Xmas aftermath

Okay, the wiff is, as many of you know, a quilter. I regularly
"borrow" items from her for fly tying. One little dodad I got this
Xmas is a bobbin holder: http://www.blue-feather.com/bobbinsaver.html
Thing is nice as it is a silicone material that grips those small
bobbins and keeps them from unwinding. I don't normally use bobbins,
but they're great for your traveling kit.
Another item I'm looking at is this:
http://www.blue-feather.com/toolcaddy.html
Perfect for holding tools and hooks whilst tying. Hey, quilting is a
2+ billion dollar a year industry in the US. I figure if they have
tested it out, we can do a little cross polination.
Got a Garmin Etrex Legend CX GPS. Hmm, the installed maps on there are
fairly spotty. If you get off of a main road, your surface street is
not going to be there. Gonna cost me a bit to "accessorize." US
roadmaps are $100 and the same for a set of US 1:100,000 topo maps.
Will have to wait on those. One thing I did find is this site:
http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/map?form=googleearth It allows you to
download your GPS tracks to their site and returns a KML file which
will plot out on Google Earth. Really cool.
One of the "accessories" I needed with the GPS is a MicroSD card. A
64Mb card comes with the Garmin, but I need "more power." Went out and
found a 1Gb card for $30. It will allow me to load a bunch more maps.
Even as a techno-geek, I'm amazed at these cards. They have them up to
at least 2Gb and they are smaller than my fingernail and about as thin.
Tres cool.
Frank Reid

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.

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. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

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

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

Well, unless you got the autographed Virgil.

Wolfgang
who doesn't know much about the cost of most things, but has a pretty
good idea of the value of some.

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

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

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

Another item I found. We had a bit of a snowstorm over the weekend.
Ice, sleet then 6" of snow. Temps hovered just at freezing. The
springs holding my windshield wiper blades froze up, so no visibility.
Went to the auto parts store and bought a set of Bosch Icons. No,
they're not cheap. Came in at about 40 bucks total. Did they make a
difference? Oh yeh. As I was buying them, a gentleman in the store
mentioned that he works at the local truck stop and the truckers love
them.
The spine of the blade is, in itself, like one giant leaf spring,
holding the blade to the window. Nothing to freeze up. I will not be
without them. They are great.
By the way, this storm dropped as much as 3" of ice in some areas of
Nebraska. Hundreds of power poles are down and there are areas that
will be without power for an estimated 2 to 3 weeks. The national
guard is already out dropping hay to livestock and emergency food is
going out via humvee and snowmobile.
Frank Reid