On December 29th I sent an email to sales@midweststeelsupply.com asking
about lead time on some metal.

This is what I asked, "If I order 4 pcs 1/2 x 6 x 72 aluminum flat
rectangular bar today when will it ship"

I have since ordered about 600lbs (a little over) of aluminum from
another vendor, but I am curious what your lead time is to answer
questions about lead time. My order arrives today.

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On 1/12/2024 1:27 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
> On December 29th I sent an email to sales@midweststeelsupply.com asking
> about lead time on some metal.
>
> This is what I asked, "If I order 4 pcs 1/2 x 6 x 72 aluminum flat
> rectangular bar today when will it ship"
>
> I have since ordered about 600lbs (a little over) of aluminum from
> another vendor, but I am curious what your lead time is to answer
> questions about lead time.  My order arrives today.
>

I think I'd be taking their card out of my Rolodex . Or whatever
equivalent system you might be using .
I buy a lot of stuff on eBay . It works for me in the quantities I
need . I'm a hobbyist , you're a business with totally different needs .
Hopefully you have found a supplier that will fulfill your needs to your
mutual profit .
Yeah , OK , I'm a bit tipsy . COA de Jima silver tequila will do that
.... smoothly .
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On 1/12/2024 4:42 PM, Snag wrote:
> On 1/12/2024 1:27 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>> On December 29th I sent an email to sales@midweststeelsupply.com
>> asking about lead time on some metal.
>>
>> This is what I asked, "If I order 4 pcs 1/2 x 6 x 72 aluminum flat
>> rectangular bar today when will it ship"
>>
>> I have since ordered about 600lbs (a little over) of aluminum from
>> another vendor, but I am curious what your lead time is to answer
>> questions about lead time.  My order arrives today.
>>
>
>   I think I'd be taking their card out of my Rolodex . Or whatever
> equivalent system you might be using .
>   I buy a lot of stuff on eBay . It works for me in the quantities I
> need . I'm a hobbyist , you're a business with totally different needs .
> Hopefully you have found a supplier that will fulfill your needs to your
> mutual profit .
>  Yeah , OK , I'm a bit tipsy . COA de Jima silver tequila will do that
> ... smoothly .

Its all good. I haven't bought anything from Midwest in a long time.
They usually have the best price for Aluminum online, but you never know
when/if you are going to get it. Have another one. Enjoy.

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Are you snowed in yet? After all the discussion I've been waiting to read of
progress on your truck.

The weather maps have showed the kind of winter New England expects (but has
had little of) as far south as Texas.

On 1/16/2024 6:04 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "Snag"  wrote in message news:unsip0$3kqb7$1@dont-email.me...
>
> -------------------
>
> Are you snowed in yet? After all the discussion I've been waiting to
> read of progress on your truck.
>
> The weather maps have showed the kind of winter New England expects (but
> has had little of) as far south as Texas.
>

We've got over 4" on the ground , it's (barely) below zero this
morning and the road up to the highway is snow packed . A couple of the
neighbors have ventured out , but I have no pressing business to tend to
other than hauling in firewood . That I can do on foot . Schools and
businesses are closed today all over the state ... I haven't checked the
idrive maps yet to what's on the roads but I'm betting everything that
was slush yesterday is ice this morning .
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We've got over 4" on the ground , it's (barely) below zero this
morning and the road up to the highway is snow packed . A couple of the
neighbors have ventured out , but I have no pressing business to tend to
other than hauling in firewood . That I can do on foot . Schools and
businesses are closed today all over the state ... I haven't checked the
idrive maps yet to what's on the roads but I'm betting everything that
was slush yesterday is ice this morning .
Snag
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Relatives in Georgia and Florida tend to take jabs at our NH winter weather,
but it's no longer funny when they suffer it themselves. I received a
Christmas card showing kids sledding, with a note inside saying that was us
but not them. On the day it arrived the same rain and wind storm was
pounding the entire east coast down to the Keys. One winter Atlanta was so
cold my parents cut their visit short and came back, to a house with HEAT.
The TV weatherbabe just said that New Orleans was colder (23F) than Boston
(32F).

Only ice storms shut us down, by dropping trees across roads and power
lines. We'd cut and clear them ourselves except for the shock hazard.

On 1/16/2024 5:04 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "Snag"  wrote in message news:unsip0$3kqb7$1@dont-email.me...
>
> -------------------
>
> Are you snowed in yet? After all the discussion I've been waiting to
> read of progress on your truck.
>
> The weather maps have showed the kind of winter New England expects (but
> has had little of) as far south as Texas.
>

No snow here. Friday afternoon a buddy and I went fishing. I did put
on my light jacket around sunset.

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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message news:uo6o71$1j973$1@dont-email.me...

No snow here. Friday afternoon a buddy and I went fishing. I did put
on my light jacket around sunset.

Bob La Londe

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I've never experienced your summers, but Atlanta's are too much for me.
Grandpa's farm on the mountain wasn't as hot. One can dress for the cold and
heat with firewood.

On 1/16/2024 4:22 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:uo6o71$1j973$1@dont-email.me...
>
> No snow here.  Friday afternoon a buddy and I went fishing.  I did put
> on my light jacket around sunset.
>
> Bob La Londe
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> I've never experienced your summers, but Atlanta's are too much for me.
> Grandpa's farm on the mountain wasn't as hot. One can dress for the cold
> and heat with firewood.
>

I can tell you hot and humid is insane compared to just hot. I wouldn't
want to spend a summer in Atlanta. I spent a couple summers in Ohio,
and 98-99F and 90% humid is worse than 110 and 5-15%. 115F+ and its
just freaking hot no matter where you are though.

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On 1/16/2024 2:16 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
> On 1/16/2024 5:04 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
>> "Snag"  wrote in message news:unsip0$3kqb7$1@dont-email.me...
>>
>> -------------------
>>
>> Are you snowed in yet? After all the discussion I've been waiting to
>> read of progress on your truck.
>>
>> The weather maps have showed the kind of winter New England expects
>> (but has had little of) as far south as Texas.
>>
>
>
> No snow here.  Friday afternoon a buddy and I went fishing.  I did put
> on my light jacket around sunset.
>
>

It was -2° here at 6:30 this morning when Max and I went for our
moerning walk . Right now at 7:30 PM it's at 2° and dropping . Predicted
low was 7° ... so much for that .
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On 1/16/2024 7:31 PM, Snag wrote:
> On 1/16/2024 2:16 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>> On 1/16/2024 5:04 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
>>> "Snag"  wrote in message news:unsip0$3kqb7$1@dont-email.me...
>>>
>>> -------------------
>>>
>>> Are you snowed in yet? After all the discussion I've been waiting to
>>> read of progress on your truck.
>>>
>>> The weather maps have showed the kind of winter New England expects
>>> (but has had little of) as far south as Texas.
>>>
>>
>>
>> No snow here.  Friday afternoon a buddy and I went fishing.  I did put
>> on my light jacket around sunset.
>>
>>
>
>   It was -2° here at 6:30 this morning when Max and I went for our
> morning walk . Right now at 7:30 PM it's at 2° and dropping . Predicted
> low was 7° ... so much for that .

10 pm here , it's now -3° and still dropping . Looks like we got us
a Cold Snap ... the temp sensor under the house is at 35.9° , down a
couple of tenths in the last hour . It was down to just below freezing
for a while this morning - I don't need a repeat of last year's
frozen/busted pipes . Problem is we can't leave the faucets trickling
because the water company's pumps are having problems because of the cold .
It's gonna be a long night and I'm probably not going to get much
sleep . .
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On 1/16/2024 9:06 PM, Snag wrote:
> On 1/16/2024 7:31 PM, Snag wrote:
>> On 1/16/2024 2:16 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>> On 1/16/2024 5:04 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
>>>> "Snag"  wrote in message news:unsip0$3kqb7$1@dont-email.me...
>>>>
>>>> -------------------
>>>>
>>>> Are you snowed in yet? After all the discussion I've been waiting to
>>>> read of progress on your truck.
>>>>
>>>> The weather maps have showed the kind of winter New England expects
>>>> (but has had little of) as far south as Texas.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> No snow here.  Friday afternoon a buddy and I went fishing.  I did
>>> put on my light jacket around sunset.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>    It was -2° here at 6:30 this morning when Max and I went for our
>> morning walk . Right now at 7:30 PM it's at 2° and dropping .
>> Predicted low was 7° ... so much for that .
>
>
>    10 pm here , it's now -3° and still dropping . Looks like we got us
> a Cold Snap ... the temp sensor under the house is at 35.9° , down a
> couple of tenths in the last hour . It was down to just below freezing
> for a while this morning - I don't need a repeat of last year's
> frozen/busted pipes . Problem is we can't leave the faucets trickling
> because the water company's pumps are having problems because of the cold .
>   It's gonna be a long night and I'm probably not going to get much
> sleep . .

I spent one winter in "cold" and the whole rest of my life in the
desert. I'm within reasonable distance of good fishing. Some might
argue great fishing. I'm good right here.

The winter I spent in "cold" the coldest I recall was +5F. I remember
walking outside and feeling the moisture in my nose and ice up when I
breathed in. Hard pass. No pun intended. I also had a couple mornings
when I got up in the wee hours to set fires in the vineyard with my
grandfather to prevent the grapes from freezing.

Do I miss snow? I can come visit if I want. Do I miss the evergreens.
Same answer. Okay, I would have liked to have a shade tree to pull
engines under when I was growing up, but...

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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message news:uo9fi6$26ohv$1@dont-email.me...

Do I miss snow? I can come visit if I want. Do I miss the evergreens.
Same answer. Okay, I would have liked to have a shade tree to pull
engines under when I was growing up, but...
Bob La Londe

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After shoveling snow with a sore cracked rib I might agree with you.

On 1/17/2024 3:44 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:uo9fi6$26ohv$1@dont-email.me...
> Do I miss snow?  I can come visit if I want.  Do I miss the evergreens.
> Same answer.  Okay, I would have liked to have a shade tree to pull
> engines under when I was growing up, but...
> Bob La Londe
>
> ----------------------
>
> After shoveling snow with a sore cracked rib I might agree with you.

It got down to -8° last night/early this morning . The thing is ,
this extreme cold is a once every five or ten years thing . Or it useta
be before they started fuckin' with the weather . I'm not too awful
surprised , we're in that weather pattern "el nina" I think . Or
whichever one is involved with the jet stream moving further south .
Either way , I'd much rather endure it here than in Memfrica . In
addition to to water distribution problems - they said we had problems
here , didn't affect our supply - they're having problems meeting
electrical demand . Lotta space heaters runnin' right now . I missed a
little sleep last night keeping the stove stoked , worth it !
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