Erwin,
Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning or what?
No question is stupid.  Please keep your negative attitude to yourself and
if you don't want to spend time reading questions and answers about things
like pencils use your delete button.
Jan M

At 07:45 PM 6/8/99 -0700, 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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>> Subject: Re: cassettes
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