Text 8711, 90 rader
Skriven 2006-12-11 14:56:26 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 8640 av Dale Shipp (1:261/1466.0)
Ärende: Mimosae  61007
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Hi Dale,


 DS>   Get a seller's account on Ebay.  There is a lot of "vintage"
 DS>   tupperware selling there -- we even bought some ourselves.

 RH> Not enough to make it worth the time and hassle.  One thing is a cake
 RH> taker for a layer cake--in the old avocado green.  There are other
 RH> misc. pieces but the collection is more than just Tupperware--mugs from
 RH> various sources, our old yogurt maker, etc.

 DS>   I just did a search for tupperware cake carrier.  Got 34 hits, price
 DS>   from $0.99 to $35.00.   Go there and search for some of your other
 DS>   items to see what they are selling for.  There are folks here who
 DS>   could give you advice via email on how to get set up if you want.

Something to think about.  Is there a fee for sellers to set up?

 DS>   price for a new one.   They kept turning over at that price until
 DS> they   blew up!  We also had some 220 stuff, most notable being a

 RH> We never had any blow up nor do I know of anyone who did.  Must have
 RH> been a rare occurance.

 DS>   It was -- but they also sometimes just died in a smaller puff of
 DS>   smoke.  Mostly they were sturdy enough to last for decades.

Built like a tank--and some weighed as much as one.  I remember having
to tote a big one around whenever I vaccuumed.  That was before I borke
my wrists and it was still heavy; now I would hesitate to even pick one
up most days.

 RH> Interesting.  We had a 14% VAT (Mierwerstoier) in Germany but if we
 RH> bought big enough ticket items, we could get a refund on it.  Steve
 RH> got something for his computer on the economy and got the tax refund
 RH> after going thru the paperwork hoops.

 DS>   We ended up selling our chest freezer to a local -- could not have

We used the computer part until we went PC in September, 94.  I think
Steve gave most of the C-64 stuff away before we packed out for HI in
01.

 DS>   done that if we'd gone through some VAT refund.   I did buy a car

No, and not stayedin the governments good graces. (G)  I sold (dirt
cheap) a crockpot and transformer to a local national before leaving.
Buyer was a German lady who had lived in the states for a few years &
liked the one she had.  Not sure if her's died of old age or what but
she wanted an American one so........I don't recall seeing them on the
economy now that I think about it.

 DS>   without the usual VAT on it -- and imported it back to the States.

We bought a car thru the PX auto sales but Steve's dad picked it up on
the dock at Philadelphia just before it was to be shipped to us.  That
car, bought in November, 1991 is the van we just left in HI in August.

 RH> we saw a couple of deer, 6 big fat raccoons and a possum.  The stretch
 RH> isn't more than 4 or 5 miles long. I understand the wildlife does like
 RH> to visit this housing area too. (G)

 DS>    We've seen deer, oppossums, skunk, coyote, fox and racoon from our
 DS>    house.   The fox is especially funny to watch.  He (or she) has a
 DS>    route that he follows without deviation from a perfectly straight
 DS>    line.  One day we saw him going away from the house and then a hour
 DS>    or so later saw him coming back -- both times on that same bee-line
 DS>    path.   Sort of like he had a mission to go visit some particular
 DS>    spot, did it, and was then returning home or to the next spot on
 DS> his    shopping tour.

Is he predictable in timing too? (G)

 DS>    Here is another decent sounding dirty rice recipe.

 DS>       Title: Dirty Dave's Dirty Rice
 DS>  Categories: Cajun, Rice, Beef, Peppers
 DS>       Yield: 4 Servings

I think that one is lurking in MM somewhere.

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Ruth
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