Bickering will not solve anything. I never thought that CC was so controversial. Maybe it shows that as Americans we have come to not trust anybody so everyone goes by their own opinion. Well in this case it won't work. We have to act now as later is too late. You've heard of the tipping point? It is the point when the weight on one end suddenly becomes heavier than the other and swoosh down the other end goes. All of a sudden. Not only that but to get the board or whatever to go back requires a much greater effort than the tiny change in weight that shifted it in the first place. Such it is with CC. To fix the imbalance in atmospheric CO2 will require the same much greater effort to reverse the affects of excess and furthermore it will take time. Meanwhile the adverse affects are accelerating. Adding to the time and, I hate to say it as I will be accused of being an alarmist, to the disasters. The other end of this dilemma is that we as individuals can only do so much to help. Minor changes. It is only the government that can edict the major changes. Such as putting mileage standards on new cars. Such as resurrecting our trasportation system. Such as putting our money instead of into weapons, for example, into things that will help with the environment. Above all we need a government that will lead instead of impede. I'm not trying to beat anybody on the hear, well maybe I am, but for once put aside your personal bias and trust somebody. I am not an expert in this field but if the accredited scientists in this field say that we are headed for disaster, I think we should believe them. If nothing more do as oldroser said, for the time being act as if was true and wait and see. Be pragmatic, at least.

OK, there's been so much discussion about canning salsa in quarts that I gave up and called my friend, the Extension Director. She tells me that they "used" to tell people to go ahead and can salsa in quarts, now they tell people not to. She doesn't know when they stopped suggesting canning in quarts, but that it was a definite change in the rules. She thinks it happened about the same time they stopped giving directions for canning rutabaga (a quality issue, not a safety issue, incidentally). So, according to the experts, DON'T CAN THE SALSA IN QUARTS. It's never been an issue for me, because I've never canned it in quarts, I can barely use up a pint before it spoils, but other people (maybe with big families?) apparently can use a quart of the stuff before it gets moldy. Anyway, in the interest of safety and consistency, I'm going to say right now that I no longer suggest anyone can salsa in quarts. It's a food that doesn't get reheated/boiled for the suggested time, and so it contains a bit more inherent risk. Annie

You're losing it girl ... it's down below about 8 posts. http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/hvac/msg111936485578.html?2

I will do a counter top reveal soon. The fabricators did an incredible job of scribing the counters to the walls and matching the veins on the mitered edge of the island. Sadly, my counters are covered with junk right now. We just had to move my parents to assisted living, and a bunch of their stuff ended up here for sorting since they down sized (and they did no packing or sorting before we arrived to move them from 3 hours away). Here pictures I took of the counters the day after install, before they got buried: I would really love feedback in my closets thread: http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0614465421334.html If I don't get the details nailed down soon, DH may divorce me.