Dibs on your record collection when you croak.

bmarkey, my man, some of it would repulse you (or give you an education, I dunno). Actually, my co-worker Bibbi did some research on sterilizing harmonicas since the whole incident has become part of storelore already.

The repulsive stuff goes on eBay.

Honestly, the only reason I emtioned any of that was that I used to deliver oxygen to respiratory patients and you wouldn't believe the sterilzation/prophylactic measures we had to take. It still makes me jumpy now.

hey, remember about 5 years ago you mailed me beer and potato chips (forever sealing you in my pantheon of great Americans and prompting a co-worker to say 'I gotta get one o' those 'blog' things.'). If I distrusted strange packages where would that have left me? ;>

True, but then again those were factory sealed chips. (By the way, I've always wondered what kind of condition those chips were in by the time they reached you.)

They were OK, and really tasty.

Tim's chips rock. We just refer to the Cracked Black Pepper chips as crack.

Here on the East Coast we have Utz (best combined with Schlitz beer for an otomotopoeic snack as my old friend Vidiot said) which have Old bay seasoned 'Crab Chips,' which rock the world.

I agree with Run JMC here - the East Coast has the better names for chips:

You have Utz (JonMC's chip o' choice), Fox Family Chips (which get my vote for best label ever - it's basically a four year old's rendering of what a family of foxes looks like), and Uncle Ray's.

Tim's are good, but greasy as hell. Utz beats 'em.

Fox Family are generic, but get points for extra-cute crayon drawing of said fox family on the label. Plus they come in ultra-shiny foil packaging that is bright enough to be seen from space.

Uncle Ray's is a good standby, but not amazing.

Fox Family Chips

State Line, too. Don't listen to this negative review; they're awesome. Especially the BBQ.

Actually, LT, Tim's has a line of low-salt, low-fat chips that still taste really good and aren't greasy. We prefer them to the regular chips. (Low-salt and low-fat being relative terms, of course. They're not diet chips.)

State Line, too. Don't listen to this negative review; they're awesome.

Oh yes -- State Line chips! (I grew up in CT).

Here on the East Coast we have Utz...

Featured prominently in the old Yankee Stadium. "Snack on!"

I demand you learn how to play that thing, and then entertain us with videos of harmonica-goodness.

Great. Now I'm craving potato chips.