Mrlike2u brings up a good point...about not being able to delete your pix once you've uploaded this way. I like the option of deleting my pix (down the road), so using Photobucket (thumbnails) for uploads works better for me. The reason I posted a small pic for a test was that it wouldn't be too large. Seems GW is making it a standard size. This feature will make it easier for many to upload pix in a simple fashion (directly from their computer).

I read the whole thing, it was amazing, I could not stop, and then later discovered there were more articles. That one and the other two prints, plus all the other good news from the AHS all for only $30 / year. I read several articles twice, should continue that. As a new member I got a $15 coupon to buy hostas at participating vendors like Naylor. Is there an option to read past Journals, I did not come across that yet. I remember someone wrote that we can not read on-line old printed versions (but can buy them), but there was another or more on-line versions I believe. (the AHS forum seems to be inactive?) I noticed that the left column on the Member page is no longer clickable? Bernd

Mike, I think you use . . . Netscape? Probably very similar to Firefox that I use. Go to tools at the top of the page>>options>>general>>fonts & colors. Choose minimum font size, colors, font type(some are easier to read-I like Tahoma). Don't forget to check the "always use my fonts/colors" box if there is one like in Firefox. Click Apply's or OK's back to your browser page. If you use Internet Explorer, change to Firefox. A little well placed humor there(IMO), as I really believe FF is a much better, faster and definitely safer browser. But if you use IE, go to tools>>internet options>>general>> colors, fonts. Don't know about font size in IE. However, with any browser(I think) you can press control and plus or minus to directly increase or decrease sizes while not leaving your viewing screen. Rick

I was a military brat. One aspect of that, which everyone understands, is the moving about. Leaving friends, making new ones, lather, rinse repeat. The other aspect that isn’t acknowledged as much is that military kids don’t grow up around extended family. No aunts, uncles, or cousins. Grandparents you see at Christmas and maybe once during the summer. And to top it all off, I was an only child for my first 12.5 years, when my brother came along and began his own odyssey into de facto only childom. All that to say that I have always been comfortable with my own company. I’ve never seen anything wrong with it. I find Facebook has been helpful in at least allowing me to keep up acquaintance with folks from different patches of my life. Some from high school, a handful from college (true to form, I did 2 years at a jr. college and 2 at a University, never really being in either place long enough to establish real friendships), a few from my longest-tenured workplace as an adult. My closest friends are two women who lived in the neighborhood where I bought my first home when I was in my 20s. My time with that group of friends was wonderful. We all had so much in common and were working to revitalize an amazing little neighborhood. When I moved out west 4+ years ago I made it a point to actually WORK at maintaining my friendship with these two, and by association another woman who became part of our little group. We have a secret Facebook page where we can say whatever we want without fear of causing permanent family strife over politics. We’re unapologetic smart asses. And we typically try to get together at least once, if not twice a year. It usually involves me getting on a plane, but it’s worth it, even if we only sit on a screened porch, eat BLTs and comment on The State Of Things. These are the women I imagine growing old with, and they with me. One of our hobbies is scouting locations for a compound where we can all reside in our dotage. We’re not the kind of friends who talk on the phone daily, weekly or even monthly. But we’re good friends. i haven’t been good about making new friends since I got married 16 years ago. My husband doesn’t really have friends and relies on me for company and entertainment. I do have a couple of girlfriends here who I’ll occasionally have lunch with, but I’d like to do better by them, as well.