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On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:01:15 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>On 6/12/2010 4:12 PM, The Cook wrote:
>> On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:23:17 -0700, > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:48:33 -0500, The >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Amazon price is $5.99 + shipping unless you keep a mile long wish list
>>>> like I do.
>>>
>>> What does a wish list do for shipping?

>>
>> I always have a wish list of things I want but don't necessarily have
>> to have right now. When I need (want) something NOW that is less than
>> $25 I find something on the wish list that will bring it up to $25.
>> Free shipping on $25 or more. The only time I pay shipping is when I
>> purchase something that does not ship directly from Amazon, especially
>> used books.

>
>Are we related? I do the same things you do, may be why Amazon sends me
>an email about something I want every day or two. You reckon they're
>tracking me? Yeah, I'm easy that way, that's why Kroger sends me coupons
>every couple of weeks that match what's on my grocery list. Got me
>trapped in the computer, just like Amazon.


Up here we get sent coupons for stuff we never buy. I think our
grocery stores sell addresses to the competitors of the products we
normally buy.


>I was at the library this afternoon, they had a book sale going,
>something they do two or three times a year. If a book hasn't been
>checked out in a year or some reference book has been updated and they
>still have the old one, the old one and the unchecked out books go on
>sale. Anywhere from twenty-five cents a book to a dollar a book, never
>saw any go higher. I spent forty dollars with them today. Miz Anne is
>gonna kill me when she gets home tomorrow. Or maybe not, I scored two
>books on quilting and she is getting very interested in starting
>quilting.


Oh, Oh, watch out George. If Miz Anne gets into quilting then the
"stash" starts to be built. In quilting, the"stash" is all the
material you buy and store in anticipation of incorporating it into a
quilt at some time in the future.
There is a saying among the quilters around here that goes something
like 'Whoever has the biggest stash wins'. Gerry has been quilting for
many years and I'm sure she in the running for winner ;-).

Ross.