I recieved this reply from rareseeds.com and they gave me the following messages: 1/1/08 "Michael, We only sell ground cherry seeds for $1.50 a packet or 1/4 oz for $7.50. Thanks for letting us know I will go to the site and see for myself. Pam" Then on 1/2/08 "Mike, I looked up the link and Jere also checked this out. After reading the responses to this guy from other forum members, Jere decided that he wouldn't worry to much about it. Also, the date is pretty old, almost a year. But, Jere said to tell you thank you very much for your concern about this. There are shysters everywhere it seems. Don't think this guy will get very far with knowledgeable forum members. By the way, we also have a forum. www.idigmygarden.com. Love to have you. Pam" I thought I would post this to prove it once and for all!! ~mike

Please pardon this quick deviation. I've read this forum, off and on, for about 5 years. "majickmann" seemed familiar, but figured that it is German for "magic man", which is a long-time favorite song by Heart. Then, I realized that for the very reason above, I remember a majickmann that used to post to this forum. Are you the same person? I took your advice, ravencajun, to read the AVG posts. And, I must say that was an abrasive post by majickmann. So, majickmann, you certainly could have been nicer. "Blindly" was definitely crossing the line. But, I don't see what is wrong with the rest of his posts, including the two posts above. They have been polite and informative. In your post above, I had understood the links are to installation instructions for Kubuntu and Ubuntu 8.04. And, that "the distro number versions are out dated now since there is a new version". It seems very clear to me that there is a newer version Ubuntu (8.10), so I would want to download it. And, I could use the tutorials even though they were for the out dated version. Majickmann's reply was polite and provided an explanation about the two version of Ubuntu. While I understood what he said, just like on the Ubuntu pages, this is where majickmann probably should have explained the meaning of long term support. Because I did not understand why anyone would want to install an out dated version. So, I turned to my husband, the IT guru. (He really is.) Basically, my husband said that many people want the long term support version because the environment is stable and is supported for 3 or 5 years. That would be me. I don't want to "upgrade" every 6 months. The other people, for varying reasons, want to be "on the bleeding edge" or want the improvements associated with the newer version. So, they may upgrade or install the newest version as soon as it's available. So, the 8.04 version is actually the newest Long Term Support version while 8.10 is, for lack of a better term, the newest bleeding edge version. I'm confused with your last reply, for example, "I no where stated that the older versions were no longer available." You certainly did not make that statement, but, neither did majickmann. I hope each of you take my comments to heart. They are not meant to belittle anyone. Again, I find myself apologizing for the long winded post. But, it is my last post. espicer, I'm sorry we got so far off topic. I thought it would be good to contribute to the forum that has given me so much over the years. But, I now know that I'm just not a poster. It is too easy for misunderstandings over the simplest words or ideals. And, while I have the opportunity, thanks to everyone for the help and guidance over the past 5 or 6 years, especially cboy, mikie, owbist, majickmann, and most recently, ravencajun. Happy Holidays, Mimi

Carmen. Many breeders are irresponsible. NO, you CANNOT make money breeding. Not if you are planning on taking care of the momma and the litter properly. It costs a lot of time, energy and money to breed puppies. Breeders barely break even or lose money. The breeders who breed for the money i.e puppy mills and some back yard breeders have poor quality puppies with possible HUGE vet bills. I know I own a puppy mill dog. Basically, my puppy was sold by the AMISH (Pa) to a breeder in my state for $200. My breeder sold her to me for $500 in 1995. Technically, my seller made $200-$300 on the puppy, but I got stuck with a very sick dog costing me THOUSANDS overnight! That wasn't fair to my dog or me. She is still living (almost 14) with a bad leg, which now is very arthritic. She has many other issues, but I'm taking great care of her, so she keeps on ticking... I was not about to return her. I knew that my seller would let her die. We are trying to tell you to love your dog all you want. If you love your dog you won't subject her puppies to a bad life. You don't know if the future owners will take good care of them, either. There is no way to assure that. When a dog gets sick, or we have a bad economy, people just let their dogs loose, or let them suffer being sick. DO NOT judge according to yourself. Not all take good care of their pets. Besides, many times you don't know if the future puppies won't get any lifetime illnesses, which the owners may not be able to afford, until it's too late and the momma has already been bred. My previous Shih Tzu was the most perfect,sweetest dog, and I had thoughts of breeding her, partly for myself, but I'm glad I didn't. 1- I wouldn't be able to part with her puppies. 2-she got a retinal detachment(lost vision in one eye) at the age of 11. I had no way of knowing this was going to happen until she was 11. Supposedly that is a hereditary thing. If she had 6 puppies and I'd give them away, the other people may have not taken care of those puppies like I took care of mine. She lived with partial vision until 18. I had to get her drops from Canada, because she was allergic to every eye drop in the US. How many people would have done that? See my point? I hope your dog lives a long time and is healthy. You may have gotten lucky. Enjoy her.

What’s worse is that they had disclosed that the home had needed piers for the foundation in the past on the disclosure form and included a letter from the president of the company that makes the piers, saying that the piers had a lifetime warranty that extended to new owners. What they did not say is what we learned from one of the guys digging the 8 ft hole where our living room floor used to be. He remembered being at the house before, when the first six piers went in. He told us that 12-13 piers were recommended by the company, but the homeowner had only agreed for the six that could be installed easily, outside of the house. So, the left side of the living room was supported, while the right side, the foyer, and the garage wall continued to sink. We had cracks in all the doorways that had to be repaired. Our front door and sidelights (one big unit) was removed for the summer of construction and a plywood wall was constructed to separate the construction zone from the occupied house. Each workday, the plywood covering where the front door belonged had to be reinstalled. It was crazy. We had a POD in the driveway, holding the contents of the rooms and garage that were under construction, for six months. It makes me wonder if the foundation company had a responsibility to say that the homeowner had not installed all of the recommended piers in the letter telling us that the warranty extended to us. That letter gave us reassurance that there were no foundation problems with the house.