Morning, I'm the culprit who gave it to Brommad, if anyone can name it I would also appreciate it as I have more of the same Brom waiting to be named. Stunning considering when it was given to me they were in full all day sun but the colour wasn't as near prominent, mine are still currently green and just starting to show some colour.

Yea. I decided to put them all in pots and I moved them to the front of my house which faces south. Lots more sun. I'm still worried about them getting sunburned. Succulents at the local nursery here are all out in the sun and are doing just fine. When I put mine in the sun they start to get spots on them. I assume that they aren't used to it yet. So I guess we will just see.

Our mortgage, including all taxes and insurance, runs us about $900 a month, and we only put down about $3000 on our house. We could have purchased a nicer (albeit smaller) house just down the street for almost half the price. Two people earning low- to moderate salaries should have no problem owning a house, as long as they realize that they won't be dining out seven nights a week, won't be walking around in Prada shoes, and may not have a 90210 zip code. Anyone who's responsible enough to appropriately manage their finances can be a homeowner. With that being said, one needs to realize when living in an apartment that some noise will be involved. Heck, my first apartment had walls like rice paper; I could hear quiet conversations word-for-word on either side. IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY. I genuinely DO feel for the OP in that she is apparently a light sleeper, but if this situation is so stressful for her that she erupts in fits of bigoted name-calling whenever someone tells her something she doesn't want to hear, then she owes it to her own sanity to just figure out a way to move. No apartment is worth a stress-induced heart attack, you know?

I use line-bifocals. These were recommended to me over progressive lenses by several optomists. The line-bifocals provide a larger area of corrorrection for close work and distortions are minimized. For computer gazing, it is a pain in the ah... neck to hold one's head back to bring the reading part into play. I purchased an ordinary set of reading glasses, diopter 2.0 for me, to use at the computer desk. These have been a neck saver! I have some astigmatism, different in each eye, therefore plain reading glasses are not the cure all for small print and clsoe work, but for sitting back with my eyes 18 to 24 inches from the screen, the readers are just fine for 95% of my computer screen viewing. When I need to, I temporarily switch back to the prescription pair. Over the past 20 years, I have bought glasses from 3 different commercial suppliers. I soon stopped buying from Pearle Vision because as they changed their business model, the service got worse and slower. The last straw was when I watched counter person wreck my frames by forcing the lens in place without loosening the screws. When I objected, she said, "I do this all the time. Its ok." The next day, I found that the screws had stripped from excessive load. I began using Stein Optical becasue they offered 1 hr or a bit more service at certain stores. Over the years, the turn around time became a week or more, yet they were still advertising 1 hr service. I suppose they can do quick service for the most simple of lenses, but must make custon lenes for astigmatism and/or bifocals. Their counter personnel has declined over the years, that is, at the store I went to. For the last two prescriptions, I used Wal Mart of all places! Their service was equal to any of the local stores except for the high end fancy houses. The cost was lower and they were more willing to work with the customer. For example, my present frames were in fairly good shape so they ofered to cut lenses to fit my existing frames rather than to push a new set of frames on me. My frames were scanned, the lens made, and the lens fit was good. They also had Stetson frames in stock, my favorite. I've been wearing Stetsons for the past 6 years. Other stores in town change their frames periodically and then tells the customer he has to buy new frames, too. My Mechanic had a special pair made for him. His glasses have the bifocal part in the upper part of the lense! Why? It is for using while peering under a car while it is up on the rack. In that situation, conventional bifocals are impossible. These are called, mechanic's glasses, and are used by mechanics, wall paper hangers, and interior painters. Although, when I spoke with a professional painter, he said that he buys regular reading glasses for $20 or less, and when these get scratched or paint splattered, he tosses them and breaks out another pair. He buys plastic lenses for safety reasons.