---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Ron, Good stuff. Keeping one's eyes open when out in the middle of "nowhere" pays unexpected dividends. David, I've seen all of these things in our area--except for a beaver and an armadillo! Despite the urban sprawl that surrounds us, nature manages to survive! Did I say piano? Gotta stay on topic, here! When I first read this subject line on the original post, I thought it was going to be a "cockroaches in the piano" story. Well, way back in '81 there was this rental piano that came back to the store as a cockroach aircraft carrier... Dave Stahl In a message dated 12/29/2005 8:19:24 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ilvey@sbcglobal.net writes: So where do you live, Ron? David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: 12/29/2005 8:15:13 PM Subject: Re: wildlife plus >> Good luck catching one...they are veritable Einsteins compared with the >> ones we eat at holidays. And they can actually fly! >> >> Weird lookin' critters, kinda like quail on steroids. >> >> Dave Stahl >I stopped to eat a sandwich for lunch out in the country one day, >between tunings. I was in a relatively cool low shady spot by a >creek beside the road, munching away, when I saw movement in the >brush beside the road. About a dozen turkeys cautiously appeared one >by one from seemingly nowhere, ambled leisurely across the road just >in front of me, and evaporated into the cover on the other side of >the road. I was struck by how right and natural they looked in that >setting, and how much they obviously belonged there. It was great! >At various times, I've stopped for deer, bobcats, coyotes, skunks, a >beaver, an armadillo, squirrels, bunnies, and steered around or >helped across various snakes and turtles. Even saved a bird tangled >in monofiliment on a fence once. >Another time, after a big wind storm the night before, I found a >newly dead great horned owl at the roadside, with a $1, and a $5 >bill lying next to it. One can only wonder. >So I won't ever get rich, especially at $6 a pop, but it would sure >be hard to take a real job at this point. >Ron N Dave Stahl Dave Stahl Piano Service 650-224-3560 _http://dstahlpiano.net/_ (http://www.dstahlpiano.net/) ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/47/dc/3c/22/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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