RE: materials list 1-4
BY: Donna Ransdell to Alinda Harrison on Mon Jun 03 1996 06:59:01
 > I find that most of the time, it's actually cheaper to call the company 
nd
 > request a catalog than it is to send a letter. With a letter, you have to 
pa
 > for the paper, envelope, and .32 postage. Calling is usually cheaper than 
.5
 > even during the day rates! Since you're on the west coast, you can call a 
pl
 > in the midwest or on the east coast early in the morning. It costs me 
about 
Ah! The joys of time zones ;) 
 > dime to do so, if I call when it's still night rates. (I learned this 
rick
 > when I was living in the Aleutians...I'd call anywhere in the continental 
US
 > 6 in the morning my time.)
 
Did you live in the Aleutian Islands or the mountains on the penninsula? The
closest I ever got to there was the three years we spent in Anchorage - a
beautiful place, especially if you like snowy winters (which I do!). One of 
y
favorite things was watching the "termination dust" come down the Chugach
mountains starting in late August...
While I was up there, I remember, they changed the state to TWO time zones,
instead of the origional three or four! I remember them saying something 
bout
having to get up at 3am to conduct business with the lower 48! It was funny
watching the national news...they treated Alaska like it was a whole 
ifferent
country! Maybe it was... ;)
 
 > It's different for the east-coast and midwesterners, though.
Ah, so that's why it's so expensive to live on the east coast! The phone 
ills
they must pay! 
                              ...peace...
                              Alinda Sue...
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