BR, Really, I mow the lawns of the rich, that's a new one on me. At my pay scale I think you would be more accurate as describing me as a kind of artisan for people who can afford my rates. I have a bearing age fruit tree nursery, am an estate orchard consultant and sell and tend fruit trees exclusively for all of my income. Never plowed driveways either. There is nothing in what I wrote that should indicate that I resent my clients, I am very good friends with some of them and we socialize- many of them share most of my political perspectives (lots of wealthy liberals in the northeast) very few remotely share yours, but the two who do are actually good friends- one of them lets me use some property to expand my nursery. Both enjoy a good political argument. Their talking points pretty much parallel yours and both are self-made multi-millionares- but then most of my customers are. Because you seem to have derived so little from what I've offered, and absolutely misinterpret where I'm coming from in what seems a rather mean spirited way, I won't bother to rebut your most recent comments. I wasn't really expecting to sway you in any way anyhow. It was an opportunity to put out my "silver spoon tax" coinage. I'm hoping the Dems will pick up on it eventually- they aren't always very good at product messaging like the Repubs. Business people know how to sell stuff. You should learn not to be so angry with people who hold different opinions than you- life would probably be more enjoyable and your heart might work longer (I won't make any jokes about your heart).

RC, Not sure what you mean by copy and type what it shows for the question you're having problems with. I can't register, so, I can't reply to the thread. I feel like such a dunce. I'll keep watching the thread and perusing the loads of info they have there. On the anti-bot question: What's the code? The color that matches its name is Orange, right? Number of letters that's repeated in the recording is 5, right? Sorry if I shouldn't be mentioning this here, but I know it's simple. I guess I'm even more simple because I can't figure it out.

Corrine has already set up your own post for you over at LzD so you can just jump in there and start to work she has your first set of instructions up for you. Here is the link to your thread there Topic for Brownthumbia! Just use the login info that was sent to your email and you are good to go.

I wasn't planning on coming back here after hearing what a couple of posters had said about me & my business but I do need to clarify one thing... Al & I are very blessed, we have many things to be thankful for. My statement about "barely getting by" was a bit of an overstatement. We are neither impoverished nor wealthy. We run our business with a customer's best interests in mind & heart everyday we open the doors. We spend a lot of $ on the materials going into a cabinet, we spend more $ on our employees, believing that they shouldn't have to work multiple jobs to feed their families & that since we demand perfection for our customers they should be compensated for this demand. And we spend $ on improving our business so that our customers will continue to have high quality cabinets built exclusively for them at an incredible value. What I find stunning is that a couple of posters here were responsible for shouting down talk about this subject last year. Al was banned & so they were nearly banned as well. Again they shout down talk about this subject, why they do is beyond me. A couple of them fight like they own the business that's responsible for the Namibian stone imports. Is there a financial stake involved or is it personal? What also I find stunning is their hypocrisy. They take what the MIA tells consumers as scripture. Everything that the MIA can manage to put out including research that's not peer reviewed they believe & espouse. Yet when the MIA is called into question the questioners are attacked viciously as only interested in $. And I suppose the MIA is a charitable organization? I've got a stunning slab of Four Seasons that will go perfect with your stunning hypocrisy. I'd love to see it in Pauline's kitchen. I've noticed Dr. LLope hasn't come back. The duo has managed to run him off. It's a shame. In the end we'll see who is right on this subject. When the larger media & the government get involved & customers come forward with dangerous countertops we'll see then if the duo continue to shout & deny. Since last year when they managed to shut down talk about this, how many dangerous countertops were sold? How many are they responsible for?