<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond Bold"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1522" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV>Todays's chuckle(s)</DIV> <DIV>Got a call from Schaff, they won't carry the  DarnellHardwood Casters because they'd have to buy a whole bunch. Hmmm? Are they thinking of not being in business long enough to sell a few hundred casters? Sheesh!</DIV> <DIV>Shortly after that call, I get a call from a good client, who happens to work for Alaska Copper and Brass, (the source I said had brass spring wire). He told me he had found a source for the .026" brass spring wire. (That's the good News) The bad news: One must buy 100 pounds of the stuff @ a price of $500.00!!! AS IN YIKES! (That'd be enough spring wire for 100 years of production of a manufacturer, for god sake!) We are constantly losing sources for materials. This is getting to be a royal pain. Almost makes me want to go back to Cooking for a living! ( I said ALMOST<G>)</DIV> <DIV>End of rant.....for now.<G></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>