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Re: I killed my cat.

To: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Subject: Re: I killed my cat.
From: Don Mathis <tdm@smtp-gw.ak.att.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 10:17:30 -0500
>
>When my '74 MGB developed a bad miss, the compression check revealed
>that #3 cylinder had burned a valve.  During disassembly, I placed a
>catch-pan under the car to catch the coolant.
>
>I left it there, under the car, along with manifolds and hoses and
>assorted MOWOG bits.  Apparently, the cat got thirsty and drank.  The
>vet put her to sleep this morning.
>
>I knew better, but I wasn't thinking.
>
>-- 
>
>Todd Mullins
>Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil   On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast
>
>I drained the antifreeze from my TR4A about 17 years ago and 24 hours later
my dog started acting real funy.  The vet cared for him for about a week.
He almost died but survived. I didn't know what had happened until a few
years later when I read that antifreeze is sweet and animals like it.  It is
poison.  

Don Mathis,Ph.D.
Member of Technical Staff

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES
        Bell Labs Innovations

    formerly
AT&T - Bell Laboratories
Norcross, Georgia
'61 MGA     '37 Bentley


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