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<P>Well, I've haven't seen a bunch of turkeys...let alone one...! =
Owls...yeah...</P>
<P><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR><BR></P>
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Original message<BR>From: Piannaman@aol.com<BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR=
>Received: 12/29/2005 5:24:04 PM<BR>Subject: Re: wildlife plus<BR><BR><=
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<DIV align=left>Ron,</DIV>
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<DIV>Good stuff. Keeping one's eyes open when out in the middle o=
f "nowhere" pays unexpected dividends.</DIV>
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<DIV>David, I've seen all of these things in our area--except for a bea=
ver and an armadillo! Despite the urban sprawl that surrounds us,=
nature manages to survive!</DIV>
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<DIV>Did I say piano? Gotta stay on topic, here! When I fir=
st 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 t=
here was this rental piano that came back to the store as a cockroach a=
ircraft carrier...</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 12/29/2005 8:19:24 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, =
ilvey@sbcglobal.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: =
blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Ar=
ial color=#000000 size=2>So where do you live, Ron? <BR=
><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR><BR><BR>----- O=
riginal message ----------------------------------------<BR>From: "Ron =
Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net><BR>To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.=
org><BR>Received: 12/29/2005 8:15:13 PM<BR>Subject: Re: wildlife plu=
s<BR><BR><BR><BR>>> Good luck catching one...they are veritable E=
insteins compared with the <BR>>> ones we eat at holidays. =
And they can actually fly! <BR>>> <BR>>> Weird lookin=
' critters, kinda like quail on steroids.<BR>>> <BR>>>=
; Dave Stahl<BR><BR><BR>>I stopped to eat a sandwich for lunch out i=
n the country one day, <BR>>between tunings. I was in a relatively c=
ool low shady spot by a <BR>>creek beside the road, munching away, w=
hen I saw movement in the <BR>>brush beside the road. About a dozen =
turkeys cautiously appeared one <BR>>by one from seemingly nowhere, =
ambled leisurely across the road just <BR>>in front of me, and evapo=
rated into the cover on the other side of <BR>>the road. I was struc=
k by how right and natural they looked in that <BR>>setting, and how=
much they obviously belonged there. It was great!<BR><BR>>At variou=
s times, I've stopped for deer, bobcats, coyotes, skunks, a <BR>>bea=
ver, an armadillo, squirrels, bunnies, and steered around or <BR>>he=
lped across various snakes and turtles. Even saved a bird tangled <BR>&=
gt;in monofiliment on a fence once.<BR><BR>>Another time, after a bi=
g wind storm the night before, I found a <BR>>newly dead great horne=
d owl at the roadside, with a $1, and a $5 <BR>>bill lying next to i=
t. One can only wonder.<BR><BR>>So I won't ever get rich, especially=
at $6 a pop, but it would sure <BR>>be hard to take a real job at t=
his point.<BR>>Ron N</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSS=
ERIF">Dave Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR>=
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