<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I like that. Thank you.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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=andrew@birchcreek.org href="mailto:andrew@birchcreek.org">Andrew Olson</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> Wednesday, December 29, 2004 2:17 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: cat box odor!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=328421218-29122004><FONT face=Arial size=2>As a new technician, there's not much I can add to the list.  But, this is one I might be able to help with.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=328421218-29122004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=328421218-29122004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I used to work for a funeral home.  Often times, we'd have to enter homes that had various odors for various reasons.  I'll just let you use your imagination with that.  BUT-- we'd always have a small container of "Vicks Vapor Rub" in the glove box.  If you coat the inside of your nose and just under your nose with a thin layer of this (or any menthol cold gel) it blocks out even the most noxious smells.  I used this when I worked for a social service agency and had to enter homes with cat boxes, etc too.  The people have no idea that you have it in your nose, and if they do you can always pass it off as having a cold.  Try it, it works!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=328421218-29122004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=328421218-29122004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Andrew Olson</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Alpha88x@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 29, 2004 11:29 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> cat box odor!<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Greetings, <BR><BR>            I was just wondering how some of the folks on the list deal with a house you walk into that has bad cat box odor. I just try to tune faster; really fast, as fast as I can.<BR><BR><BR>Julie Reading, PA</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>