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Reminds me of a support call with Ruth in Idaho years ago. It didn't result in $4M, but it wasn't small potatoes either.

Like Bob, she was new to computers. I spent 10 hours over 2 days walking her thru the basics of using a computer so she could use our insurance company software. She was very thankful.

So thankful she sent me a box containing ... two giant Idaho potatoes, nearly a foot long each.

I said it wasn't small potatoes.



I love this story and I don’t care if it’s true.


:-)

It is true. One potato was enough to supply all the mashed tubers for the extended-family Thanksgiving dinner. Bonus: we happened to grow a ginormous beet of comparable size, used at the same huge meal.




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