"Winston" wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:

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Yeah, he says somebody called before I talked to him. I figured it was
you.
I didn't reach him the first time I called, but someone in another
department told me he'd just walked by it so I was sure enough to post
the
info.

Better hurry -- now he thinks there's a run on it. d8-)

BTW, Coleman tells me it's the same all over. In most parts of the
country,
customers have switched to propane, so there are a lot of retailers who
aren't stocking it anymore.

Sears, K-Mart, and Target seem to be the best bets, on a national
average,
anyway. So says Coleman. But they don't make it or inventory it
themselves,
so they don't have a lot of information.

Man! That was *above and beyond* helpful!

Thanks again, Ed!

--Winston

It's a natural for an old reporter. If a problem hangs around for a few days
without an answer, there may be a story in it. It gnaws at me until I have
an answer.

You may not remember why I came to this NG in the first place. It was around
'02. I was writing for (then) _Machine Shop Guide_, and I was having a hard
time, working at home, coming up with enough items for my monthly Tooling
column. I needed four or five every month. So I just lurked here and watched
what people were talking about -- they actually talked about machining in
those days. I'd usually get at least one item per month that way. Sometimes
two or three.

I also found Dobie Dave and Hamei, both of whom became interview subjects
for full-length articles.

It's a habit of mind. All reporters have some degree of it, or they don't
continue to pursue that line of work.

--
Ed Huntress