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In article >,
(Phred) wrote:

> In article >,
> Katra > wrote:
> >In article >,
> > (Phred) wrote:
> >> In article >,
> >> Katra > wrote:
> [...]
> >> >hehehehe! I don't even have any tobasco sauce, except for a couple of
> >> >teensy little (unopened) bottles I got at a hotel I stayed at.
> >>
> >> I didn't know that came in any other size. :-)
> >> (Mine is a 60 ml bottle with about 3/4 used in 15 years!)
> >>
> >> > They were sent up by room service.
> >>
> >> Good God! What did you order?
> >
> >Mexican food... ;-)
> >Nachos.
> >
> >I was there for training on a new Coulter cell counter that our Lab
> >bought, and Coulter was picking up the tab. We had a certain amount we
> >were allowed to spend for food per day so I like to take advantage and
> >do room service when I have the chance! That is the one benefit to going
> >to those seminars. <lol>
> >
> >It's also the only time I ever get to fly.....
>
> Those things must be worth a *lot* more than a couple of gross of 4"
> glass petri dishes! ;-) [ On second thoughts, 4" dishes would now be
> worth a king's ransom. The local product is now all 100 mm and
> standard 9 cm filter paper circles just don't quite sit flat in them.]
>
> Cheers, Phred.

<giggles> Yah...
'bout 150 grand or so!

Glass petri dishes?
Those are now collectible!
Everyone has switched to plastic to reduce
the changes of a sharps contamination if
they break!

K.