<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=828554106-15052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>If you're gonna cook up a batch of blackened budgies you need at least a 600 degree pan. Of course the oil probably tempers that a bit. [=:-) (That's a smiley with a chef's hat.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828554106-15052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828554106-15052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>-- Geoff Sykes</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828554106-15052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>-- Assoc. Los Angeles</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828554106-15052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Alan Barnard<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 14, 2006 2:28 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: powdered Teflon--new use??<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>I keep caged canaries near the stove just for this purpose, much like coal miners used to do.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alternatively, you can always use Teflon cooking utensils to cook up your birds, although I'd recommend a lower temperature setting than 600 degrees.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Did you know that human saliva has been conclusively proven to cause cancer? (But only when consumed in small quantities over a long period of time.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also, to prove that mother's milk is dangerous, they fed rats the equivalent of a gallon of the stuff per day: They all exploded.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And worst of all: Normal aging is 100% fatal.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3>And if any of you have birds, get rid of all your Teflon cooking utensils<BR>now. If Teflon gets hot enough to start out gassing, your birds will fall<BR>over dead within moments. Not minutes. Moments.<BR><BR>-- Geoff Sykes<BR>-- Assoc. Los Angeles<BR><BR></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>