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From: cloos@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (James H. Cloos Jr.)
Subject: Wok followup
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies, Ithaca, NY 14853
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 05:50:54 GMT

Thanks to everybody for the comments on my previous post on Woks.

I ended up finding a local Chinese market, and purchasing a wok & ring
there.  They did not have any covers though....

The other night, though, I happened to see the infomercial hawking the
wok I had asked about.  I thought that if anyone were interested, I'd
post their address & phone.

The Cuisine Wok
PO Box 9168
Southhampton, NY  11989
+1 800 422-8828
$39.95 + $4.95 S/H (+ 7% sales tax in NY state.) (Prices all USD, of course.)

Other parts of the ad refer to it as the `Great Wok of China'.

Hope this is useful to someone.  Given my other Wok, and the price,
I'm not convinced that I'm going to order one from them, too.

-JimC
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From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Legal Tender???
Date: 16 Dec 92 20:02:30 GMT
Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA

>In article <adams.724105936@spssig> adams@spss.com (Steve Adams) writes:
>>If the sign is visible, then their offer is contingent on you paying for
>>the gas with a $20 or smaller.  If you pump the gas after seeing this sign,
>>you've accepted the offer and agreed to the terms (ie gas for $1.10/gallon,
>>no bills larger than $20).  Trying to pay with a larger bill in this case
>>could well get you in trouble...
>
In article <1992Dec14.041348.11025@u.washington.edu> tzs@carson.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes:

>Well, I'm not going to try this, but if you really want to pay with a
>large bill, maybe you could try this:
>
>	1. Pump the gas, thereby accepting their offer to sell you
>	gas at the stated price.
>
>	2. Try to pay with a large bill.
>
>	3. When they refuse and point to the sign, give them your
>	name and address, and tell them you are breaching the contract.

    What contract?   Can you say FRAUD?

>
>	4. When they call the police, explain to the officer that you
>	are not stealing gas, you are simply breaching a contract.  This
>	is a civil matter, not a criminal matter -- if the gas station
>	wants you to pay, they will have to sue you for breach of
>	contract.

     Most police officers have a VERY limited sense of humor when
     faced with wise-guys bothering them with very trivial problems.

     The gas station COULD have you busted for theft if you can't
     pay.  However, if it is a genuine emergency and not just
     someone being a wise-guy, the station can offer to take your
     large bill and mail you or otherwise provide you with your
     change.  

     The fact that you didn't offer to make this arrangement IN
     ADVANCE of pumping the gas is gonna make the nice officer a bit
     suspicious as to whether you are really in trouble or are just
     a wise-guy trying to scam a poor merchant out of the gas
     without paying for it.  

     And if you go ahead and pump the gas, knowing that you may have
     problems with payment, you could be accused of fraud....

>
>	6. Gas station person takes the large bill, and then tells you
>	that the price went up, and there is no change due!  If you
>	want your change back, *you* can sue for breach of contract!
>
    Gas stations deal with all sorts of scam artists.  They usually
    don't treat them nearly as nice as they would someone in genuine
    need,  Neither do the local constabulary.  If that is really the
    only bill you have, the officer might even offer to see if his
    fellow officers can change it for you.....but the odds of your
    getting away with a free tank of gas are slim and none.


Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch)
Subject: Re: Earn Money In Your Spare Time
Organization: Advanced Decision Systems; a div of Booz, Allen & Hamilton
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 08:27:07 GMT


earn money in your spare time by working.  what a clever idea!  so
original.

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Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
Subject: Re: Auto Windshield Replacement; Orig. Equip. vs Brand X
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 07:06:32 GMT
Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access.  The Mouth of the South.
Distribution: na

hbb@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (harlan.b.braude) writes:

>I've decided to go with cheap and convenient (big surprise, eh?,) but
>I'm paranoid enough to wonder whether there is any real difference in
>specs between windshield glass that Honda sells and brand-X windshield
>glass.

There is a big difference in the hardness of different brands of glass.  
I learned this the hard way and then did the research AFTER the fact :-(
At 250,000 miles, I had the windshield replaced because of sand etching.
No stone pitting, no stars (stone chips) and no cracks.  I had a cheap 
no-name glass installed.  Glass is glass, right?  WRONG. In the 50k miles 
since, it is more pitted than the glass it replaced, has starred a couple of 
times and awhile back when I nearly got some air under the wheels, 
the damn thing broke right down the middle.

A little research informed me that the glass formulation varies AND
the degree of hardening varies.  PPG is about the hardest.  There
are a couple of other major brands that are almost as good but 
my memory is slipping.  I don't know how to rate OEM glass in this 
equation.

If you got a good name brand aftermarket, you should be in good shape.
Otherwise....???

John
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From: hzf30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Flint Howard)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Radar detectors advice one more time - no philosophy please
Date: 19 Dec 92 04:02:39 GMT
Reply-To: hzf30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Flint Howard)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

In article <1992Dec18.183541.1403@news.mentorg.com> philip@mentorg.com (Philip Peake) writes:
>In article <92352.190535NAVGC@CUNYVM.BITNET>, NAVGC@CUNYVM.BITNET writes:
>|> Let's go back to basics, please. Assuming that you want one, and assuming you
>|> are not interested in lectures about the moral depravity of driving over 55
>|> MPH,
>
>|> which radar detector is best?
>
>The best ? A Valentine 1 at $300 + a six month wait.

----- (rest of article deleted for brevity)----------------------------

I've never heard of a "Valentine".  Who makes it?It's been a few years
since I looked into radar detectors but back then a company called:
Cincinati Microwave was supposed to be one of the best.  They produced
two models: "Escort" and "Passport".  Anyone know how they compare with
the "Valentine" or if Cincinati Microwave has a new model out that can
detect all 3 bands being used?

Thanks for any info,

Flint
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
Subject: Re: Tape protection
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 05:21:29 GMT
Organization: MCSNet, Chicago, IL

In article <1992Dec20.205817.2679@nynexst.com> schwartz@nynexst.com writes:
>
>Along the same line:
>
>Why do rental cassettes have a sticker on the seam, reading:
>"IF YOU REMOVE THIS STICKER, YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE THIS TAPE."
>Does opening the tape facilitate copying it?

No, but it does facilitate (literally) stealing it.

You could easily replace the tape with the spools and tape from a blank, and
return the video.  Now the store has to >watch< the tape to see if you've
ripped them off instead of just checking to see if its rewound and not
obviously trashed.

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Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup)
Subject: Re: Tape protection
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 20:44:33 GMT

In article <92353.131506RMCCU@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Robert Chambers <RMCCU@CUNYVM.BITNET> writes:

>Most tape eating is done by dirty VCR's since the tape sticks to things it
>shouldn't and gets tangled up.  If you keep your vcr internally clean the
>chances of eating a tape are a lot lower.

True somewhat, but most tapes get eaten when internal (rubber) rollers don't,
and the capstan (responsible for keeping the tape moving at the proper speed)
continues to pull the tape onto and around the tape path, but the takeup
reel doesn't move enough or at all to pull the tape back into the casette
shell. Since the tape has to go somewhere, it bunches up into the machine,
sometimes getting crinkled, until either the "tape stall" detector on most
machines (which checks to see if the takeup/supply reels are actually moving),
or the lack of tension to the video heads makes the picture mess up enough
that you hit the stop or the eject key. This is where the fun begins- the
machine has to then unload the tape from the tape path. It makes one of the
reels run to take up what should only be the foot or so of tape unspooled in
the machine, and if all that bunched-up tape from when it was running doesn't
get back into the cassette shell (unlikely), when you go to eject the
cassette the tape gets left into the machine and mangled when the shell rises
out of the machine, and then the casette door flap closes on the tape.

Often machines in this condtion don't FF or REW very well either, as the same
rollers perform those functions too.

The video head runs across the tape diagonally at 1800 RPM; if the tape head
was dirty enough to snag a tape at that speed, the head is irrevocably messed
up ($$), and you'd never be able to get a good picture anyway. If a VCR
"cleaning" doesn't address getting gunk off of the rollers (or new rollers)
as well, you'll still eat tapes. The heads themselves don't need cleaning
until picture quality noticeably deteriorates.

	-Kenny

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Newsgroups: misc.consumers,sci.electronics
From: wrb@cbnews.cb.att.com (wallace.r.blackburn)
Subject: Re: DOES AMERICA SAY YES TO JAPAN? - Off track!!
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:44:41 GMT

In article <1992Dec18.163616.12148@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> edsverk@ed4000-2.lerc.nasa.gov (Kenneth Lee Atchinson) writes:
>
>BZZT! WRONG! Honda cars (and other Japanese origin) are made in the US 
>because of 
>   1) US Gov't trade laws (what little there are) which limit imports and 
>   2) The "States" in the US make it very lucrative to build/manufacture 
>      here with tax abatements (Hey, what do you mean we don't get tax 
>      money from that Japanese plant here in the US for 10+ years?) and 
>      other "incentives".
>The Japanese build plants in the US for the same reason that US have built
>plants in Mexico - to enter the market without tarrifs and hassle.  Note
>that at the Honda plant most are the parts for the cars are IMPORTED from
>Japan.  The parts that they don't import, they have another Japanese firm
>here in the US to make them for them.  Read the DASYTJ article and see this
>to be true.
>

A little sidelight here.  Earlier this year I was considering a job change
and inquired around at some local companies.  There is one close-by that
makes various electrical items for Honda (I am an EE).  They are a Japanese
firm as described above.

The person on the phone was going to send me info, etc.  I then told her
that I was specifically looking for an engineering position.  She then said
"Oh, all of our engineers are Japanese." with that "later zero" tone of
voice.  Oh well.  Maybe could have made a case of it, but I was too busy
looking for a job.


			Wally Blackburn AA8DX


PS  WATCH THE Newsgroups: HEADING ON FOLLOWUPS!  Some jerk crossposted to
alt.sex and other groups along the way.
From: sol0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Stephen O. Lidie)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: TRW Credit Reports
Date: 12 Dec 92 01:05:59 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

In article <1992Dec10.173535.14169@isunix.cdx.mot.com>, Jensen_C@msm.cdx.mot.com writes:
>In article <1992Dec10.123524.13475@Lehigh.EDU> lusol@Lehigh.EDU (Stephen O.
>Lidie) writes:
>>In article <723923678snx@tixel.mv.com> jarnold@tixel.mv.com (Jon Arnold)
>>writes:
>>>
>>> > >In August, I sent to TRW for a "free" credit report and have yet to
>>receive
>>> > >anything from them.  Has anyone out there requested a report from these
>>> > >people?  If so, how long did it take?
>>>
>>>From the time I requested it to the time I actually received it was just
>>>short of 6 weeks.  Phoning them to ask them to speed it up apparently
>>>does no good at all.  Your mileage may vary...
>>
>>I requested mine via the phone... received it in 2 weeks.
>>
>>SOL
>>
>
>
>Could you please share that Phone number with us?
>

Sure:  1 800 392 1122

SOL
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch)
Subject: Re: Legal Tender???
Organization: Advanced Decision Systems; a div of Booz, Allen & Hamilton
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 08:12:17 GMT

mf@dancer.cc.bellcore.com (fusco,marc) wrote: 
->Have you ever noticed those signs sometimes (usually gas stations) that read:
->		"Can't accept anything over a $20 bill"?
->I understand the reasoning for places like gas stations, which may
->be open late at night and not have alot of cash on hand.........but....
->Is this legal?

i expect it is ... i imagine the sign has the wrong words on it; it
should probably say "can't make change for any note larger than a
twenty."

->Can a business refuse your money (thereby refusing to sell you something)?
->(wonder what happens if you don't see those usually hand-written
->_consipicuous_ signs, e.g., at a gas station, and pump first...)

many gas stations require that you pay first after hours ...

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Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer)
Subject: Re: OK..why shouldnt I get an extended car warranty?
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 15:53:01 GMT

rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade) writes:
>warranties on all kinds of goods a while back...same bottom line...don't buy
>extended warranty on anything...cars...electronics...appliances etc!!!! 

I don't agree to this generalization.

I bought an extended warranty on my Honda Prelude - 4 extra years for $450.  I
was kicking myself as the warranty was about to expire that I'd wasted my money.
T - 35 days my AC blew up - $980 repair cost - my deductable $10.


Canon Camcorder extended warranty $100 for five years  (Camera cost $1250).

30 days after the end of the original warranty a problem occured.  Sent to 
Cannon for repair - $125 cost - paid in full under extended warranty.


Sont CD player - 5 year extended warranty - $50 - (Can use as a credit in the
store if not used after 5 years) - Unit malfunctioned after 1 year  (Sony
warranty was 90 days) - Unit was replaced with new model!

Not bad going really!


Newsgroups: misc.consumers,rec.autos
From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: CHP can't use radar?(Was: What radar detector should I buy?)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 07:56:38 GMT

chrisp@regenmeister.Sun.COM (Chris Prael) writes:
: 
: How does one tell?  Check the roadside the next few times you see signs 
: on a California road saying that aircraft are used to enforce the speed 
: limit.  You will find that large white pointer like figures are painted 
: on the side of the road at remarkably regular intervals.  I haven't
: bothered to check the interval, but I'll bet that if someone search one
: of those planes one would find speed-time tables somewhere.

Nope, you would find a little calculator with about 4 pushbuttons on it.
Reset, start, stop-1 and stop-2. The two intervals are used as a check
against the officer jumping the gun on a stop button.

Bill
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng)
Subject: Re: Insurance impossible for out-of-state vehicle purchase?
Originator: acheng@shalom.ncsa.uiuc.edu
Organization: Nat'l Ctr for Supercomp App (NCSA) @ University of Illinois
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 20:40:26 GMT


In article <1992Dec11.162546.8580@nimbus.com>, jimiii@nimbus.com (Jim Warford) writes:
>The best way do do this is buy the truck in Missouri, drive it back
>here (your current policy will cover it for 30 days by law), and 
>then notify the insurance company that you wish to insure it here.
>Keep in mind you will have to pay California a $300 fee because it
>is not Ca. emissions certified when you first register the vehicle
>here.  There might be a yearly non-california-certified fee also,
>but I am not sure about that.

But the original person, who asked the question, has motorcycle
insurance, not car insurance.  His insurance company would not
sell him car coverage without seeing the car first.  (This would
imply his motorcycle policy does not cover cars.)

How about this?  If the pickup current owner is willing, the buyer may
drive the pickup back to CA first, then do the transaction.  So, the
2000 miles trip is covered by the current Missouri owner's policy.
Many insurance policy (e.g. State Farm's) covers temporary driver.

OR just go buy a junk car in CA, buy liability insurance for it.  Then
drive back the pickup, sell the junk car and transfer the policy to the
pickup.
From: tomfox@cs.utexas.edu (Thomas Y.C. Woo)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Recommendation for Nursery Monitors
Date: 14 Dec 1992 12:16:06 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: needmore.cs.utexas.edu


I remember seeing some discussion on nursery monitors earlier.
I seem to recall that a lot of people are happy with Playskool.
I did not pay much attention then. I would appreciate it if
someone could let me know what would be a good one to buy.
I know that Gerry, Playskool, Fisher Price and Sony all make
such monitors. What are the pros and cons of each brand?

Thanks,
Thomas Woo

Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: ioguo@mars.lerc.nasa.gov (OA Guo)
Subject: Re: Mail-order purchase... Legal 'opinion' needed, pls.
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Date: 11 Dec 1992 16:24 EDT  

In article <1992Dec10.115950.7383@schbbs.mot.com>, R1156C@waccvm.corp.mot.com (Michael Dow) writes...
>Hypothetical situation (tm)
> 
>    I have this friend, we'll call him 'Jim'.  He ordered a piece of
>merchandise via mailorder, to be shipped via UPS COD.  No credit card
>numbers or anything were taken by the mailorder company.
> 
	< UPS did not charge Jim at delievery...>

>    Now, I don't want to see things like, "If Jim were Honest"...  What
>is the liability?  Who owns up (financially) for the mistake?  I am personally
>counselling 'Jim' to pay up... But 'Jim' is his own person.  He might just
>split that money with me for being such a hell of a guy.. (riiiiiight...)
> 
>Thanx....
> 
>Michael R. Dow  (Not the 'Jim' in the story above...)

	The fact is that, Jim ORDERED the merchandise and AGREED to pay
	after the delievery.  I don't see why Jim can legally get out
	of this.  If the mail order company forgets to send Jim a bill, have
	a nice gift for Christmas.  If the company send the bill, Jim
	is definitely liable.

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Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Visions (or other) cookwares?
From: kmcvay@oneb.almanac.bc.ca (Ken Mcvay)
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 18:53:31 GMT
 <1992Dec11.221154.8954@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1992Dec12.000028.8035@news.mentorg.com>
Organization: The Old Frog's Almanac

In article <1992Dec12.000028.8035@news.mentorg.com> tclark@hptc.mentorg.com (0) writes:

>My mom had a handle breakoff on one of her Revereware pots and she contacted
>Revere to see about getting it fixed. They told her to send it in and they
>would repair it free of charge. In fact they sent her a brand new pot. My
>set (given to me by mom) has held up quite well and I'm sure its not the
>top of the line.

Mom bought a complete set of RW back in the early Fifties, and has used them
ever since without problems. I recall using Revereware cleaner to keep the
copper shining, so they'd be attractive hanging on the wall - great stuff,
I'd say (wish I could afford a set).

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From: handgl@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: CD walkmans
Date: 19 Dec 92 08:27:52 EST
Followup-To: misc.consumers
Distribution: world
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati

In article <78558@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt4585a@prism.gatech.EDU (gt4585a gt4585a MOORE,JAMES FREDERICK) writes:
> In article <1992Dec16.180012.3031@doug.cae.wisc.edu> kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad) writes:

>     A friend of mine purchased a Sony "CAR" Discman (can't remember the 
> number) which seemed _very_ shock resistant (1 skip in a 400 mile drive over
> three days with the player velcro-ed to his gearshift base).  The sound
> quality was very good, too.  
>    As far as long-term quality is concerned, I haven't heard anything about
> the player for a while...  Has anyone had any experience with this brand of
> Discman?
> 
I bought a Sony D-11 a few years back and to my surprise really astounded a
super-audiophile friend of mine -- to the extent that HE bought one and was
running it through his mega-watt mega-bucks system. The D-11 had an optional
automobile connection kit (with velcro attachments) and sounded really good on
a 350-mile jaunt from Cincinnati to Michigan -- no skips through a 7-mile road
construction site. Both mine & my friend's are still kicking (my teenage son is
abusing mine now). The local Sam's Wholesale Club is selling D-11s for $125.

greg.hand@uc.edu
Xref: sparky misc.consumers:20666 misc.consumers.house:15797
From: vln@icpsr.umich.edu (Victoria Neff)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Help !! == cable TV on second floor ==
Date: 15 Dec 1992 17:38:35 GMT
Organization: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
NNTP-Posting-Host: tdis.icpsr.umich.edu

In article <1992Dec15.005528.5525@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r) writes:
>In article <1992Dec14.082117.26496@ads.com> henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch) writes:
>The cable company has no choice. The same court judgements that gave you 
>the right to run your own phone lines and buy your own phones apply here.
> ... 
>
>Do what you like within your own home - Radio Shack will gladly sell you
>everything you need. You'll need, for example, a signal splitter (I believe
>it takes one for every TV), some cable, outlets, etc.


Is it against code to run tv cable to the second floor through the cold-air
intake??