Good pernt, Ruth. You caught our Newspapery Friend in a spelling error. The thing he knocked down was a batt. Tut, tut, Tuttlingen. -----Original Message----- From: Ruth Barton <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:40:31 -0800 Subject: Re: [BP] but then, asbestosis gives you such a sultry, throaty voice.... Hey, just be thankful it was that kind of bat, not the kind that makes guano, they can carry rabies and like to hide in attics. Ruth At 4:49 PM -0500 11/29/05, [log in to unmask] wrote: In a message dated 11/29/2005 4:34:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: It was mounted on my mom's tangerine i love it when you talk dirty. hey, i was cleaning out my wife's "attic" ( = triangular crawl space 100 feet long and 24 inches on a side) and knocked down an old insulation bat, all crumbly inside, sort of ripped apart, I was covered in it, i'm still sort of coughing. house insulated in 1952, possibly much later. but no later than 1970's. what are the chances it was the bad stuff? c -- Ruth Barton [log in to unmask] Dummerston, VT -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>