Need a new grinder

I have a 13 year old Zassenhaus hand grinder, beautifully constructed and durable. A friend of mine bought it for me as a birthday gift back in late '91. It's had about 500 pounds of coffee put through it.

Although I'm boycotting France and Germany, and wouldn't buy it today, I did get one for his birthday at the same time, and wouldn't blame anyone for buying it today. It's a great product. What I would do is a "Google" search for "wooden hand grinders" and see what comes up.

That's actually more advanced than mine, way more advanced. The "box" on the bottom is the same, but mine doesn't have the bowl shaped piece of metal and the very large handle is different than my small one. It looks even better and more heavy duty than mine and costs about the same 13 years later.

Ay yi, yi, are ya listenin' ta this guy??? This is the age of the internet, and his name is Switchblade, so for his whole life he's been familiar with things automatic.

Here we are living in the age of the internet. I just showed him how to buy a coffee grinder on the internet, but he's talking about driving 70 miles to pick up coffee beans he doesn't really want to buy anyway.

HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYY, SWITCH, WAY UP THERE IN WAY THE HECK UPSTATE NEW YORK!!!!

SWITCH ON THE COMPUTER!!!

Now, assuming you have a computer :mrgreen: , go to this great web site called http://www.amback.com. Yup, that's it, stay on the home page. See that? You can buy coffee RIGHT HERE at Your American Back Yard!!! mg: You can also read my reviews of a couple of the coffees that are offered here.

And if that isn't enough, keep that computer on, and go to http://www.gmcr.com, which is Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, one of the best coffee retailers in the world. And if that isn't enough, do a Google search.

Guess what? You don't have to go outside anymore!!! mg:

Yup, that's right, I just bought a pair of Reeboks on line, an answering machine, the HP Laserjet 3380, been buying booze and cigars on line for years, you NAME IT!!!

If you're like me and you want to avoid most of the human race most of the time, it's the greatest!!! So, stop kvetching about no coffee around for 70 miles. There's coffee everywhere!!!

This is the age of the internet!!! :duh: :duh: :duh:

This guy must be blond like me.

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Ordering a pound of your favorite coffee on line costs the same as buying it in a store, especially if you're talking about using seven gallons of gas to go buy it. That's why on line business is booming, because a pound of Jamaican Blue Mountain, Colombian Supremo, Kenya AA, whatever it is, shipping costs included, by the time it gets to your door, it's the same cost. And I'm talking about ALL products, not just coffee. Mail order business wouldn't be what it is if people weren't getting a good deal. People have calculators nowadays.

Get out your calculator and do an imaginary order at Green Mountain, shipping and everything. Then go into three or four coffee shops and try to get the quality of the beans they send you at the same price. You'll be glad you avoided the human race and did it from home.

Your wife knows you're going to be drinking coffee anyway, right? What does she care how you get it if it doesn't cost any more and it means staying home to buy it?

Besides, you've got three White Owls, two Chocolate Phillies Blunts and five Swisher Sweets headed your way!!! At least you can tell her, look honey, with all these free cigars Bloof sent me, we won't feel the cost of our coffee for a whole month!!!