Talk to Mitch. He seems to be the king of finding old generators on CL for a good price.
Dan Sent from my iPad > On Oct 5, 2016, at 11:44 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I've been thinking about picking up a real Honda generator. Figure this storm > will drive the lemmings out shopping even as far north as us. Maybe about > December I'll watch Craigslist for one cheap. Can already find one barely > used for 25% off, I'm thinking when I find one 50% off I'll nab it. > -Curt > > From: Curley McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Curley McLain <126die...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2016 10:28 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Latest track > > Dunno. I never could figger that out. When there is a big blizzard > predicted, people go out and buy vanloads of TP. It must be built into > the female psyche somehow. If there is a weather threat, buy all the TP > you can. > > One possible explanation might be related to the 70s. After the oel > companies successfully created a "oel shortage" and managed to almost > double the price of Benzin, the paper companies decided to create a TP > shortage. Like trained lemmings, as soon as they announced that TP > might be in short supply, people went out and cleared the shelves of > TP. That was the first time I remember hoarding TP. Before that, the > snears catalog or a corn cob worked. > > Ever since that time, the lemmings will go out and buy 5-10 years worth > of TP at any major storm prediction. I have no idea what they do with > all of it. >> Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> October 5, 2016 at 8:45 AM >> >> What's with the TP? >> I buy twelve packs of "mega rolls" (supposedly equal to 48 normal rolls). >> When I'm down to half a pack I start looking for a sale. If I'm afraid >> the roads >> will be closed for a week, I make sure I've got a week's worth of food and >> generator gas for the furnace/refrigerator/well pump. >> >> Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
