I am the original chain-letter end-of-the-road! My sister in law does forward lots of really good ones, but I'm pretty selective about which are worthy of going any further -- and then, I usually only send on to one daughter and my own sister. Usually the raucous ones like the toilet paper roll made out of cheese graters hinged together, or the 3 Dollar Bill with Michael Jackson's face on it...:)) My boss sent me one last week about the family with the newborn baby with leukemia, and AOL is supposedly tracking the number of times it is forwarded and making donations to the baby's family. Well, not only has this silly thing been floating around for over 3 years, but how the heck does AOL find out that somebody with a Yahoo address sent it to somebody with a MSN address??? I will confess though -- my latest post on the Conversations board was one from the brother in law who is a pastor. No replies because it's too stupid to have forwarded, or just because y'all didn't see it? Susan

Pam , i am sorry for having caused unnecessary concern. I did not mean any harm. I found out Gardenweb through google. So i registered. I am used to getting stares & snickers in Oshkosh, living in a different country has its short comings, but i never thought i would be the subject of a post at Gardebweb!!!!!!!! I had a good laugh, but at the same time, I APOLOGIZE for any trouble I live in Oshkosh, wisconsin. I am fairly new to roses. I have not ordered from any webstores, so i have nil experience with them. Oshkosh does not have any fancy nursery ,the garden shops i visit are walmart & shopko and a small steinGG. We have a rose in India & i was told by a neighbour that Autumn damask has a lovely fragrance & may match the fragrance i was referring too. I thought that if some one would be kind to spare cuttings, i could try them out. I sincerely apologize for any misunderstanding. Many Thanks Melva for the kind words, I really appreciate it. Melva indeed offered me to send some cuttings & i am very Obliged by her kindness. Again i am very sorry to Pam & any other of the gardenweb members if i caused any inconvinience. Best wishes, Malini.

If you get something in an e-mail, check it out before you panic. E-mails like that are (as Cynic said) almost always hoaxes. Snopes is a good source for information.

Buehl, please do! I was just trying to save something of use. I'd been checking the GW all night, turned my back for 15 minutes to watch the Health Care vote, and whammo! all the posts were gone. I kept refreshing, thinking, "This can't be!"