Day: June 7, 2014

Notes for Saturday – June 07, 2014

Apparently, today is Freeze Dry Day. The final installment of the three-part review on Harvest Right’s freeze dryer is posted today. If you feel that, after reading the review, owning one of these machines is not for you, be sure to check out our advertisers below, as they are having sales on Mountain House freeze-dried foods. o o o Ready Made Resources is having a summer sale, offering Mountain House freeze dryed foods with entrees for 32%-60% off of normal pricing and they will cover the shipping. o o o The Freeze Dry Guy is having a 1 month sale …


Product Review: Harvest Right Freeze Dryer, by HJL – Part 3

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Note from the Manufacture Harvest Right has been very responsive to their customers feedback and, in fact, responded to the first two parts of this article with the following letter: Thank you for using the freeze dryer, and thank you for your article. Because of your thoughts, we have made the following modifications to our unit: We have changed the riveting of the tray holder assembly. It is now quite stable. We extended the length of the drain tube. We are also using shrink-wrapped solder connections instead of electrical tape. It is much faster and looks better. (We don’t know …


Two Letters Re: Harvest Right Freeze Dryer

Hugh, Thanks for the review of the freeze dryer, I’m very interested. Just wanted to share that the first thing I thought when reading your review and clicking on their pictures is “that display is going to go bad”! And it did. Gotta worry about $4K and something major (and predictable) goes like that, with only a 1 yr warranty. – M.R. HJL Replies: I was initially worried about that, too, but the company was very responsive in taking care of the issue. While I did the repair myself, they offered to have a local appliance repairman do the work. …


Economics and Investing:

The Good And The Not- So-Good News About US Jobs In One Chart. Part of the problem is the skills mis-match. Many good (primarily blue collar) jobs remain unfilled as younger folks do NOT have the skills, nor do they want to learn them! – H.L. o o o The Purchase Of Our Republic. – B.B. o o o Items from Mr Econocobas: Rising Resource Costs Escalate Odds of Global Unrest Video: James Rickards ‘Inflation is Coming as it is The Only Way The U.S. Can Pay It’s Debt’ Deflation ‘Greatest Hoax’ as Prices Keep Rising Seemingly Terrific April Jobs …


Odds ‘n Sods:

In the UK You Can Now Only Buy Heirloom Seeds if You Are Part of a Private Members Club. – H.L. Article quote: “The way we are being pushed and squeezed by regulations that govern every facet of our life, we will soon only be able to defecate when our allotted time slot comes around.” o o o What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades. – D.S o o o Holder to Create ‘Homegrown’ Terrorism Task Force – G.B. o o o Just Another Anonymous Victim of the Economic Recovery. – H.L. o o o Yet again, another reason why I like …