[CH] Trivia and a Questions for the South Africans
lukasz (lukasz@midcoast.com.au)
Fri, 10 Jul 1998 18:44:51 +1000
>From the Sunday Telegraph Newspaper June 21 98
A Japanese company has found a spicy way to keep mice from
chewing up Fibre Optic Cables - Chile Pepper.
Sumitomo Electric Industries, a Big Manufacturer of electric
wiring,
believes it is the first company to come up witha cable coated
in synthetic spice.
" It was developed by taking into account the mice's strong
dislike of red pepper,"says Satoshi Maekawa, a spokesman for the
Osaka - based company.
Rodents have been known to feast on fibre optic cables, which
are frequently used in outside television broadcasts.
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So stock up on mousetraps brothers and sistersin case the
aforementioned rodents develop a taste for Chile as they have
for
most of the other poisons we have hit them with over the years..
Question ; Picked up a jar of Stoneys PEPPADEW wholefruit , mild
AUD $4.99 350g ingredients Peppadew, vinegar, sugar, salt,
ascorbic acid. Figured they were Chiles even though the
supermarket had them in the tinned fruit section . Any Idea what
kind of Chile these are ..
and do they have a hot version ??
Luke in OZ