{"id":2780,"date":"2016-04-08T09:16:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T14:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/?p=2780"},"modified":"2016-04-08T09:34:46","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T14:34:46","slug":"friday-8-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2016\/04\/08\/friday-8-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, 8 April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

10:17 –<\/span> Barbara is off to the gym and supermarket, after which we’ll be building more science kits. We built a batch of the FK01A forensic science kits yesterday. Today, we’ll get another batch of BK01 biology kits built and at least get started on a new batch of CK01A chemistry kits.
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Lori just showed up with the mail, including a box from Amazon. A couple of years ago, my workhorse Brother HL-5250DN laser printer started printing an empty line down the middle of each printout. The problem was the drum unit, but when I checked for a replacement, the only option was a Brother-branded unit for $180. I paid something like $225 for the printer originally, and there was no way I was going to pay that to replace the drum on a printer that had already had some heavy use. The 5250 even with the stripe was fine for most of what I printed as it was, so I decided to just use it until it dropped. Then the other day, I was on Amazon and decided to search for a drum unit. Sure enough, they had a third-party replacement drum unit with excellent reviews for $18. (They also had a different one with not-so-good reviews for $12.) I’ve had good experience with third-party toner cartridges bought on Amazon, so I decided to give the $18 unit a try.
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Not much time available for prepping this week, and we’re being careful about unnecessary spending until we get the house on the market and sold, so the only prepping-related thing I did was buy a print copy of All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition: The Revolutionary Way to Grow More In Less Space 2nd Edition<\/em><\/a>. The last time I had a garden of my own was about 50 years ago, and I want to try growing some herbs and vegetables on a small scale.
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10:17 – Barbara is off to the gym and supermarket, after which we’ll be building more science kits. We built a batch of the FK01A forensic science kits yesterday. Today, we’ll get another batch of BK01 biology kits built and at least get started on a new batch of CK01A chemistry kits.\n<\/p>\n

Lori just showed up with the mail, including a box from Amazon. A couple of years ago, my workhorse Brother HL-5250DN laser printer started printing an empty line down the middle of each printout.<\/p>\n

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