09:22 – OMGWO inventory strikes again. I was attempting to build a batch of chemistry kits yesterday but I couldn’t find the wire gauzes that go in each kit. My inventory records claimed I had 302 of the things in stock, but that was last updated in September. I’m pretty sure I haven’t built that many chemistry kits since September, so I should have at least some of them still around somewhere. I’ll keep looking, but I cut a PO yesterday for 300 more, along with a bunch of other stuff. I do have a few of them, so I should be able to build enough kits to hold us until I find the others or the new order arrives. Meanwhile, I’ll go ahead and build the batch and label the ones that are missing the gauze.
I’m running low on pipe tobacco. Back in mid-November I’d placed my usual order for five pounds, which usually lasts me three months or so at roughly an ounce a day. The same stuff I ordered three months ago is now 50% more expensive, which seems a bit extreme. I told Barbara that if the price keeps going up I’ll start growing and curing my own.