[Vision2020] Did you know?

[Bruce and Jean Livingston]

Catgut tennis strings at one time were from entrails, as I understand it. 
Not that I analyzed the stuff, so I am relying on hearsay from several 
sources. Typically, players use synthetic gut, now.

Bruce Livingston


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "keely emerinemix" <kjajmix1 at msn.com>
To: <carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 1:18 PM
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Did you know?


> And, of course, all horses are cold-climate horses, as there is no -- 
> repeat, no -- global warming crisis.
> Every horse a potential bow donor, I always say . . .
>
> On another note, are catgut tennis racquet strings made from . . . you 
> know . . . feline entrails?  I'm beginning to think my old tennis coach 
> might have been pulling my leg.  Anyone???
>
> keely
>
>
> From: "Carl Westberg" <carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com>
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] Did you know?
> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:30:19 -0700
>
> I was just listening to NPR (an act which by itself confirms that I'm a 
> liberal socialist, but I yam what I yam), and I just learned 2 cool facts 
> about violin bows.  Did you know that the finest violin bows are made from 
> perambuco, a wood found only in the mountains of northeast Brazil?  And 
> that truly discerning violinists only play with bows that use hair from 
> the tails of cold-climate horses?  Is that neat to know or what? 
> Carl Westberg Jr.
>
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