Where is it?????

The Internet is a place where folks who ordinarily could never speak can socialize to their hearts content. Seme to me there are several good things about that ability and at least two not so good things. One not so good thing is the anonymity---you have absolutely no good way to verify who is actually typing what you read. And, along with that facelessness people find it much easier to sweep normal face to face social rules aside---after all, how does one get back at a person in a computer? The second not so good thing is related to the anonymity---how do we actually decifer exactly what a person means when they use only words? Human conversation relies heavily on manerisms---- facial expressions, hand gestures, and vocal inflection. When print is all there is, all those modifiers are absent and words/phrases can easily be read/defined differently by everyone who reads them. One other item---internet legends(old wives tales) have created an entire new false/true data base---causing several folks to start debunking websites in an attempt to correct the spread of these stories. Believe it or not, I am the Senior Moderator for an internet woodworkers website---with some 28,000+ members. It is my duty to make sure anyone who breaks the four simply rules we have found it necessary to initiate gets the appropriate correction. So far, we have permanently banned(denied access) over 200 former members because they could not be nice and cease attacking(verbally) other members. That has boggled the mind of the forum administrator---whose initial rules were---Be Nice, Stay on topic, and Have Fun. I agree whole heartedly forums need minimum rules of operation/decency. What is the actual result is that a certain number of people just do not interpret what is printed in the same manner and have different reactions. I also feel incorrect information should be corrected. In woodworking, incorrect information can result in a severe mistake. When incorrect information is given about pets, pets can suffer. Then there is the area of belief. I have certain beliefs about dogs, mostly from 50+ years of owning/working with them. These beliefs are now facts for me, proven by repetition and modification---since no two dogs are exactly alike. But there are people who vilify me for these beliefs, even when they have no idea of who I am or what experience I have----simply because they have their own beliefs---and those beliefs do not agree with mine. It is not easy to exchange ideas when people do not listen and consider information. The definition of conversation is the exchange of ideas---if one soide does not at least consider the other persons information, there is only a lecture and no education.

Just realized I put the wrong name of the beans...duh! They're Bush Contender Beans. This is where I buy most of my seeds http://www.seedsnow.com/products/bean-contender

Beautiful! I inherited a million hostas when we bought our house last year - some are springing up in totally unexpected places! I have no idea what variety(ies) they are - I'll be asking for IDs as soon as they leaf out. Should I be counting the pips? I dug up and divided one the other day that must have had over 100!