This isn't "neurotic" and I'm not talking 'bout rats !

[Alan Barnard]

Mmmmmm ..... beef 

A big juicy cheeseburger with bacon sounds great right now. (I'm actually allergic to apples.)

Alan Barnard
Carnivorous Omnivore  in Salem, MO

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From: "Prof. Euphonious Thump" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 1/8/2008 9:58:10 PM
Subject: Re: This isn't "neurotic" and I'm not talking 'bout rats !


>Thanks, Annie, 
>   But I suspect that much of what you read is
>"Rendering Plant Propoganda". I, too have researched
>this ( read several complete books ) and the top,
>independent  BSE research scientists called prions
>"like something alien" for their ability to resist
>destruction, even by total incineration of affected
>flesh, or blasting with gamma rays ! Really! No
>kidding !!! 
>     They're not "alive" so they can't be "killed".
>     And they're "transgenic" ( pass between numerous
>species, if exposed. ) The fellow ( Prusiner ? ) who
>recently won the Nobel prize for his research actually
>stole much of it from a  Hungarian chap ( if I
>remember correctly ) with very complex name who
>started back in the 30's, examining a  tribe that all
>came down with it, after the ritual of eating their
>dead relatives' brains. ( Blechhhhhh ! ) But
>spongiform encephalopies were recognized first, in the
>late 19th century. 
>     His trials, conducted over decades, proved that
>it could pass from sheep, to cows, to fish, to birds,
>to humans, etc.. That "Scrapie", BSE, etc.. are all
>the same thing, basically.
>     And that it seems to spontaneously "pop up" in
>about 1 animal per million.  BUT, in the current
>practices of "Agribusiness" where the "slaughterhouse
>waste" of that one animal is ground up, and mixed with
>the feed of ( normally vegetarian ) other animals, it
>can spread to many, but not be detectable in any,
>because they're slaughtered before it has developed in
>their bodies in any apparent manner. 
>     Though it still may be "infective".

>Peace,
>( Go have an apple. )
>G 


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