<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gordon, you twit,,,, You let the = hydrocarbons "evaporate" into the atmosphere?  I thought that you cared for the environment. Obviously you're a hypocrite. It would have been better if = you would have torched the cardboard, if you're going to do it that way.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Ever notice those = little "booties" on the gas fill handles?  They're there for a purpose!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So sue me, you twit.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=lclgcnp@yahoo.com href="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com">gordon = stelter</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 04, 2003 = 4:07 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> "Greasy New Chain = Hoists' Stuff": special to Ron Nossaman</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi,Ron,<BR>    I appreciate your = environmental sensitivity, and<BR>the car wash might be a better idea. But I only needed<BR>2 gallons of mineral spirits to cover the hoist,<BR>turning = it, which I later used for auto parts cleaning<BR>until it was diminished = in quantity and really nasty.<BR>Then I poured it, as I do with all contaminated<BR>solvents, onto several layers of gigantic pieces of<BR>cardboard, with a tarp underneath ( cardboard from<BR>furniture stores-couch boxes and such ) out back in<BR>the sunshine, which = allows the solvent to evaporate.<BR>    There is much we do in = this business which is<BR>environmentally  "suspect", but I feel that = it is far<BR>better that solvents evaporate, as opposed to<BR>landfilling, = in which case they can cause much worse<BR>mischief in the form of groundwater coinatmination.<BR>     Cheers,<BR>     Thump<BR>P.S.: I think that the = BEST way to clean a new chain<BR>hoist, actually, would be to blast it with a = couple of<BR>cans of brake parts cleaner. (wearing a mask!)<BR><BR>--- Tom = Driscoll <<A href="mailto:tomtuner@attbi.com">tomtuner@attbi.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>