I just started using these - I have always liked the idea and the way they
look, manufacturer recommends embedding in sealant. I don't know the exact
number but believe the project cost was marginal.

by the way, if we let enough squirrels eat the lead, maybe Boris and Natasha
might finally have a chance....

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Rabinowitz [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 12:49 PM
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Subject: Re: G & E also went down to see Princeton


I have put these joint covers on a number of projects and heard of the dumb
squirrel problem.  Lead, apparently, tastes sweet which is why kids eat
paint chips.  I have also heard of painting the lead with a paste of cayenne
pepper to discourage the little furry fellows but that might be a tough
maintenance choice for difficult to reach cornices.

M

----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Follett <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 10:53 AM
Subject: G & E also went down to see Princeton

In a message dated 12/8/01 10:24:16 PM Central Standard Time,
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hammered joint covers in lead



Last time I was down to Princeton to meet w/ a young lady architect I asked
if they wanted to use lead joint covers & she gave me one of those "you must
be ignorant" lectures as to how Princeton would not allow lead joint covers
for fear the gray squirrels would gnaw on them and turn into dumb squirrels.


This incident got into Gab & Eti somewhere... I think when Eti went squirrel
hunting with her 22 in the parking lot and she had to flee across the river
when the security guards started chasing her. Gab was visiting to look at
chimney pots and Eti went along thinking it had to do with cooking. Now I
can write in Sharpshooter & Vodka Breath in the Furtive Adventures of Gab &
Eti.

I got to visit Winnie the Pooh last night at Donnelly Library, NYC.

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