The tube

[Jon Hall]

Randy,

Your analysis is quite good, but does not go far enough.  The problem is that
by giving the tube away, you have to assume that it still is going to be used,
and that the oil is going to be pumped.  On the other hand if he just throws
it away, it will end up in a land-fill, polluting the environment.  Perhaps
he should cart it to one of the companies doing the "green" program, in which
case he has to think about the gas used in his car and the potential for
hurting his back.

I think the best thing he can do is keep the 19 inch monitor turned off in
his basement and give a new LCD display to the person that he was going to
give the monitor, preferably by just ordering it off the web and having it
delivered directly to them.

md

P.S. and all of this was said in jest, of course.