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|    Bob La Londe to Jim Wilkins    |
|    Re: Skillet Wanted    |
|    14 Dec 25 18:03:25    |
      From: none@none.com99              On 12/14/2025 4:17 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:       > "Bob La Londe" wrote in message news:10hmrio$8kmi$1@dont-email.me...       > ...       > Its better than I remember. Seriously. The old used Mirro "Teflon 2"       > coated skillet works better than I remember. I've used it 9 days out of       > 10 since I got it, and it just works. I was afraid it wouldn't be as       > good as I remembered, but its better. I bought two more, and found some       > matching (I hope) Mirro glass lids for them.       > Bob La Londe       >       > ------------------------------       >       > Good for you!       >       > Cast iron is good enough for my basement wood stove. I mostly have what       > my mother left and my sister didn't want. The selection was large since       > Mom worked in and understood Probate and took care of elderly relatives,       > then sold what she could and pushed the rest on us. I hardly ever bought       > new furniture or lawn and garden equipment.       >       > A friend tried trapping and took me along, so I learned what to look for       > and how to skin them without damage. He quit when the price collapsed.              My best year trapping was the year the price collapsed.              > I       > tanned a couple of deer hides in a trash can in the bathroom. Learning       > primitive skills made me appreciate my nice clean job in electronics, I       > could go logging for firewood only when I felt like it.       >                                   --       Bob La Londe       CNC Molds N Stuff              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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