<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 = HTML//EN"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>As a teenager  one of my jobs = was to mow the lawn. We had a walk behind mower. I cut into a piece of old hay = baling wire that was laying in some high grass. The wire went through a heavy = leather shoe and about 1 inch into my foot. Not an experience I would want to repeat! = With the weed wacker I have bounced pieces plastic string off my shoes on = several occasins and never even scuffed the leather. I would not only not let = him have the wire but would make sure I was nowhere around when he uses it if he = does find some. Some weed wackers make a heavy steel blade for rough cutting = that comes with proper guards.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>John Dewey</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original = Message-----</B><BR><B>From: </B>Roy Ulrich <<A = href="mailto:ulrich@rangenet.com">ulrich@rangenet.com</A>><BR><B>To:= </B>pianotech <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Date: </B>Monday, October 04, 1999 6:10 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Stranger = than fiction?<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Sorry for the of topic, but let = me run this by you people - I have a customer that wants to experiment with = piano wire in his weed eater ILO plastic. He apparently has a machine that uses = 24" x 3/8" (or so) plastic strands that wrap somehow = around an armature adn thinks that piano wire would be more effective. Dare I = give him a piece to experiment with? I'm having trouble with product = liability in that because I know what his intended purpose is I am not without responsibility in selling the product for a purpose for which it is = not intended. What if somebody gets hurt if the wire gets loose? Ideas?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Roy Ulrich</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>