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Katie... you serious? I could chop it, put it in ziplock baggies, and fill a priority mail flat rate box with it. It would probably still be good when it got to you. Same goes for you, actually, rivka. I've got plenty.
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If it would be cheaper to fill a big box than two little ones, I'll split the cost of one bigger box with Katie.
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In fact, I was just saying to Jeff that I want it for my birthday instead of cake, but I haven't seen it anywhere here. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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Let's see how much Katie thinks she wants, and then I'll check out shipping options. I would probably pick and chop it Sunday after AJ leaves and mail it Monday morning, that way it would go straight there and not have the chance of sitting in a post office Sunday and wasting a day of freshness.
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May21. But in my family, we've always been flexible on dates; I'm fine with next week. The only potential problem is that we'll be at DallasCon from Fri. the 27th through that Mon.
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Okay, it just occurred to me that I might be able to get fresh rubarb at the farmer's market downtown. I would love some of ElJay's, but that could be much easier. I can check this Saturday.
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Hmmmm. If I can get to the post office today and pick up a box, send it tomorrow morning before my allergy shot, it will get there either Saturday or Monday. Otherwise, if I send it on Monday, you would get it Wednesday or Thursday, which is pushing it awful close to DallasCon time. Or we could just wait until after DallasCon, of course, there will still be rhubarb for weeks.
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Ah... Farmer's Market rhubarb is probably more cost-effective. Why don't you check that out, and if no then I'll send.
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Thank you! Rivka will be at DallasCon, too, until Sun., so if you don't get it out this week, it might be better to wait until after.
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Assuming she really wants to pay priority mail shipping for rhubarb from Minnesota. She might not be that silly. Unlike some people I could mention. Or she might have found it at the store. Posts: 7954 | Registered: Mar 2004
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"Flat rate boxes are $7.70 and are available in two convenient sizes, 11" x 8.5" x 5.5" and 13.625" x 11.875" x 3.375"; maximum weight is 70 lbs."
That's for Priority mail, 2 - 3 day delivery.
"Box dimensions are 12.5" x 15.5" x 3"; maximum weight is 70 lbs.
The fastest way to send packages that need to be there in a hurry, at rates starting at $13.65.
Next-day delivery is guaranteed by noon or 3 p.m. to many U.S. destinations, or your money back."
That's for Express mail, and I know from experience that when it says "many destinations" they check by zip code, and if your destination isn't one of them than it's 2 - 3 days, same as priority.
The volume of those boxes is, respectively, 514.25, 546.06, and 581.25 cubic inches. I think I could fill any of them with chopped rhubarb and put it in the mail pretty much any time you'd like. I don't know how much it would be pound-wise, but the priority option at least would probably be cheaper than buying it, and since you say it's different the point is kinda moot anyway.
*laugh* This is silly, but amusing.
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I'm a bit concerned how it's going to do chopped and sealed in plastic by not refrigerated. I'd rather send it in stalks cut to the length of the box, but then I won't be able to fit as much in.
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That might work. That way if the ends start to go bad, you can just cut them off and still have quite a bit of rhubarby goodness. I won't be able to fit as much as if I chop it, still, but I should be able to get quite a bit in. (As you can see from the pictures, the stalks are no where near straight, so they won't just neatly stack next to each other with no air room in between.)
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Hmmm. After would probably work, because Emma sleeps in, gets up for two hours, and then needs a nap around noon. She gets up between 1 and 1:30.
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2:30 would probably work. Call me when you're done; if Emma's having an okay day, we'll do it.
I think by the end of this week we'll be able to put her front-facing in the car, so that will be much easier.
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*laugh* I am not as insane as Katie, apparently. I have long suspected . . .
Checking farmers' markets is a very good notion. There's one I could possibly check out tomorrow afternoon. *muses*
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So does anybody want some rhubarb? Between our patch and the next door neighbour's, we have every year about ten times what we can handle. I wish I could uproot the stupid thing, it drives me nuts, messing up the tigerlily patch.
Edit: I'm not a huge rhubarb fan, can you tell?
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<Susan Sarandon in Bull Durham> Ohhh myyyy...</Susan Sarandon>
Well, I certainly can't post that on the rhubarb fetishists' website! Some of them have heart conditions!
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EL, have you thought about posting notices in your neighborhood? "Free rhubarb to a good home" or something to that effect. I'm willing to bet you'd get it taken off your hands PDQ.
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So, ElJay - if I sent you a cashier's check for priority mail, could I get a box for June 22? Nathan LOVES rhubarb - and it would be a cool end-of-school-year/good job sorta surprise.
Rhubarb here goes for a minimum of $2.99 a pound right now, and the poor little tyke keeps trying to grow his own rather unsucessfully.
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JNSB, sure... I go through all the trouble of taking the picture for you, and I don't even get to be on the rhubarb fetishist's site? Hmpf.
kq, I'm sorry, I don't have paypal. Also, I need your address... you still have my email addy from the send Annie to Hobbes thing?
Shan, I think that could be arranged... That shouldn't be too far into the season, my only concern is that rhubarb is best in the spring. Ooooh, and I'll be traveling the weekend of June 18, how about I send it just before I leave? You may have to remind me that week...
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Hmmm, no paypal? Okay... Guess that means a trip to the bank, then.
I don't have your e-mail, either. How about you e-mail me, and I'll bounce back a response with my addy. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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So I just bypassed all the work YOU guys are talking about and bought a mini rhubarb pie homemade by the Amish. $3.00 and a pie later my need for rhubarb will probably be satisfied. Oh, and I picked up some homemade rhubarb jam while I was there too.
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Theca, that's certainly the smart way to do it.
emails sent.... Shan, I emailed you through the board, I've never done that before. Let me know if it doesn't make it to you.
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