Dear Erwin,

We have known each other for years and I would like to remind you of the
Basic Workshop we did with Vivian, Elaine and Coral, many years ago and
you recently wanted to repeat.  Do you recall the guy that was amazed to
learn he should change his parafin on the ole Technicon instead of topping
it as he had done for 10 years?  It was suprising, but no one put him
down.

"Back to the Basics" was a well attended workshop and attests to the fact
that everyone is not on the same level of knowledge.  The profession is
made up of people continuing to enter the field and perhaps at a knowledge
level different than some on the Histonet.  The Histonet is not made up of
Management people as you suggest, it is made up of many stages of
experience.

I hope you will continue to be involved in the profession as you have
knowledge to impart, but I do not want to see you put down others for
asking questions, simple as they may be to you and perhaps others.
Give us your knowledge not admonishments.

This is a group that needs NO put downs.  Techs or Vendors.

I fully support your comments on Vendor participation as I have alot of
history as well to what they have provided for the profession.  I will
never forget that. When one vendor suppresses info important to the
profession by sending private mail which stymies participation from a
vendor, I cannot condone that.

Now, go to the golf course and take your aggravations out on the golf ball
and see it you can knock it from California to my Seattle back yard and
drop it into my hot tub. (starting a collection for retirement) *grin*

Cool down Buddie :)

Don

                                              
                                             
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On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Erwin Haas wrote:

> I do not understand what is going on. Every week some stupid question: pencils.
> water bath ,blades etc. Most of you are lab Mgr. can you make a educated decision
> on your own or you always have somebody make it for you? Get the #2,3, or any
> pencil which works for you  clean the blades with any solvent  which removes the
> oil, get any water bath which will do the job. Please make a decision and  get on
> with it.
> Erwin
> 
> Klemme, Nancy wrote:
> 
> > Thank you to users who shared the use of pencils for labeling their cassettes.
> >
> > Sakura is also able to support the use of pencils to hand label Tissue-Tek
> > Cassettes.  Only Tissue-Tek Pencils have been tested by Sakura for labeling the
> > Tissue-Tek Cassettes.
> >
> > Best regards,   Nancy
> >
> > Nancy Klemme, HT(ASCP)
> > Customer/Product Support Mgr.
> > Sakura Finetek USA, Inc.
> > 1750  West 214th Street
> > Torrance, CA  90501
> >
> > Web Page = www.sakuraus.com
> > e-mail = nancy.klemme@sakuraus.com
> > Phone = 800/725-8723
> >
> > ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> > Subject:    Re: cassettes
> > Author: "Histo-Scientific Research Laboratory" <histosci@shentel.net>
> > Date:       6/8/99 12:41 PM
> >
> > From: Histo-Scientific Research Laboratory
> > Date: Tue, Jun 8, 1999 12:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: cassettes
> > To: histoNet; WeissHouse
> > Histonetters,
> >
> > Please listen when I tell you that a #2 lead pencil works best for
> > processing cassettes!  I know it goes against everything you have learned
> > over the years, you know how in the medical field you have to buy the
> > highest priced items.  In this case, it is not true.  I wouldn't spend 50
> > cents on a marking pen for cassettes.  A #2 lead pencil is the way to go.
> > Can anyone back me up on this?  Give the pencil a try-you'll be happy you
> > did!
> >
> > Tom Galati
> > Histo-Scientific Research Labs.
> > (540)856-2222
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: WeissHouse@aol.com <WeissHouse@aol.com>
> > To: Histonet <HistoNet@Pathology.swmed.edu>
> > Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 11:06 PM
> > Subject: cassettes
> >
> > >i have been hearing about cassette numbers washing off lately.  anyone else
> > >having this problem?  what pen is being used by the majority of histonet
> > >users? it seems that the cassettes from sakura are smoother than usual, any
> > >response ? looking into marking systems. any suggestions?  are any of you
> > >histonetters having this problem and what do you attribute to it ?
> > >
> >
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> > From: Histo-Scientific Research Laboratory <histosci@shentel.net>
> > Subject: Re: cassettes
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