This has absolutely nothing to due with boat building, but I wouldn't feel right unless I told you:

-----Original Message----- From: Fran Forester To: feforester@pcola.gulf.net ; forester@snowhill.com Date: Monday, April 05, 1999 8:48 AM Subject: Safety Bulletin -Forwarded

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>>> >>> Subject: Safety Bulletin
>>> >>>
>>> >>> For your information, a couple of weeks ago, in a Dallas
>>> >>> movie theater, a person sat on something sharp in one of the
>>> >>> seats. When she stood up to see what it was, a needle was
>>> >>> found poking through the seat with an attached note saying,
>>> >>> "you have been infected with HIV." The Centers for Disease
>>> >>> Control in Atlanta reports similar events have taken place
>>> >>> in several other cities recently. All of the needles tested
>>> >>> HAVE been positive for HIV. The CDC also reports that
>>> >>> needles have been found in the coin return areas of pay
>>> >>> phones and soda machines. Everyone is asked to use extreme
>>> >>> caution when confronted with these types of situations. All
>>> >>> public chairs should be thoroughly but safely inspected
>>> >>> prior to any use. A thorough visual inspection is
>>> >>> considered the bare minimum. Furthermore, they ask that
>>> >>> everyone notify their family members and friends of the
>>> >>> potential dangers, as well. Thank You.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The previous information was sent from the Dallas Police
>>> >>> Department to all of the local governments in the Washington
>>> >>> area and was interdepartmentally dispersed. We were all
>>> >>> asked to pass this to as many people as possible.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Barbara Gaskins Wallace
>>> >>> National Naval Medical Center
>>> >>> Patient Administration
>>> >>>