I agree, Sheila, re the one simple name. I started out on GW using my real name but simplified it when we had to reregister. "Josh" brings up all sorts of postings unrelated to GW or me. On the other hand, if I add Z8a I get GW posts by me...but since it's just garden-related mostly I dont mind. I like the fact that lots of sites allow you to place your order online and then call the charge card info in to an 800 number. If not I often call my entire order in after browsing online. I'm just not comfy with putting my charge info online. I think Spike once commented that far less than 1% of the visitors to GW ever posted, the rest just read (or "lurk" but I don't particularly like that word...I lurk on many forums here and elsewhere). I often receive emails about postings I've made here years ago...found by someone putting Cycads into Google or some other off-beat plant I've mentioned. Often from someone who has never visited GW before, so it does have its value in that way. And of course I've found other sites thhru doing the same on Google. For me the benefits outweigh the drawbacks...just have to be aware what info you are sharing. josh

Quote:You might try the search feature near the bottom of the page above the message box. The search function rarely works for me. Indeed, I asked here a few weeks back if there were any rhyme or reason to the sequence in which a search was displayed and my query was apparently removed. I have a bookmark in Firefox that is just GW links and if I am really interested I just put them there but this still has the most of the sequencing problems. A Google search using the domain name is quite good at finding most of the information as this does allow for many boolien combinations and it does suggest where you have made a spelling error but you need to remember the numerous keywords used here and there is still the sequencing problems i.e. it is not obvious why something is first or second or last in the list. If you have a fast connection Google Notebook may be a good option.

Well if you start a thread you can track it. GW will send you an e-mail if you check the box for it. Sometimes I search for my screen-name to help me remember what I have and have not checked. Other than that I don't know how to track it.

Well, this isn't working out as I would like. Here is one piece of the unit as it was built (but without the shelf in the center section. And here is one where I added the track for adjustable shelves, and one shelf. I found my dinner plates but haven't found the other plates yet. The distance betwee the top shelf and the top of that section is 11 inches. My plates are 10.5" and there seems to be enough room to get them in & out. The problem is that there is only 17 inches left on the bottom which is not enough for another shelf. With the shelf in the middle, there is plenty of room to stand plates above and below, but a lot of wasted space and not a lot of room for stacked plates. I routered in a couple of grooves for plates on the shelf, but no way to do that on the fixed bottom shelf. I'd have to put them on stands, or nail a piece of trim onto the shelf. Or maybe someone here has another idea? I put my largest platter in the top section with my oval bowls and gravy bowl, but the bowls can go anywhere. Right now these two pieces of the unit are in my breakfast room, but I'll put them in the dining room later, and put glass doors on the middle and top sections. IF, it works for a china cabinet. Right now, I'm not crazy about the distance between shelves. And here it is with another shelf. It's not a tall space between the two shelves, 4.5", just enough to put the remaining stack of plates. What do you think? Is there a way to make this work, or should I try to repurpose them in another way? This post was edited by marti8a on Fri, Jul 12, 13 at 1:49