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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000086.txt from 2008/04

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Oil query
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:59:12 -0400

I just enjoy the mental vision of the Simplot spuds, shot by cannon through
a grid for uniformity, and fried in some arcane version of vegetable oil.
I'll try the In-n-Out version.

Herb

On 4/15/08 11:45 AM, "John Towle" <gtowle839@-----.net> wrote:

> Herb,
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> Beg to differ. In-n-Out Burger makes their fries to
> order from honest to gosh spuds which they shape on
> site & fry while you wait. Now they ARE fresh &
> good!!!
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> http://www.in-n-out.com/freshness.asp
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> Best,
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> john
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> --- herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net> wrote:
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>> And, David, probably McDonald's. It is a gold mine
>> of fat, empty carbs, and
>> sodium. Best fries around, though.
>> Herb
>>=20
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>> On 4/15/08 10:24 AM, "David Lurie"
>> <klingsor@-----.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi Herb
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>>> He's not talking about oiling the wood, only the
>> mechanism of the key rods.
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>>> BTW, as for bread, since I am diabetic, I find
>>> even one small slice is enough to send my blood
>>> glucose levels sky high, So I avoid most bread,
>> rice and potatoes.
>>>=20
>>> David
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>>> At 01:11 PM 4/15/2008, you wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
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>>>> At the IDRS session in Muncie, a couple of years
>> ago,
>>>> Linda Strommen of Indiana U gave a superb two day
>> (a
>>>> couple of hours each day) session on oboe reeds.
>> Part
>>>> of the session included a video feed live from
>> John
>>>> Symer's workshop in New Jersey. He said the best
>> oil
>>>> bar none for oiling key rods in wind instruments
>> was
>>>> gear oil, yes, the kind you put in differentials
>> &
>>>> trannys of our horseless carriages. I asked him
>>>> through the open mike at the session if you
>> could
>>>> also use automatic tranny fluid. He said you
>> could but
>>>> it wasn't as thick as gear oil & therefore
>> wouldn't
>>>> last quite as long. I have been using Dexron II
>> ATF
>>>> ever since I got back from Muncie. Works like a
>> dream,
>>>> plus it is a maroon color so it shows up very
>> nicely.
>>>> You can see exactly how much is going onto the
>> rods.
>>>> Great also for oiling gougers as well as their
>> blades.
>>>> A quart of this stuff will no doubt last a
>> lifetime.
>>>> Certainly more economical than the stuff sold in
>> few
>>>> ounce bottles at music shops. I keep a stash on
>> my
>>>> reed table in a Caltrate pill bottle. About once
>> a
>>>> year, I fill my General oil drop dispenser. I've
>> been
>>>> using ATF at the rate of 2 to 3 times a year on
>> the
>>>> oboe, or each time I clean pads/tone holes & on
>> my Dan
>>>> Ross gouger after each use, which is about once
>> a
>>>> week. My 2=C2=A2 FWIW
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>>>> By the way Ron Fox, a chemist & superb oboist
>> from the
>>>> San Diego area says the tranny fluid is fine. I
>> even
>>>> think he uses it.
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>>>> Any thoughts, Mike Benthin, David C. & Harold?
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>>>>=20
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> http://www.generaltools.com/Products/Precision-Oiler__589.aspx
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>>>> Best,
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>>>> john
>>>>=20
>>>> --- David Crispin / Crispin's Creations
>>>> <crispinscreations@-----.net> wrote:
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>>>>> I'm not familiar with a green oil. To the best
>> of my
>>>>> knowledge, the favored
>>>>> oil for woodwind keys is Nye clock oil, a
>> synthetic
>>>>> concoction. Loyalty to
>>>>> this brand is so fierce among its users that I'm
>> in
>>>>> the process of adopting
>>>>> it as a product. I'd be rolling it out in the
>> next
>>>>> few days if it weren't
>>>>> for the fact that the syringes I bought as
>>>>> applicators came to me without
>>>>> needles on them.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> David Crispin
>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "HAROLD" <harold@-----.br>
>>>>> To: <doublereed@-----.org>
>>>>> Cc: <doublereeds@-----.org>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 5:30 AM
>>>>> Subject: [DR-L] Oil query
>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Dear Lists
>>>>>> Thanks for all your feedback.Despite all my
>>>>> complaints in the past about
>>>>>> not enough music being discussed herein, I too
>> am
>>>>> becoming a
>>>>>> gadget-product inquirer.Oh well ,we are not any
>>>>> better than our
>>>>>> equipment,Baqroque oboist(a top one) Steve
>> Hammer
>>>>> once told me.
>>>>>> Today~s query--purchased a green substance
>> which
>>>>> looks like it came from
>>>>>> Mars from Oboeworks in NYC .It is special oil
>> for
>>>>> the oboe.Any experience
>>>>>> with this one--feedback,feedback plse
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Rgds,
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> harold emert
>>>>>> rio-brazil
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> PS--One more query about the old country(USA)
>>>>> ---where does one find low
>>>>>> fat food in fastfood dives--whenever I
>> requested
>>>>> anything light on my
>>>>>> recent voyage to NJoisey and NYork was told by
>> the
>>>>> server that he or she
>>>>>> could cut the product in half.
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