Re: [MBZ] OT mechanical kitchen timer

2013-11-01 Thread John Reames
What about yardsales or eBay for a vintage mirro one? -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Oct 29, 2013, at 19:28, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: Is it possible to buy a quality dial-type mechanical kitchen timer anymore? I've had

Re: [MBZ] OT mechanical kitchen timer

2013-11-01 Thread Allan Streib
Ebay is probably it. I don't have time for yard sales. On Fri, Nov 1, 2013, at 09:53 AM, John Reames wrote: What about yardsales or eBay for a vintage mirro one? -- John W Reames [1]jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Oct 29, 2013, at 19:28, Allan Streib

Re: [MBZ] OT mechanical kitchen timer

2013-11-01 Thread Randy Bennell
Or second hand stores. Around here, we have Value Village and the Salvation Army stores. Randy who should go and look for one. On 01/11/2013 8:53 AM, John Reames wrote: What about yardsales or eBay for a vintage mirro one? -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile:

Re: [MBZ] OT mechanical kitchen timer

2013-10-30 Thread Mountain Man
Allan wrote: Is it possible to buy a quality dial-type mechanical kitchen timer anymore? I did the same search 10 years ago. All china. I found a vintage USA Kodak photo lab timer that sits on our kitchen counter. from ebay. Clearly marked USA and all mechanical and metal housing. Not

Re: [MBZ] OT mechanical kitchen timer

2013-10-30 Thread Jim Cathey
I found a vintage USA Kodak photo lab timer I was going to suggest a photo timer. I've picked up three Graylab timers, about 3 seconds to 1 hour in range. Not small. They're electric, not mechanical. Couldn't pass them up, but only really needed one, for the enlarger. (Which hasn't been run

[MBZ] OT mechanical kitchen timer

2013-10-29 Thread Allan Streib
Is it possible to buy a quality dial-type mechanical kitchen timer anymore? I've had uniformly bad luck with digital timers and the mechanical ones I find online are all made in China and have poor reviews. Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] OT mechanical kitchen timer

2013-10-29 Thread Rick Knoble
From: str...@cs.indiana.edu Is it possible to buy a quality dial-type mechanical kitchen timer anymore? I've had uniformly bad luck with digital timers and the mechanical ones I find online are all made in China and have poor reviews. Here, maybe.