<html> <body> Hi Dale, It's really not worth repeating but because several people have asked the same thing (from a couple of days ago), here's what I posted: =================================================================== Hey guys/gals, As a mechanic, I make a great piano tech! :-) I'd let the corrosion stuff build up around my battery terminals for way too long! Today, I went in to get it cleaned up and discovered that there was a crack in my battery by one of the terminals. According to the mechanic, it'd been arcing and had caused the crack. Anyway, he said that it was just an explosion waiting to happen! I got lucky. I only had to replace a battery instead of maybe having my whole car go up in flames. Don't let that "stuff" stay on there too long! Avery At 10:25 AM 1/21/04, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>In a message dated 1/21/2004 2:47:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, Alpha88x@aol.com writes: <dl> <dd>greetings, <dd>             thank you for sharing that story. you were blessed. my dad is a retired auto mechanic. he tells of similar situations. we belive that someone was watches over folks. <dd>Julia Gottchall, <dd>Reading, PA  </dl>   Julia   What story?       Dale Erwin Erwins Piano Restorations 4721 Parker Rd, Modesto, Ca. 95357 erwinspiano@aol.com</blockquote></body> </html>