Date:         Fri, 16 Apr 1999 18:02:50 -0500
Reply-To:     Eckie Prater <Eckie@PRATER.COM>
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From:         Eckie Prater <Eckie@PRATER.COM>
Subject:      Re: [Fwd: Habanero antifreeze?]
Comments: To: Thomas Czerniak <raritat@MEGSINET.COM>
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There is a paint for ships that has pepper juice in it to keep barnacles
from attaching.
Eck Prater
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Czerniak <raritat@MEGSINET.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, April 16, 1999 4:00 PM
Subject: [Fwd: Habanero antifreeze?]


>I don't know about harming the antifreeze but it might make the van go
faster
>by "puttin a little juice in the caboose"  : >)
>Tom .C
>Charles \"Luke\" Lukey wrote:
>
>> A question to the chemically knowledgeable:
>>
>> One of my partners at work lost a dog to antifreeze.  My wife the daycare
>> provider tells me that lots of kids are poisoned every year by drinking
>> antifreeze.
>>
>> I know they make a "Low Tox" variety, but does it still taste sweet?
What
>> if there was a capful of Tabasco sauce in every gallon of antifreeze?
>> Would the kids spit it out, the dogs pass it by?  Would it harm the
>> effectiveness of the antifreeze?
>>
>> Charles "Luke" Lukey
>> Seattle, WA
>