<!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 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Most of the hide glue made in the US in made from horses and made in New Jersey. You can tell by the smell. We'll anyway, I use it on the piano, I don't eat it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=IFixPianos@yahoo.com href="mailto:IFixPianos@yahoo.com">Michael Magness</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 08, 2008 9:32 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: This isn't "neurotic" and I'm not talking 'bout rats !</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Jan 7, 2008 10:37 PM, Prof. Euphonious Thump <<A href="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com">lclgcnp@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">> >     And it stinks less, and probably carries zero<BR>> > chance of prion disease transfer which ( because <BR>> I'm<BR>> > not a "Real Man", I guess ) also appeals to me.<BR>><BR>> You're on your own here. I don't want any part of<BR>> any of these<BR>> neuroses.<BR>><BR>><BR>> >     Run your own tests, and refute these claims, <BR>> if<BR>> > you wish, please.<BR>> >      Thump<BR>><BR>> I don't wish, thanks. I've been quite happy with hot<BR>> hide glue<BR>> for many years, and if I should eat an infected<BR>> batch and come<BR>> down with mad shop rat disease, I'll just go into<BR>> politics.<BR>><BR>( Well, that, anyway, had a "ring of truth" to it<BR>!Haha! )<BR><BR>    But what I'm contemplating, Ron, are the vegans <BR>in England who died from "Mad Cow Disease" after<BR>merely dusting their roses with "infected" bone meal (<BR>conclusively proven ), and the fact that hide glue is<BR>made from the same junk, essentially. <BR>    And the fact that the Cattle Industry lobby has<BR>manipulated the testing system in the U.S., for this,<BR>so that, essentially, NO cases will be caught. ( The<BR>cows are tested too young, and too infrequently ,for <BR>definitive results, then slaughtered for consumption.<BR>Please read ex-mass-cattle rancher Howard Lyman's "No<BR>More Bull" for the details on this vile chicanery . )<BR>   And the fact that a Yale Medical School study, <BR>which autopsied 100 cadavers that died of<BR>"Alzheimers", allegedly, turned up 48 with structures<BR>in their brains resembling "Mad Cow", in fact.<BR>    If being concerned about this makes me<BR>"neurotic", in someones' eyes, well, so be it.<BR><BR>Happy New Year!<BR><FONT color=#888888>Thump<BR></FONT><BR><BR>P.S. We put a  man on the moon, so the only reason a<BR>"suitable substitute" for hide glue hasn't been <BR>invented, is lack of demand.<BR> <DIV class=WgoR0d><BR><BR><BR>     ____________________________________________________________________________________<BR>Never miss a thing.  Make Yahoo your home page.<BR><A href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs" target=_blank>http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><BR>So this man on the moon thing, did they use hide glue for the space suits or what?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Is that why those tiles keep falling off of the shuttle? They glued 'em on with hide glue and the humidity in Florida makes'em fall off?<BR clear=all><g></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike<BR>-- <BR>The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.<BR>Michael Magness<BR>Magness Piano Service<BR>608-786-4404<BR><A href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</A><BR>email <A href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</A> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>