Funny thing happenend to me today. I was buying a peppermill, and of
course it came with some peppercorns already inside. So when I took it
to the counter, the girl said that they are refillable.

I almost laughed, but said that I should hope so, it gets a bit
expensive to buy a new mill whenever it goes empty.

She went on to say, that a lot of people ask that about the peppermills
they buy...

Ok, it wasn't one of the $60 mills, but a one of those one-handed ball
ones. But I thought it was funny.

--
Mikko Peltoniemi
Film & Video Editor, Avid Technician at large.
http://editor.is.dreaming.org

>Funny thing happenend to me today. I was buying a peppermill, and of
>course it came with some peppercorns already inside. So when I took it
>to the counter, the girl said that they are refillable.
>
>I almost laughed, but said that I should hope so, it gets a bit
>expensive to buy a new mill whenever it goes empty.
>
>She went on to say, that a lot of people ask that about the peppermills
>they buy...
>
>Ok, it wasn't one of the $60 mills, but a one of those one-handed ball
>ones. But I thought it was funny.
>

People in general are dumb, I guess. Being a clerk in a store that sells
things like that, you've heard everything from customers.

I used to have one of those little non-refillable McCormick peppermills in my
desk at work. When I finally used it up I was bummed out that it was sealed up
in such a way that I could not refill it because it was pretty handy and I had
a whole jar of peppercorns at home for my regular peppermill.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"I actually thought about voting for John Kerry before I decided to vote
against him."

"Mikko Peltoniemi" > wrote in message

> Funny thing happenend to me today. I was buying a peppermill, and of
> course it came with some peppercorns already inside. So when I took it
> to the counter, the girl said that they are refillable.

Say what? I've been spending $45 a week on peppermills. Wish I had know
that 15 years ago.

On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 01:51:34 -0400, Mikko Peltoniemi
> wrote:

>Funny thing happenend to me today. I was buying a peppermill, and of
>course it came with some peppercorns already inside. So when I took it
>to the counter, the girl said that they are refillable.

This may have come about because of "new & improved" spice containers
with grinders as part of the packaging, which are *not* refillable.

On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 01:51:34 -0400, Mikko Peltoniemi
> wrote:

>Funny thing happenend to me today. I was buying a peppermill, and of
>course it came with some peppercorns already inside. So when I took it
>to the counter, the girl said that they are refillable.

This may have come about because of "new & improved" spice containers
with grinders as part of the packaging, which are *not* refillable.

On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 01:51:34 -0400, Mikko Peltoniemi
> wrote:

>Funny thing happenend to me today. I was buying a peppermill, and of
>course it came with some peppercorns already inside. So when I took it
>to the counter, the girl said that they are refillable.

This may have come about because of "new & improved" spice containers
with grinders as part of the packaging, which are *not* refillable.