Thanks Vagas and Tclynx. I had the cocoons in a plastic bag w/o air or food. Just worm doo and cocoons which aren't that recognizable to me yet. I could not imagine leaving them in the plastic bag vagas, so I prepared a bed of peat moss/a couple cups of cornmeal/ and a couple cups of wellllll rotted bagged cow manure that has been laying out in the weather for about 3 years/and a few handfuls of small shredded paper to break up all that dirt looking stuff. Well Mixed and damp. I poured the plastic bag of worm cocoons out onto this mixture in the bin and covered it with a layer of dry shredded paper. I did put some drain holes in the bottom, and I did put another container w/o holes under that to capture any liquid excess or baby worms that might fall through and of course the brick to keep the upper plastic container from falling down below the air holes. And I did put a soaked piece of cardboard box down in my bin to cover the holes for the babies to lay on,first thing. I did that about 3 days ago with the cocoons and I don't see any babies yet, but since I am still afraid I will damage them if I put my hands down in the mixture to look, that doesn't mean they aren't there, I'm sure. In the meantime, I am down to opening and looking at the worms only about 3 times a day and that IS a struggle for me. I put the 3 containers together like Vaga said. The worms are awfully skinny and aren't moving too fast just yet. It has been only about a week and a half since I put them(1000) in there and NOW I can see that they are eating the bedding up and pretty quickly. So, Friday, I set the second prepared container that makes the tiered bin on top of that W/Oa brick (The worms around outside are all laying under heavy stuff so I figured the small weight of the container could be helpful) and I put about 1/2 lb or less of kitchen scraps and coffee grounds and of course shredded paper in it in case they wanted more to eat. They really are skinny. I have never seen such skinny little worms. I am sure they must grow (red wigglers)bigger. Anyway, Today when I looked at them, I DID find that they are migrating up into the food...or at least about 20 of them have so far. Out of fear that they would attempt to escape and inadvertantly commit suicide, I placed the whole 3 layer bin in a large black garbage bag leaving it open and loose in case they try to explore outside the box while I am gone. That way, I won't find them dried up on the floor or step on them. Once I saw that they weren't trying to get away, I took the bin out of the bag. Not one fatality due to escape...not one worm in the bag either. =o) So, I am learning not to sit and prowl through their bedding to see what they are doing.....all the time. Just nervous about them I guess. Trial and error is the way of life, I suppose. I will either get more worms, or they will not do well for me. Thanks so much for your input. It helps to know that you guys are out there willing to share the information with me. =o)

you have to have your email address book in the correct format to transfer it over to thunderbird, what format do you have it in? We need to know which email program you were using that you have your address book in that you want to move to thunderbird also. If it is outlook then you should follow these directions to create it in csv format, once you have that created you can move it to the new pc using a flash drive or email it to yourself and open it on the new pc and put it on your desktop and open thunderbird and import it. How to Export Your Outlook Contacts to a CSV File Mozilla Thunderbird FAQ your favorites for IE? or for firefox? this is where having xmarks on your pc and browser is a life saver and huge time saver, if you have your faves on another pc that you can access then I would suggest just getting xmarks installed on it and then on the new pc install x marks and sync it and voila everything is on the new pc. works in IE and firefox it is what I use on all of my machines and that way if I travel and use some one elses pc I can still access all my faves from anywhere by going to my xmarks page. This is what I highly suggest you do it is the easiest method. How to Back Up or Copy Your Outlook Mail, Contacts and Other Data Here is a link that might be useful: xmarks

Without hearing your computer, it is very difficult to pin down your specific problem. You are in the best position to locate the source of the noise. However, I can make a good guess by your description. My guess is is a fan with a dry bearing. Possible locations of fans: 1. on the processor 2. in the power supply 3. Cabinet intake fan 3. Cabinet exhaust fan. In a pinch, I have sucessfully relubbed these fans to get a few more hours out of them and give me time to get replacements. However, if you are not comfortable with prying up labels and re-applying these.,best to not bother with lubrication and simply replace the fan. If it is the processor fan, replace it right away. If the noise is coming from a hard drive (and it did make this noise before) shut down and get another drive right away. Increased noise from a hard drive most often signals a failure is developing. Do not confuse the noise from a spinning disk with the noise a read/write head makes when it is hard at work jumping from track to track.

I'll try to explain it, but I am not good with giving instructions.. :) First log in then go to your pictures. Click on the picture that you want to make your profile picture. Under it, it should say EDIT PICTURE. Click that, and then when it pops up again there will be several options at the top of the picture. One will be "set as default" you will want to click that. It will ask you if you are sure that you want to set it as your default picture, just click ok and then you should be good to go. :)