Useless Facts/Chit Chat Thread

[AuburnJen92]

I only fill them again once and then recycle them at school. We get $$ at school for sending them in.

 

[LarryJ]

Ink jet cartridges are really not made to be refilled. I know that the cost of new ink cartridges can make it sound good, but you need limit the number of refills that you make with one cartridge and you should expect your print quality to degrade each time they are refilled. The print head in an ink jet cartridge actually suffers some degradation with every printing. If any design can be called planned obsolescence, ink jets fit the bill perfectly. The design of an ink jet cartridge has the ink (relatively corrosive) passing through a semiconductor IC that is the print head. The corrosiveness of the ink erodes the head away until it eventually fails completely.

I have a Canon bubble jet 530i that I have had for 5 or 6 years and don't use it that often, but I can make a cartridge last a year or so, but do have to fill it from the pad on the bottom if I haven't used it in a week or so. What is really interesting is at least for the Canon bubble jets there is a planned obsolescence built in where after a certain number of times the print head goes across the cleaning pad you can't use the printer until it is supposedly reset and serviced by an authorized dealer. There is a work around for this on how you power it up and connect it to the printer that I have been using for the last several years. I also removed and cleaned the cleaning pad which was full of ink. I love my little bubble jet since is really compact like 6X6X14 inches and very portable. Also, I never print in color so I've never messed with that cartridge, but the black ink one.

Larry

 

[MomofPirate&Mickey]

Anybody know if Rhonda can book Disneyland Paris tickets, too? I'm having a terrible time trying to get it to work!

Ami,

Call the WDW line & let them know you want to get DLP tickets. Of course, you can only book them as a package. But you can't book them off the website. I've already looked into it...

 

[RvUsa]

Because you guys are talking about inkjets, all the adds are about printers etc. Google is cool, I want to put those ads on my forum, I have em on the home page, and I get a hit every once in a while. LOL

 

[MomofPirate&Mickey]

Anybody watch RV 2008 on HGTV this w/e? We DVR'd it & just finished it last night. (Started it Monday night, but got really tired & had to finish it last night.) They had some pretty neat ones on there. DH & I were looking & talking about the ones we liked. Love the hybrid, so maybe that one. But have to get the Saturn paid of before we can buy a new truck to replace DH's car, in order to haul something like that. The Saturn only hauls about 3500 lbs. Guess we'll keep tenting it for now!!

All have a good night. I'm going home from work & usually don't get on when I'm home. (We soooo need a new home computer!! I hate it, it's too slow!!)

 

[auntie]

Missed it..I have to check and see when it's going to be on again.

 

[VACAMPER]

I just found out that i'm in the 1600 loop. Is this good or bad?

 

[AuburnJen92]

Missed it..I have to check and see when it's going to be on again.

I just checked the DVR and it is not on there. There is something on DIY network for newbies setting up a site, but nothing about RV 2008

 

[RvUsa]

My head hurts.... I am tired of screwing around with the website.... yikes! I need to go camping.

 

[2goofycampers]

I just found out that i'm in the 1600 loop. Is this good or bad?

good !!! if your ok with pet loop

 

[VACAMPER]

Thanks to goofycampers! Pet loop won't bother us.

 

[ftwildernessguy]

I just found out that i'm in the 1600 loop. Is this good or bad?

That is my favorite loop, but we have been unable to get it the last couple of years because they have been reserving it for a church group the same time we go down.

 

[Momof626x3]

I just found out that i'm in the 1600 loop. Is this good or bad?

How did you find out what loop you will be in? I didn't know there was a way to find out before you get there!

 

[Us3]

Dh made a cool breakfast for the girls this morning...day before we leave for Disney!

 

[ftwildernessguy]

Dh made a cool breakfast for the girls this morning...day before we leave for Disney!

Man, that breakfast is just screamin' for a mess o grits to go along with it.

 

[RvUsa]

Man, that breakfast is just screamin' for a mess o grits to go along with it.

Grits

 

[kc5grw]

Man, that breakfast is just screamin' for a mess o grits to go along with it.

Yea, with cheese, pepper and tabasco

 

[Rhonda]

Yea, with cheese, pepper and tabasco

Oh no!!! Butter, sugar & cinnamon!

 

[BigDaddyRog]

Grits

John, ya dont like GRITS???? Grits are like Lays Chips....Ya cant eat just one!!!

 

[Gatordad]

CHeeeesy bacon grits from Lee Roy Selmons