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So as not to have poor Sunny go through having two threads highjacked in as many days.....

My new thermal printer ROCKS! I actually squeaked when the first shipping label zipped out. I have no idea why I put off getting one for so long.

If you have stock in HP, sell! It's bound to take a dive now that I don't have to spend a small fortune on those stupid little HP21 ink cartridges.

Sisyphean Fan wrote:So as not to have poor Sunny go through having two threads highjacked in as many days.....

My new thermal printer ROCKS! I actually squeaked when the first shipping label zipped out. I have no idea why I put off getting one for so long.

If you have stock in HP, sell! It's bound to take a dive now that I don't have to spend a small fortune on those stupid little HP21 ink cartridges.

It's okay Fanny, I'll let you hijack my thread anytime you want to!! Of course, I will try desperately to get it back, all the while, increasing my post count! But I will never be mad at you for hijacking.

Here is my stupidity - what is a thermal printer?

sunflower wrote:

Sisyphean Fan wrote:So as not to have poor Sunny go through having two threads highjacked in as many days.....

My new thermal printer ROCKS! I actually squeaked when the first shipping label zipped out. I have no idea why I put off getting one for so long.

If you have stock in HP, sell! It's bound to take a dive now that I don't have to spend a small fortune on those stupid little HP21 ink cartridges.

It's okay Fanny, I'll let you hijack my thread anytime you want to!! Of course, I will try desperately to get it back, all the while, increasing my post count! But I will never be mad at you for hijacking.

Here is my stupidity - what is a thermal printer?

It's a printer that doesn't use ink, it uses heat to burn the impression. Sounds too good to be true, huh?

Here's the catch. You need special thermal paper. I still have an old TI thermal 10 key from the 70's, but I don't think they even sell the print rolls for it anymore.

I think most modern cash registers are thermal (I'm pretty sure Mecca's are that way because I've never had to wait for them to change the ribbon). The ones with the receipt tape that is kind of slick.

Sisyphean Fan wrote:

sunflower wrote:

Sisyphean Fan wrote:So as not to have poor Sunny go through having two threads highjacked in as many days.....

My new thermal printer ROCKS! I actually squeaked when the first shipping label zipped out. I have no idea why I put off getting one for so long.

If you have stock in HP, sell! It's bound to take a dive now that I don't have to spend a small fortune on those stupid little HP21 ink cartridges.

It's okay Fanny, I'll let you hijack my thread anytime you want to!! Of course, I will try desperately to get it back, all the while, increasing my post count! But I will never be mad at you for hijacking.

Here is my stupidity - what is a thermal printer?

It's a printer that doesn't use ink, it uses heat to burn the impression. Sounds too good to be true, huh?

Here's the catch. You need special thermal paper. I still have an old TI thermal 10 key from the 70's, but I don't think they even sell the print rolls for it anymore.

I think most modern cash registers are thermal (I'm pretty sure Mecca's are that way because I've never had to wait for them to change the ribbon). The ones with the receipt tape that is kind of slick.

Voting machines use thermal printers too; if you ask for a printout, it looks just like a Mecca cash register tape.

Problem: Unless storage is very carefully temperature controlled to keep it cool, the print fades, often in a matter of months. So you can usually forget a recount after that. Hopefully none would be needed; I think it's just a matter of complying with federal storage requirements.

Is that similar to what our faxes used to be printed on...that shiny paper that would fade out after
a certain amount of time?

Those HP refills do break the bank when you need refills. Our office has 5 deskjet printers and it takes
a sizable amount of money to buy enough cartridges to keep the supply adequate.

kayrharris wrote:Is that similar to what our faxes used to be printed on...that shiny paper that would fade out after
a certain amount of time?

Those HP refills do break the bank when you need refills. Our office has 5 deskjet printers and it takes
a sizable amount of money to buy enough cartridges to keep the supply adequate.

Yeah, they used to be called thermofaxes.

Y'all are right about the HP refills -- my printer cost me $10 at a yard sale. The printer cartridge costs $28 at Mecca, $32 at Office Depot. Sigh.

When I saw the thread title, I thought maybe you were auditioning to be the fifth Beast Sister......

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littlebeast13 wrote:When I saw the thread title, I thought maybe you were auditioning to be the fifth Beast Sister......

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Cough, cough, cough!!!!

Thank you for making my spew my coke all over the computer screen!!!

kayrharris wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:When I saw the thread title, I thought maybe you were auditioning to be the fifth Beast Sister......

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Cough, cough, cough!!!!

Thank you for making my spew my coke all over the computer screen!!!

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littlebeast13 wrote:

kayrharris wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:When I saw the thread title, I thought maybe you were auditioning to be the fifth Beast Sister......

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Cough, cough, cough!!!!

Thank you for making my spew my coke all over the computer screen!!!

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You're time is coming....just wait..........

kayrharris wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:

kayrharris wrote:
Cough, cough, cough!!!!

Thank you for making my spew my coke all over the computer screen!!!

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You're time is coming....just wait..........

I shall sit here and tape the ol' watch........

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kayrharris wrote:Is that similar to what our faxes used to be printed on...that shiny paper that would fade out after
a certain amount of time?

Those HP refills do break the bank when you need refills. Our office has 5 deskjet printers and it takes
a sizable amount of money to buy enough cartridges to keep the supply adequate.

It's the same concept but, while the paper isn't up to the plain paper faxes of today, it's progressed beyond that thin, slippery crap that used to curl up into little rolls.

SportsFan68 wrote:

kayrharris wrote:Is that similar to what our faxes used to be printed on...that shiny paper that would fade out after
a certain amount of time?

Those HP refills do break the bank when you need refills. Our office has 5 deskjet printers and it takes
a sizable amount of money to buy enough cartridges to keep the supply adequate.

Yeah, they used to be called thermofaxes.

Y'all are right about the HP refills -- my printer cost me $10 at a yard sale. The printer cartridge costs $28 at Mecca, $32 at Office Depot. Sigh.

Just like blood sugar testers. They give you the machine, but then the strips cost the earth (unless you're tight with Wilford Brimley).

littlebeast13 wrote:When I saw the thread title, I thought maybe you were auditioning to be the fifth Beast Sister......

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I never got a call back.......

Sisyphean Fan wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:When I saw the thread title, I thought maybe you were auditioning to be the fifth Beast Sister......

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I never got a call back.......

You could change it to "I love my newly adopted sunflower"...I'll call back and I'll bring BB&B coupons. About 200 of them.

sunflower wrote:

Sisyphean Fan wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:When I saw the thread title, I thought maybe you were auditioning to be the fifth Beast Sister......

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I never got a call back.......

You could change it to "I love my newly adopted sunflower"...I'll call back and I'll bring BB&B coupons. About 200 of them.

We've been through this before. Don't be a tease. Just admit that you blew your chance when you had it and, now that you found out we run Vh1 Reality Show Pools, you're scrambling madly to back track. Ha!

Besides, your puny pile of BB&B coupons cannot compare to the gloriousity of the BB&B Coupon Mountain currently residing in my garage.....

Sisyphean Fan wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:When I saw the thread title, I thought maybe you were auditioning to be the fifth Beast Sister......

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I never got a call back.......

Sorry, I couldn't read the phone number you provided on your application. I was wondering why someone answered in a husky voice.....

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It's Wednesday night, you know.....

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littlebeast13 wrote:

Sisyphean Fan wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:When I saw the thread title, I thought maybe you were auditioning to be the fifth Beast Sister......

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I never got a call back.......

Sorry, I couldn't read the phone number you provided on your application. I was wondering why someone answered in a husky voice.....

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Some would call it Lauren Bacall-esque......

Sisyphean Fan wrote:

sunflower wrote:

Sisyphean Fan wrote: I never got a call back.......

You could change it to "I love my newly adopted sunflower"...I'll call back and I'll bring BB&B coupons. About 200 of them.

We've been through this before. Don't be a tease. Just admit that you blew your chance when you had it and, now that you found out we run Vh1 Reality Show Pools, you're scrambling madly to back track. Ha!

Besides, your puny pile of BB&B coupons cannot compare to the gloriousity of the BB&B Coupon Mountain currently residing in my garage.....

I also have the American Casino Guide! And I'm a good cook and baker! And my new blackberry and your new brother could be lifelong friends...don't deprive them of that.

littlebeast13 wrote:It's Wednesday night, you know.....

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Chris Ford was the first player to make a 3 point shot in the NBA.

I love non sequiturs!

Sisyphean Fan wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:It's Wednesday night, you know.....

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Chris Ford was the first player to make a 3 point shot in the NBA.

I love non sequiturs!

Tom Tupa scored the NFL's first 2 point conversion....

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sunflower wrote:

Sisyphean Fan wrote:

sunflower wrote: You could change it to "I love my newly adopted sunflower"...I'll call back and I'll bring BB&B coupons. About 200 of them.

We've been through this before. Don't be a tease. Just admit that you blew your chance when you had it and, now that you found out we run Vh1 Reality Show Pools, you're scrambling madly to back track. Ha!

Besides, your puny pile of BB&B coupons cannot compare to the gloriousity of the BB&B Coupon Mountain currently residing in my garage.....

I also have the American Casino Guide! And I'm a good cook and baker! And my new blackberry and your new brother could be lifelong friends...don't deprive them of that.

I have HD and you have a DVR. It's a match made in heaven!!!1

littlebeast13 wrote:

Sisyphean Fan wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:It's Wednesday night, you know.....

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Chris Ford was the first player to make a 3 point shot in the NBA.

I love non sequiturs!

Tom Tupa scored the NFL's first 2 point conversion....

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That doesn't qualify as a non sequitur. It logically follows a statement of conversation preceding it.


Try again.

I like steel cut oatmeal with dried cranberries.

Sisyphean Fan wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:

Sisyphean Fan wrote: Chris Ford was the first player to make a 3 point shot in the NBA.

I love non sequiturs!

Tom Tupa scored the NFL's first 2 point conversion....

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That doesn't qualify as a non sequitur. It logically follows a statement of conversation preceding it.


Try again.

I like steel cut oatmeal with dried cranberries.

I'm not big on non-sequiturs. I like there to be at least some form of logical connection between corresponding statements, or else my head explodes....

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