (close enough to really create a problem.) Finally had to have them
> > remove the parrot when I tune the piano.
> >
> > Louis Verkoelen
> > Associate Technician
> > Big Bear City CA.
> >
> >
> >