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1. 
   SamT | Aug 26, 2005 12:02am | #1

   Greg,

   Those will fit my printer.

   Email me your address via the "Reply by E-Mail Only" raoio button.

   How much postage do you want?

   SamT

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   GregGibson | Aug 26, 2005 12:36am | #2

   Replied . . . . SOLD !

   Glad you can use them.

   Greg

1. 
   SamT | Aug 26, 2005 03:47am | #3

   GReat! Thanks.

   Addy's on the way.

   SamT

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   GregGibson | Sep 08, 2005 04:40pm | #4

   Sam,

   I haven't heard from you. The Email address I use here is not the same as my work Email.  I've tried to send you my work Email through the system here.

   All I need is a mailing address, if you want to post it here.

   Greg

1. 
   Luka | Sep 08, 2005 05:20pm | #5

   Greg,I'll send him your work email address.The email through here is spotty. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sam, be looking for an email.

   Are we there yet ?

2. 
   SamT | Sep 09, 2005 02:01am | #11

   Greg,

   Something strange is happening.

   I sent it to your work addy three times. Twice with your name capitalized and once with it in small letters.

   I also sent it to your bt registration addy.

   If Lukas doesn't get to you I will post it here as much as I dislike the idear.

   SamT

   Edit: ps. I got your email from work, thanks to Luka, and it had a different addy than any before, so maybe this one will get to you. Let me know here if it doesn't.st.

   Edited 9/8/2005 7:20 pm ET by SamT

3. 
   GregGibson | Sep 09, 2005 05:41pm | #19

   I don't get it, Sam.  Still nothing.  I know my company filters pretty hard, but I usually get everything, although it might be identified as "UCE" (unsolicited commercial Email)

   Rather than post here, why don't you just give me a quick phone call at the office number.  It's at the bottom of the Email I sent directly to you.

   If I'm tied up, just tell Ann or Elaine that I need your address.  They'll take it down and give it to me. I don't have voice mail.  I am able to get Luka's Email, you might send it to him and he can forward to me.

   Have a good weekend.

   Greg 

2. 
   DavidThomas | Sep 08, 2005 06:50pm | #6

   Great idea Greg.

   Half-jokingly, half-seriously:  At work, I maintain that if someone broke in, they shouldn't steal tools or electronics or even used laptops.  They should take the stock of inkjet printer and plotter cartridges.  Size of a pack of cards.  Some go for $50.

   David Thomas   Overlooking Cook Inlet in Kenai, Alaska
1. 
   GregGibson | Sep 08, 2005 09:35pm | #7

   That's the truth !  But when they come out with a new printer (every week !) they always go to a different cartridge.  The office supply stores stock literally hundreds.

   And what is it with this ?  New printer, with cartridge, $79.00 - replacment cartridge, $50.00

   Kind of like my Dad used to say about Polaroid cameras . . . they could give you the camera if you would just buy the film !

   Greg

1. 
   Piffin | Sep 08, 2005 09:55pm | #8

   just like nail guns, some will give you the nailer when you buy a flat of nails. 

    

   Welcome to the Taunton University of Knowledge FHB Campus at Breaktime. where ... Excellence is its own reward!

1. 
   Dinosaur | Sep 08, 2005 10:57pm | #9

   Yeah, but will they also toss in a forklift for moving the nails around?

   Dinosaur

   A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...

   But it is not this day.

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   MarkH | Sep 08, 2005 11:21pm | #10

   No. But they might just give you a fork to eat yer spinach with.

2. 
   Dinosaur | Sep 09, 2005 04:10am | #12

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   Fork!?! Whassat??

   Dinosaur

   A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...

   But it is not this day.

3. 
   MarkH | Sep 09, 2005 04:30am | #13

   I can't squish the can open and eat my spinach as it falls from the air straight into my big mouth, thus the fork.

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   Edited 9/8/2005 9:32 pm ET by MarkH

4. 
   Dinosaur | Sep 09, 2005 04:41am | #14

   Yup. They sell that brand here, too. I showed it to Ryan at the grocery store one time. He wanted me to buy a can, naturally.

   But the fact is, canned spinach is just about as lousy tasting as its reputation, and I didn't want to turn him off something he already likes. So we got a bag of fresh baby spinach instead and made a big whacking salad out of it.

   And naturally, too, as soon as he finished eating all that spinach he just had to demonstrate some feats of superhuman strength...like picking me up off the floor....

   Dinosaur

   A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...

   But it is not this day.

5. 
   MarkH | Sep 09, 2005 04:49am | #15

   I like it fresh, boiled till just tender, with salt, butter, lemon juice, sliced boiled eggs, and sweet onions.

   Or fresh baby spinach as (or in) a salad.

   I'm pushing 50 and my mother got me to eat spinach because of popeye when I was a tyke.

   I've ate canned spinach a few times, it's OK on a camping trip.

6. 
   Dinosaur | Sep 09, 2005 05:02am | #16

   Take fresh spinach and wash the sand out. Sauté it in butter for no more than 60 seconds, and sprinkle with nutmeg. Serve it right quick; it cools off fast. Goes good with roast duck and sweet pertaters....

   Dinosaur

   A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...

   But it is not this day.

7. 
   MarkH | Sep 09, 2005 05:04am | #17

   I'll try that, sounds good!  But how come I can never seem to get all the sand out?

8. 
   Dinosaur | Sep 09, 2005 05:30am | #18

   Where do you think spinach gets all its mineral content from, anyway?? ;o))

   Pick it when it's younger; don't wait till the leaves get all curly. It'll be more tender, tasty, and easier to wash....

   If you're not 'growing your own', get the pre-packs of baby spinach in the grocery; they are usually pretty well washed.

   Dinosaur

   A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...

   But it is not this day.

9. 
   GregGibson | Sep 12, 2005 04:44pm | #20

   Got it, Sam.  Thanks, Jeff.  Package is going out today.  Sorry for all the trouble. 

   Greg

10. 
    SamT | Sep 12, 2005 04:49pm | #21

    Quite an adventure in communications.

    Thank you Greg, for your patience and generosity.

    Many would have given up on giving, long before this.

    SamT

11. 
    CapnMac | Sep 12, 2005 04:52pm | #23

    But how come I can never seem to get all the sand out?

    Wash, spin; wash again & spin dry.  Using an actual salad spinner is very helpful (as opposed to using a towel or fabric bag salad drier).  You can use a collander in the sink, but you have to toss the greens a lot, and you still have to dry the spinach when you are done.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)

12. 
    MarkH | Sep 12, 2005 05:32pm | #24

    If salad spinners are a tool, I'm getting one. 

13. 
    CapnMac | Sep 12, 2005 04:50pm | #22

    Sauté it in butter for no more than 60 seconds

    Wilt in bacon drippings for about the same time, and garnish with crumbled bacon pieces (like the ones you fried for the grease).  Shave on some parmesan with a veg peeler (looks like more, but is less volume than grated).

    Bit of watercress or flat-leaf parsley not bad in the mix, either.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)

14. 
    Dinosaur | Sep 12, 2005 06:03pm | #25

    Wilt in bacon drippings for about the same time, and garnish with crumbled bacon pieces (like the ones you fried for the grease).  Shave on some parmesan....

    That's a keeper.

    Dinosaur

    A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...

    But it is not this day.

15. 
    CapnMac | Sep 12, 2005 06:08pm | #26

    That's a keeper

    Yeah, the real trick of it is only using like a tablespoon of the drippings, and having a pan big enough to get all of the spinach in it (a lid will be helpfull in some conditions).  It's almost magic to watch, the spinach will seem to lose almost half its volume.  It seems to concentrate in flavor in recompense, though.

    I may have to dig, I remember having a frozen spinach (so much better than canned) recipe for a neat pesto.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)

16. 
    GregGibson | Sep 12, 2005 06:48pm | #27

    My Aunt was a real farm wife.  We used to fill the planters with pea seed when we finished planting peanuts in the spring, and we'd have 4 rows of peas to pick, 500 to 600 YARDS long.  We'd pick and shell peas, cut okra, all that good stuff.

    Aunt used to pick her crop of turnip greens, collards, etc. and WASH THEM IN HER CLOTHES WASHER !  We'd always catch the cycles to fill and spin, but not agitate.  She could put a bushel of turnip greens in the washer and spin them out, and all the grit wouls be gone, gone.

    It's a salad spinner with an attitude !

    Greg

17. 
    Dinosaur | Sep 13, 2005 02:42am | #28

     4 rows of peas to pick, 500 to 600 YARDS long

    Man, that's a lot of planters, LOL.... I love shucking peas, sittin' on the front porch and yakking with my son, Ryan. He loves peas, but will not eat them unless they came from our garden (or at worst, were bought at the farmers' market still in the pod). No peas this year, dammit. The hares got them all....

    As to your aunt using the washing machine to rinse & dry the salad greens, she may have been the first--no way to tell, of course--but she's not the only one to have thought of that. I've used clothes washers to rinse & dry the greens in restaurant kitchens more than once. (The machine being dedicated to that purpose, we removed the agitator completely.)

    Dinosaur

    A day may come when the courage of men fails,when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship...

    But it is not this day.