Subj : Various Things (2) To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Mar 05 2023 08:13:00 Hi Daryl! DS> I'll take anything I can eat right now...I ran out of food last DS> night. You'd make a lousy New Englander! Dad was born and raised in the White Mountains region of New Hampshire and told me stories of being snow- bound. (No, he didn't do the walk to school uphill both ways thing.) BM> On the way home I saw a couple cars slide into the guard rail: not BM> going fast but just enough to loose traction on the down-sloop and BM> wheeeeee! DS> Hello, Insurance Adjustor?? :P Yup. The good news is they were sliding at a low speed: more than enough to make dents but not cause injury. BM> Sometimes it seems that way! Pre-pandemic is was "in-time delivery" or BM> something like that: have enough in the stock (back room, warehouse, BM> wherever) so not run out; have the shipment deliver juuuuust as running BM> out. DS> Well, it doesn't make them any money just sitting there on the DS> warehouse floor. True. Actually costs them money to pay for the storage. Also costs them money to be out of stock. BM> A dollar is better than nothing, but still on the chintzy side. BM> CartridgeWorld used to have a punch card: buy 10 (?) cartridges, get BM> the 11th/next one free. ...Hmmm: currently I use the 'free return BM> programme' with Lexmark: fill out an on-line form and they send me a BM> pre-paid UPS label. Bet the postange and UPS charges are built into BM> the price of the cartidge! DS> I used to have a Lexmark...I now have a Canon MG-2100. I hope DS> it doesn't quit, as then I can't print anything. The printer DS> doesn't cost that much, but it's the ink cartridges. That's where the money is made! Essentially give away the printer and make the money on the stuff to make it work. BM> Yes: easier to clean any dribble! DS> Depends on the type of toilet paper you have handy. In an emergency anything is good! ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from aisle arrive last. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .