<HTML>In a message dated 9/2/2002 4:32:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mathstar@salemnet.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:Re: greater purpose OT Date:9/2/2002 4:32:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time From:<A HREF="mailto:mathstar@salemnet.com">mathstar@salemnet.com</A> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> Sent from the Internet           Alan           You da man! Thanks for the rational thought.           Dale</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> Gordon Lee Stelter wrote: "Speaking of "ethical actions", I think an action devoid of animal products would be more ethical, as it would not involve the infliction of suffering upon others in an instrument otherwise capable of creating such beauty!" I say: We sheep love to be part of hammer production. It is sheer fun for us--you know, mutton ventured, mutton gained! Some materials are expensive, ours are very sheep! Wool you fleece excuse me now? Gotta go. Chop, chop, I'm going to lamb onto a big juicy cheeseburger now! On the other hand. Styrofoam soundboards, eh? I'm all for any improvement in cost and performance. Been experimenting with goat hides for sounding boards, myself. One is too thin, however, so you have to llamanate several together. I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals. I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants. By the way, "vegetarian" is a plains indian word meaning "lousy shot." Animals are on this earth to be used. Not abused, but used. Sorry, that's just how it is and I have NO time for radical wackoism of any ilk. Or any elk, for that matter. Beef four you shoot back, don't bother. Pass the ketchup ... Alan R. Barnard Salem, MO </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>