THE NEW SSE 2006 YEARBOOK IS HERE. I'M SOMEBODY - Page 3

Andrey_BY · February 9, 2006

Carolyn, many thanks for your offer, but I'm very confused because of your generosity. I think you better spend this sum for your health, that's definately more important. And will be able to find somebody next year who would like to obtain my seeds and pay to SSE for me.
Actually many of folks who wanted to trade with me so far were not able to realize that there is no legal way for me to get money for my seeds. So these trades (seeds-for-books) was the only way. And of course I have no access to foreign libraries or book-shop or amazon here. So we help each other and even twice

nascarmike · February 9, 2006

I REALIZE THIS MAY BE A HUGE UNDERTAKING BUT WOULD SSE HAVE THE YEARBOOK IN THEIR DATABASE. IF SO COULD THE ENTIRE CATALOG BE E-MAILED TO HIM. I KNOW IT WOULD BE LIKE E-MAILING THE NEW YORK CITY PHONE BOOK TO HIM BUT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.

MIKE IN CHICAGO

Rena · February 9, 2006

No cooking tonight my YEARBOOK has arrived OH YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

nascarmike · February 9, 2006

IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY OR WHAT!

**carolyn137** · February 9, 2006

Andrey, all of my health costs to date have been paid for by the medical insurance I have. And I have no reason to think that that won't be true in the future, regarless of any more surgery, a home physical therapist in the winter months and all else.

Not to worry, for if I have money to buy the dark bitterweet chocolate I so love, which I do, and buy the insane number of books that I do, which I do, then I have money for an Andrey SSE membership.

Mike, it would be far easier for the Yearbook to be sent directly to Andrey once he's a member than trying to extract any Yearbook info and e-mailing him, even though I know it's stored in a data base.

If Andrey is lucky and PV gets the money in sooner than later he still might be able to get the 2006 Yearbook. They send them out until they have no more.

Carolyn

Andrey_BY · February 10, 2006

Carolyn, thanks again. I'm still can't remember you have this medical insurance system which is completely different with what we had since Soviet Union times and it remins rather the same.
There is still free medical services by State Hospitals. But if we really want to get serious medical treatment or surgery it's better to pay to these poor doctors who earn usually about 300$ a month or use commercial hospitals' services.
I know your doctors are among very well-paid professionals.

travis · February 10, 2006

What a sad state of affairs.

It makes me ashamed to think that the poor, dedicated doctors in countries like Belarus are working for $300 a month when the surgeons who performed my 4-hour heart operation grossed twice that much per minute.

What's sadder is the generally sad state of medical affairs worldwide. And that in this country we spend more on wars than on medicine.

It's all very sad.

Andrey_BY · February 10, 2006

Bill, it is actually our average salary in Belarus and Russia (about 250-300USD a month) and even less in Ukraine and other post-Soviet Republics (except Baltic States which now in EU, but among the poorest countries there).
And our teachers and even professors at Universaties earn the same or even less than this sum! But that is our fate to make discoveries worth of the Nobel Prize and earn several hundreds of bucks per a months...
We survive in any living conditions and still have a very good connections between Slavic countries... All use Russian as the main language, have dachas, grow vegetables to eat something in autumn, winter and early spring and exchange seeds a lot :wink:

travis · February 10, 2006

I'm sorry for taking the thread astray, Imisscola.

Life ain't perfect and I guess we all accept our fate or else are tipping at windmills. I admire folks who can make the best of the hand they're dealt like Andrey does.

I didn't mean to mire the group down in a discussion of national health care or military industrial politics.

Carry on.

PV

vermiit · February 12, 2006

My first post here! And I'll bring the thread back to SSE... 8) I'm an unlisted member. This is the second yearbook (WOW!! It's Huge!) Last year, I had all intentions to list. I found one that only had one person offering them, and a small note about it being endangered. I dutifully got the seed, planted it, and made little mesh bags...and ended up not liking it at all. Mushy, mediocre taste, I let most of the fruit rot...the ones I loved last year were my giant Black Trifele, Purple Cherokee (that was red with no hint of purple, and was a very compact plant. Mismarked at the nursery?) and my never-fail-me hybrids, Sungold and Lemon Boy. Sigh.

I very much plan on listing. I want to find one that is so good, I will always save a spot for it in my garden. And one that isn't already offered by a dozen people, since that tom is already 'taken care of.'

I also grew 1/2 dozen 'Lampa Alladina' I got from Barb with the intention of listing it. But that was a strange one! Big healthy plant, lots of toms, one of the first to have fruit, and it was MEALY. It wasn't until the very end of the season that they ripened to edible, and then it wasn't bad. But after tasting the almost inedible first fruits, I didn't bother to bag any blossoms.

Foiled, again.

I love the black tomatoes. I'm visual, and so I also have bi-colors way up on my grow list. And I'm trying my first green this year. Brad's Berkeley Tie Dye. I'm sure excited about that one! I don't have a huge amount of space. I have one of those small California backyards. I did, however, replace the lawn in the back with raised tomato beds. :wink: This year I'm crowding in 35 tomato plants, along with the beans, peas, squash, peppers, eggplant and herbs (token only - I'm a tomato maniac)

Anyway, glad to be in Tomatoville!

Diana

cdntomato · February 12, 2006

Carolyn or Craig, perhaps you may know. Why so many Canucks on offer this year from SSE HF?

Jennifer, who may need to arrange financing for her Iowa and Maine orders

**carolyn137** · February 13, 2006

No real knowledge as to why so many Canadian varieties Jennifer, but what SSE itself is offering is usually related to what they're growing out for fresh stock for SSE itself, as they do on a rotational basis, as many do, and so I suppose that's as good an answer as any. It may well be that those Canadian varieties were all submitted together at roughly the same time and are just up for renewal , aka, fresh stock.

Since you only have this, your first Yearbook, it would be hard for you to make comparisons with what they've offered in prior years, and for all I know there were many other Canadian varieties as well. I just don't pay that much attention to the ones SSE is offering these days, to be honest. Nor do I tote up the total SSE offerings and look to see if Canadian varieties comprise a larger percentage than varieties with other origins.

Carolyn

cdntomato · February 13, 2006

Thanks for the response, Carolyn. I expected as much. Just my luck then

and lucky for others who collect True North stuff too. I'm not the only one who has noticed the selection this year as compared to previous yearbooks.

Jennifer, ordering 5--yup, 5--Canuck rutagabas

clay199 · February 13, 2006

Jennifer,
I would be happy to help finance your purchases.

Let me know

cdntomato · February 13, 2006

Clay, if you weren't already married, with kids and in school...

Check out the Have Trade section.

Jennifer, first in line for analysis once you've graduated

February 9, 2006	#31
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	Carolyn, many thanks for your offer, but I'm very confused because of your generosity. I think you better spend this sum for your health, that's definately more important. And will be able to find somebody next year who would like to obtain my seeds and pay to SSE for me. Actually many of folks who wanted to trade with me so far were not able to realize that there is no legal way for me to get money for my seeds. So these trades (seeds-for-books) was the only way. And of course I have no access to foreign libraries or book-shop or amazon here. So we help each other and even twice __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

February 9, 2006	#32
nascarmike Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: illinois Posts: 64	GETTING THE SSE BOOK FOR ANDRY I REALIZE THIS MAY BE A HUGE UNDERTAKING BUT WOULD SSE HAVE THE YEARBOOK IN THEIR DATABASE. IF SO COULD THE ENTIRE CATALOG BE E-MAILED TO HIM. I KNOW IT WOULD BE LIKE E-MAILING THE NEW YORK CITY PHONE BOOK TO HIM BUT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE. MIKE IN CHICAGO

February 10, 2006	#36
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	Carolyn, thanks again. I'm still can't remember you have this medical insurance system which is completely different with what we had since Soviet Union times and it remins rather the same. There is still free medical services by State Hospitals. But if we really want to get serious medical treatment or surgery it's better to pay to these poor doctors who earn usually about 300$ a month or use commercial hospitals' services. I know your doctors are among very well-paid professionals. __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

February 10, 2006	#38
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	Bill, it is actually our average salary in Belarus and Russia (about 250-300USD a month) and even less in Ukraine and other post-Soviet Republics (except Baltic States which now in EU, but among the poorest countries there). And our teachers and even professors at Universaties earn the same or even less than this sum! But that is our fate to make discoveries worth of the Nobel Prize and earn several hundreds of bucks per a months... We survive in any living conditions and still have a very good connections between Slavic countries... All use Russian as the main language, have dachas, grow vegetables to eat something in autumn, winter and early spring and exchange seeds a lot :wink: __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

February 9, 2006	#33
Rena Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Warm Springs, GA Posts: 1,421	No cooking tonight my YEARBOOK has arrived OH YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

February 9, 2006	#35
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Andrey, all of my health costs to date have been paid for by the medical insurance I have. And I have no reason to think that that won't be true in the future, regarless of any more surgery, a home physical therapist in the winter months and all else. Not to worry, for if I have money to buy the dark bitterweet chocolate I so love, which I do, and buy the insane number of books that I do, which I do, then I have money for an Andrey SSE membership. Mike, it would be far easier for the Yearbook to be sent directly to Andrey once he's a member than trying to extract any Yearbook info and e-mailing him, even though I know it's stored in a data base. If Andrey is lucky and PV gets the money in sooner than later he still might be able to get the 2006 Yearbook. They send them out until they have no more. Carolyn

February 10, 2006	#37
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	What a sad state of affairs. It makes me ashamed to think that the poor, dedicated doctors in countries like Belarus are working for $300 a month when the surgeons who performed my 4-hour heart operation grossed twice that much per minute. What's sadder is the generally sad state of medical affairs worldwide. And that in this country we spend more on wars than on medicine. It's all very sad.

February 12, 2006	#40
vermiit Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: z 14, California Posts: 137	My first post here! And I'll bring the thread back to SSE... 8) I'm an unlisted member. This is the second yearbook (WOW!! It's Huge!) Last year, I had all intentions to list. I found one that only had one person offering them, and a small note about it being endangered. I dutifully got the seed, planted it, and made little mesh bags...and ended up not liking it at all. Mushy, mediocre taste, I let most of the fruit rot...the ones I loved last year were my giant Black Trifele, Purple Cherokee (that was red with no hint of purple, and was a very compact plant. Mismarked at the nursery?) and my never-fail-me hybrids, Sungold and Lemon Boy. Sigh. I very much plan on listing. I want to find one that is so good, I will always save a spot for it in my garden. And one that isn't already offered by a dozen people, since that tom is already 'taken care of.' I also grew 1/2 dozen 'Lampa Alladina' I got from Barb with the intention of listing it. But that was a strange one! Big healthy plant, lots of toms, one of the first to have fruit, and it was MEALY. It wasn't until the very end of the season that they ripened to edible, and then it wasn't bad. But after tasting the almost inedible first fruits, I didn't bother to bag any blossoms. Foiled, again. I love the black tomatoes. I'm visual, and so I also have bi-colors way up on my grow list. And I'm trying my first green this year. Brad's Berkeley Tie Dye. I'm sure excited about that one! I don't have a huge amount of space. I have one of those small California backyards. I did, however, replace the lawn in the back with raised tomato beds. :wink: This year I'm crowding in 35 tomato plants, along with the beans, peas, squash, peppers, eggplant and herbs (token only - I'm a tomato maniac) Anyway, glad to be in Tomatoville! Diana

February 12, 2006	#41
cdntomato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kingston, Ontario Posts: 554	Carolyn or Craig, perhaps you may know. Why so many Canucks on offer this year from SSE HF? Jennifer, who may need to arrange financing for her Iowa and Maine orders

February 13, 2006	#42
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	No real knowledge as to why so many Canadian varieties Jennifer, but what SSE itself is offering is usually related to what they're growing out for fresh stock for SSE itself, as they do on a rotational basis, as many do, and so I suppose that's as good an answer as any. It may well be that those Canadian varieties were all submitted together at roughly the same time and are just up for renewal , aka, fresh stock. Since you only have this, your first Yearbook, it would be hard for you to make comparisons with what they've offered in prior years, and for all I know there were many other Canadian varieties as well. I just don't pay that much attention to the ones SSE is offering these days, to be honest. Nor do I tote up the total SSE offerings and look to see if Canadian varieties comprise a larger percentage than varieties with other origins. Carolyn

February 13, 2006	#44
clay199 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Beyond Hope, British Columbia Posts: 201	Jennifer, I would be happy to help finance your purchases. Let me know