• remote shipping

    From JIM WELLER@1:135/392 to BILL SWISHER on Monday, May 30, 2022 22:34:00
    Quoting Bill Swisher to Dave Drum <=-

    I never did "get" that. Nor the refusal to send to APO/FPO addresses.

    I used to sort of forgive them. I'm pretty sure it was an insurance thing.

    I don't know how the USPS calculates charges but Canada Post has a
    formula for parcel post that considers, size, weight and the milage
    between the shipping and receiving cities. I pay more to send a
    parcel to Ottawa than a Toronto resident would.

    I ordered some tax software for Connie ... they got $10 for the
    product and paid $12 for shipping.

    Amazon Prime recently wised up and stopped offering free shipping to
    Nunavut and those communities in the NWT that lack road access after
    somebody noticed the air cargo bills piling up. People were ordering appliances, chest freezers, mattresses and cast iron air tight
    woodstoves. Air freight from a semi-remote place like Yellowknife to
    a truly remote place like Aklavik can run over $2.20 per pound and
    that's after a truck lugs the stuff up here from Edmonton.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Entrecote Al Queso Cabrales (Steak W/blue Cheese Sauce)
    Categories: Beef, Spanish, Steak, Wine, Cheese
    Yield: 4 Servings

    8 oz Blue cheese; crumbled
    1 Clove garlic; finely chopped
    2 tb Dry white wine
    1 ds Ground red pepper
    2 tb Butter
    4 sm New York strip or Rib eye
    -steaks; cut 1" thick
    Freshly ground pepper
    1/4 c Water
    Parsley; snipped

    Cook the cheese, garlic, wine and red pepper over low heat,
    stirring frequently, until cheese is melted; keep warm.

    Heat butter in 12" skillet until hot. Cook beef steaks over
    medium-high heat, turning once, until medium doneness, about 5
    minutes on each side. Sprinkle with pepper. Remove from skillet;
    keep warm. Add water to skillet. Heat to boiling, stirring
    constantly to loosen browned bits; boil 2 minutes. Stir pan juices
    into cheese mixture. Pour over steaks. Sprinkle with parsley.

    NOTES: In Spain, a strong, leaf-wrapped blue cheese called queso
    cabrales would be used to flavor a rich sauce for these steaks. We
    find that Roquefort or another blue cheese works quite nicely.

    Recipe by: New International Cookbook
    Posted by The Creedenites

    MMMMM


    Cheers

    Jim


    ... They live by their own rules.

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  • From Bill Swisher@1:261/1466 to Jim Weller on Thursday, June 02, 2022 08:00:00
    JIM WELLER wrote to BILL SWISHER <=-

    Amazon Prime recently wised up and stopped offering free shipping to Nunavut and those communities in the NWT that lack road access after somebody noticed the air cargo bills piling up. People were ordering appliances, chest freezers, mattresses and cast iron air tight
    woodstoves. Air freight from a semi-remote place like Yellowknife to
    a truly remote place like Aklavik can run over $2.20 per pound and
    that's after a truck lugs the stuff up here from Edmonton.

    People are the same world-wide. Here it was when they suddenly
    realized people out in the bush were ordering cinderblocks and
    having them shipped via USPS. IIRC it was costing them $0.75 a
    block to have them flown in.


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