Xmas aftermath

Damn! And just bought myself Polartec Fleece and a Precip rain jacket.

I knew I was makin' a huge mistake!

Op


"Frank Reid" wrote in message
s.com...

Ken Fortenberry wrote:
After complaining for years about the "Holy Food Processor",
the Cuisinart that Kristine's Dad, "Saint Ev", miraculously
repaired some 30 years ago (Ev, RIP, never repaired *anything*
with /all/ the original parts, there was always two or three
parts left over ;-), I got this for Xmas:

http://www.kitchenaid.com/catalog/pr...t=185&prod=606

Finally a food processor that doesn't smell like the motor is
burning up every time you turn it on.

Got one myself about 3 months ago. Love it. Used it and the
Seal-a-Meal to put away some veggies for the winter. I really like the
little bowl inside for small jobs.

And Robert Fagles' latest to complete the set:

http://www.amazon.com/Aeneid-Virgil/dp/0670038032

I would have given my eye teeth to have this book back when
I was in Brother Timothy's Latin class. ;-)

I ended up with an autographed copy of the 20th anniversary edition of
Trout Bum. Much better than Virgil.
Frank Reid




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Damn! And just bought myself Polartec Fleece and a Precip rain jacket.

I knew I was makin' a huge mistake!

Op

I hope you'll change your mind. The guy who owns Polartec is a Saint,
second only to Mother Theresa. Maybe it's a tie.

If every capitalist were like him, this would be a far better world.
(Pardon me if I sound a bit maudlin.)

Do you know about him?

vince

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
...
Damn! And just bought myself Polartec Fleece and a Precip rain jacket.

I knew I was makin' a huge mistake!

Op

I hope you'll change your mind. The guy who owns Polartec is a Saint,
second only to Mother Theresa. Maybe it's a tie.

You've convinced me! I much rather get fleeced than processed.

He's better than Mother Teresa. He's still alive, right?

If every capitalist were like him, this would be a far better world.
(Pardon me if I sound a bit maudlin.)

He may be a capitalist, but he's still a decent human bean!

Describing a truly honest and decent fella, capitalist or not, can hardly be
considered maudlin.

Do you know about him?

Yep, I saw that piece on 60 Minutes some years back. His mills burned to
the ground and he paid his employees salaries for quite a while after the
fire, I believe? Did he end up losing Malden Mills to the bankers, or did
he retain ownership?

If I'm not mistaken, he never even patented his product, considering it to
be to valuable a commodity to be controlled by one individual.


Op --who only dreams of being such a decent individual--
vince

He's better than Mother Teresa. He's still alive, right?

I don't know.

Yep, I saw that piece on 60 Minutes some years back.

I found this on Wikipedia:

Aaron Feuerstein (born 1925) was the third-generation owner[1] and CEO
of Malden Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

When the Malden Mills factory burnt down on December 11, 1995,
Feuerstein decided not only to use his insurance money to rebuild it,
but to also pay the salaries of all the now-unemployed workers while
it was being rebuilt. Feuerstein spent millions keeping all 3,000
employees on the payroll with full benefits for 3 months. By going
against common CEO business practices, especially at a time when most
companies were downsizing and moving overseas, he achieved a small
degree of fame.

Feuerstein claimed that he couldn't have taken other course of action
due to his study of the Talmud and the lessons he learnt the

"I have a responsibility to the worker, both blue-collar and
white-collar. I have an equal responsibility to the community. It
would have been unconscionable to put 3000 people on the streets and
deliver a deathblow to the cities of Lawrence and Methuen. Maybe on
paper our company is worthless to Wall Street, but I can tell you it's
worth more."
—(Parade Magazine, 1996)

While it would cost Aaron Feuerstein $25,000,000 to 'do the right
thing' as well as the turmoil of a November 2001 filing for chapter 11
bankruptcy protection, it appears that applied ethics in business has
positive consequences as Malden Mills continues to garner lucrative
Department of Defense (DOD) contracts for 'smart' products that
interweave fiber optic cabling, electronic biosensors, and USB ports
into polar fleece fabric. Malden Mills was awarded a $16 million
dollar DOD contract in 2006.

vince

vincent p. norris wrote:
Damn! And just bought myself Polartec Fleece and a Precip rain jacket.

I knew I was makin' a huge mistake!

Op

I hope you'll change your mind. The guy who owns Polartec is a Saint,
second only to Mother Theresa. Maybe it's a tie.

If every capitalist were like him, this would be a far better world.
(Pardon me if I sound a bit maudlin.)

Do you know about him?


http://www.specialtyoutdoors.com/tips/fleece.asp

Yvonne Chouinard (of Patagonia equipment) was instrumental in the
development of polar fleece. I have some first-generation Synchilla as
well as some early PolarTech fleece. Its amazing how long it lasts.

--riverman