Crab Season 2008!

Its here! Warmer weather, longer sunny days. Crab season is beginning. A friend of mine went to Tred Avon in Easton MD and came back with over a bushel! We are looking at next week for our first trip of the year. Can hardly wait. Stop back at “The Roblog” for a full report and with pics.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELANIE!

Today is your 14th birthday Mel. Been missing you a lot lately. We have had a few family gatherings that just seemed to be lacking a little. Thanks so much for all you added to our lives in the short time we had you. Thanks to Jesus and His Saving Grace, we will see you again!

I am sure your family still keenly misses you as well..

Inkjet Rip-offs Are OVER For Me!

I recently did a post on one of my favorite discussion boards. It could be considered a “Robview” of sorts. Here is how it went:

To see the actual post on mennodiscuss click here> Mennodiscuss Topic

Some of you will remember the post I did on here about the outrageous cost of printer ink. In case you haven’t…
click here>http://www.mennodiscuss.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4465
I have struggled for several months trying to decide on what to get to replace my latest inkjet printer that still works but ran out of black ink. After much research and thought, I finally settled on a deal that came through a Staples email offer. The unit I ended up getting is the Brother MFC-8660DN. This is a Black/White multifunction machine that does, copying,faxing, and scanning. It is network-able and features duplex printing capability which prints on both sides without having to re-insert the pages! It came with a drum that is supposed to print several thousand pages before needing replacement. Somewhere I read an estimated “per page ink cost” of around 1 cent per page! Although this machine was sold as refurbished, it looks in like new condition and seems to work flawlessly. And the price was not going to be beat. After the staples “easy rebate” that I submitted online, the total cost came to around $160.00. It was shipped free to my door in less than 2 days!
This has been one of those purchases where I had to ask myself “why did I wait so long?!” Getting it on my network was very simple. Both my laptop and desktop are sending print jobs to it with no trouble. I will provide a few links below that will show you the specs as well as the Staples offer. I am not sure how long the Staples link will be active…

Staples Offer> http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaplesProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogIdentifier=2&partNumber=711377

Specs on the MFC-8660DN> http://www.brother-usa.com/mfc/modeldetail.aspx?PRODUCTID=MFC8660DN&tab=spec

Check out the chat below I had with a friend who gave me a hard time about putting up with inkjets as long as I did LOL

me: I just ordered a B&W lazer printer from staples
kiwiuncle: Best place you could find!?
3:52 PM me: Sick and tired of the price gouging of ink jet printers
kiwiuncle: You mean to tell me you are ONLY JUST NOW getting one!!!!!????
And you are always accusing me of being behind the times. whew!
3:53 PM me: ink jets kill you in the price of new cartridges
yeah yeah
I knew u would harass me…lol
kiwiuncle: I am well aware of that. Haven’t used one in YEARS!
I mean they GIVE the printers away knowing.
3:54 PM me: I don’t need color printing…just black and white
kiwiuncle: Wow, I need to remember this: Rob, Computer Freak Extraordinaire, used dot matrix printer until 4-1-08.
me: Its cheaper to upload pictures to walmart for printing etc
lol
kiwiuncle: oops ink jet printer”
3:55 PM me: I guess you could blog about it.. ha ha
kiwiuncle: You know what I did with mine?
me: Its the year 2008 and Les still has NO BLOG.. ha ha
kiwiuncle: I took it to the Solid Waste Authority. Fully functional
Blog? I have a life.
I realize it is a slave’s life, but it is a life. lol
3:56 PM me: Yeah and a blog is a great way to share your life!
lol
kiwiuncle: no time to write it. I guess could put up a web cam and people could watch me. lol
Think I could charge for it?
me: can’t hurt to try
3:57 PM kiwiuncle: Yeah, I was thinking of offering Kiwi pruning classes this spring. lol
I seriously might offer them next year.
me: cool
kiwiuncle: get my kiwis pruned and make money on it? lol
3:58 PM me: ya never know…
here is the printer I got…

http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/store … ber=711377

3:59 PM final cost…. around 160.00
I already submitted the 50.00 easy rebate
Its networkable too
I need that bad
4:00 PM need my laptop to be able to print to it wirelessly
kiwiuncle: sorry. phone.
4:01 PM me: no prob
kiwiuncle: let me check it out.
did you check out Xerox?
4:02 PM You are getting a Brother?
me: It was mostly about price!
sorry
I got hammered by uncle sam
kiwiuncle: Xerox bought out tektronic and they have some really tough printers. Last and last.
I know that feeling.

4:03 PM me: This printer also does duplexing
kiwiuncle: Are you exempt from Social Security
me: I wish I was
kiwiuncle: My printer does duplexing too.
me: I just got incorporated this year
kiwiuncle: See I’m not exempt either and that kills you.
me: chapter S corp
4:04 PM kiwiuncle: my printer is color and duplexing. Like industrial. Brother makes very good fax machines, so perhaps this printer will be fine. Are you sure it is laser?
me: yeah
kiwiuncle: oh yeah, I see it is.
me: it takes toner
I really don’t do a whole lot of printing so it should work well 4 me
4:05 PM kiwiuncle: Well, I gotta run. got some business e-mail to send and got to get ready for Spanish class tonight. Hope the printer is exactly what you need it to be.
me: ok….have a good one…
kiwiuncle: have a good one.