Hi. It's the addict formerly known as poorbutroserich I'm still poor but for now, with the changes, I am roserich. My EdM is one cane. No vigor.... She is one of my "attend to" roses for this year. Pour on the love and see what happens. Glad to be back Susan

I was going to put my blood type on the helmet too, but an EMT told me he would never pay attention to what someone claims their blood type to be, he uses universal plasma and at the hospital they use a quick blood typing test. The risks of infusing an incompatible blood type are too high. Medical insurance information sounds like a good idea. Although [rant] have you checked what your "insurance" actually covers, lately? Our family of four pays about $16K/year in employee contribution. And our total family deductible is around $12K/year. We have not consumed over $12K/yr of medical care in at least ten years, probably not since the last child was delivered. Basically we pay $16K/year - and my company pays at least as much - for catastrophic coverage. On a day-to-day basis, every doctor visit and every prescription is coming out of my pocket. I'd rather we had the system they have in France. Everyone, rich or poor, has basic, no-frills medical coverage. Those who want nicer, fancier, more sophisticated treatment - private rooms, cutting-edge technology, $100K/yr drugs - have the option of buying commercial insurance policies, if they can afford it and want to. But everyone, rich and poor, has a basic and decent level of care. We may get a version of that in the US, starting in 2014. Maybe. "There's many a slip, 'twixt the cup and the lip." Who knows if it will actually happen. [/rant] After reading this http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/technology/bicyclists-using-cameras-to-capture-accidents.html I got interested in wearing a video camera, so you see on the helmet my initial experiment. It is not the $300 GoPro that a serious biker-recorder wears, but a $38 micro-cam from a Hong Kong mail order hobby shop. Meant for use in radio control aircraft, helos, etc. After experimenting with this cheap camera, I'm putting a nicer videocam on my Santa list. Aside from the "evidence" aspect, it is instructive to view a recorded ride and think about what dangers I did and didn't perceive at the time. I've been riding in traffic since I was a 7 y/o boy riding in downtown Vancouver B.C. on my Peugeot ten-speed, but I still make mistakes every day. Just like we all make mistakes driving, even though we've been doing it all our lives. I'll post a link to some video later. Here is a link that might be useful: NYT Story

The Intelliflow comes in 3 flavors. Two have 8 preset speeds and the base model has 4. I didn't see any mention of automation. Without automation, I like the VS-SVRS for its timers. Running a pool on low to save energy will leave the skimmers ineffective. The timers in the SVRS will allow you to set periods of higher flow for improved skimmer action. It will use less overall power than a two speed. DE filters, when using DE substitute, will make your life easier as Ca. doesn't like DE and the cellulose substitute is biodegradable.. Backwashing in not a normally frequent event except in very dusty conditions. It will filter a finer particulate than cartridge or sand. A long backwash and rinse cycle can use up to 500 gallons but that would be pretty excessive, half that is more the norm. WRT the coping, depends on what it's made of. If it's cast, it isn't stone but rather more likely either ceramic of concrete. Both are pretty durable. Soft sedimentary stones tend to weather poorly. They tend to be porous, trapping moisture. In cold climates, trapped moisture freezes and expands. In fact, many coping stone types are not recommended for cold climates for this reason. I have yet to see definitive proof salt anything to do with the use of these types of materials in my region. Freeze/thaw cycles OTH, have taken their share of such materials. Marblite is a relatively soft material since the aggregate is marble dust. Quartz aggregates are significantly harder and more durable and longer lasting. They also cost more. Not all cells are the same. Each of the major brands has had issues. Some persist. Hayward's still has control board problems, Jandy has power supply issues and Pentair had a couple spins of it's design before getting some significant issues worked out. Cells typically last about 8-10 thousand hours of use. The cell sizing plays a role. An 18.000 gallon pool should get a cell rated to 40,000 as opposed to a 20.000. The cells that are run near the maximum capacity will die significantly before the cells that is rated for a bigger pool. The cost is not a big delta so it makes sense to get the bigger cell. Replacement costs today run from four to seven hundred bucks, depending on where you buy and what you are buying. LED lights all the way. Less energy, less heat, improved reliability, more colors. Halogens and incandescents will require bulbs periodically. LEDs won't. LED cost more but are worth it. The Letro Legend is a proven commodity. Hope this helps. Scott

I had a sink tucked up against a corner in my first house. It was a tiny u-shaped kitchen and that setup worked great except for the rather bizarre decision to place the DW on the opposite corner instead of next to the sink. Very hard to load a DW when the door drops down across the front of the sink! Never could understand why they did that when there was plenty of room to the side of the sink. Anyway, the only issue that I had (besides the ridiculous placement of the DW) was that it made it difficult for more than one person to work at the sink. But the kitchen was tiny and really only a one butt kitchen anyway. Otherwise I found the corner counter was a great place to keep the dish rack. Found some pictures for you. Hope they help. 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