Not really - use a knife and the tube of the ballpen barrel to keep the opening clear. Keep the Blue Flag Flying High Max Braudé skybird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: fptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Beamon Sent: Wednesday, 5 April 2006 02:08 To: fptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: What do you do with the ballpoint? On 4 Apr 2006 at 10:48, Karen wrote, at least in part: > I have heard in emergencies you can perform tracheotomies with them. Yeah, "any old port in a storm", eh? -- Roger Beamon Southern Arizona USA fptalk Mailing List //www.freelists.org/list/fptalk ========================================================= To Unsubscribe: Send email to fptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. The email that you then receive MUST be replied to per instructions to complete the process. ========================================================To Unsubscribe: Send email to fptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. The email that you then receive MUST be replied to per instructions to complete the process.