Yuck....classes starting!!! I'm still trying to get our TA budget so we can see if 3 of our classes (developmental math) can be covered by TAs or are we going to have to assign them to tenured faculty! To make it more fun - they have sent the call out for the Spring 2007 schedule to be submitted by Sept.8....yeah, sure. We have a new President, VPAA/Provost, and my department head. This place is playing "fruit basket turn over", and all the new upper admin are bringing in their own ideas (which isn't always bad) but they are implementing them immediately and requesting reports and other things with really minimal lead times (5:30 p.m. request due before 10:30 a.m. next day). With one faculty out for bone marrow transplant this semester and another one going to be out on maternity leave next semester, and the mess we are going through with SACS rule of "18 graduate hours of classes in the teaching field" for the TAs before they can teach any class (including developmental), we are pulling our hair out. Sometimes makes we wish I had already retired and gone back to being a nurse!! Oh well, it will all come out in the wash, even if the water gets a little dirty..(grin). Good luck everyone on your teaching adventures this fall. A special congrats to Endorphinjunkie on obtaining full Professor status and Kathy for completing her doctorate. Mary

Thank you, my freinds for nice input about my mother. I am so happy to see you again on this post too.. I am planning to get myself a very busy to work with my raised beds which I have not grow much in several years. O.K. I did some surfing about ROS with Yahoo.. They are very easily grow and spreading when the seeds came off in the fall and sprouts in the spring. It said.. can dig it out babies and planting it in new hole and grow it. Hmmm.. I quess.. I will play planting ROS seeds and sitting underlight. I am doing it for my freind. HA.. Kaye, Can you tell me about the voulnteer this spring? Thank you again, Kat

Trospero, a pic would be great. They few that I see on HMF do look like Incognito. Rosenpots, I'm glad that I found this nursery, wish I discovered them sooner. I fear though, that by going there to pick up my 2 I have on hold, I'll end up coming home with 6 or 7 extra plants that I hardly have the space or money for. lol. I search as best I could for Chipmunk, but it doesn't look like anyone has it anymore. If you find a source, please let me know. Thanks

I Think the newer Incognito's use a different drying method than the one you are looking at and work well with a hot water connection. I think the one you are looking at will get better drying results if you connect it to tap cold water instead of hot. This model has the manual water softener control so you will need to set it to match the water hardness. The newer ones set themselves. You can go to the miele site and download the user manual for the machine since it is on the site. Read it over. Look at the manuals for the newer models. They are G numbers also but also have names such as excella, optima, Laperla, inspira....download them read them, then compare. If the machine has never been used and is in good condition it is probably OK, but I would certainly read the manauls of the newer models to find out the differences. If the DW can still have a warranty, ask the dealer who is giving the extended warranty...Him or Miele. It should be Miele and you would deal only with them about it, not the dealer.