oh cool THANKS !!!!! i can read the new one... very top ... is that 3 P. p. hoopsi??? dont see a scale.. but take a gander at the 3 pics below ... that was a one gal.. one foot hoopsi in 2003 .... the first pic is 2005 .... the second 2007 .. and the last is 2008 .... the darn things are weeds .... the trick is to go the the ACS site.. and find annual growth rates ... which on hoopsi should be about 18 inches.. and then base your spacing on such .... i just dont see how 3 hoopsi .... on your map ... wait.. i just looked again .. under 57' is one giant hoopsi .. and 3 waterfalls or something???? if so ... ignore the above... lol the point.. if i have one.. is to overspace your plants.. rather than jamming them in for immediate gratification.. especially in regard to conifers and trees ... and avoid powerlines with things with big potential ... over on the left.. you seem to have a rather small space for a sweetgum... is there a dwarf cultivar .. if not... it will be rather aggressive .... regardless.. again its all about annual growth rates .. i also see a french drain on the right .... are those plants chosen for water acceptability???? you also have a P strobus pendula... right next to the patio .... google the latin.. you might find some 50 footers .... you might want to look into a smaller weeper like mugo uncle fogey its all about growth rates.. instant gratification.. and the willingness to admit mistakes 5 or 10 years down the line.. when you have no other option than to remove something you paid a lot of money for.. because it is swallowing up a path.. a patio ... or green grass ... while at the ASC site ... look for the tutorial about the classifications of mini, dwarf intermediate and large plants .... I WISH YOU ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD .... failure is not an option.. but be fearless .... the worse thing that can happen.. is you succeed beyond your wildest dreams.. and the things grow like the weeds they are .... good luck ken ps: on way to delay the inevitable is to start with second year grafts.. in other words.. very small .. to eek out a few extra years of fun.. before you have to teach it a lesson .... perhaps invest in a few larger.. but blend in some smalls ... Here is a link that might be useful: link

I would suggest you have your "No Brainer Appliance Guy" read the posts about the Miele ovens here, ASAP. Then do some testing yourself, try opening the doors of both, try the glide out racks, look at the size of the readout and the size of the control buttons, look at the size of the window. Is the bottom of the oven removable? (Just in case the porcelain chips) ((It just lifts out on the Elux))--read the post on porcelain failures, particularly the Wolf, I've had my Elux Icon Oven 7 years now, bakes great, fans are quiet (but check on the new ones), and it has never needed a service call, and the porcelain is still great. Also the door as well as the glass is easily removable on the Elux, and the instructions for doing so are in the Operator's manual so one does NOT need a service call should the glass get dirty on the inside of the ouside glass (See the posts about this with the Bosch Ovens). The oven can be calibrated, +/- 35 F from the front panel but it came "Spot on" from the factory, and in fact I have not seen a single post where it was necessary to calibrate the Elux ovens, (but it's there, if you ever need it)! One poster, "maybe rococogirl", was trying to help another poster who has Miele oven problems, that was nice of her! However read her post, One has to be a "Rocket Scientist" oops "Oven Scientist" to get that thing to bake well, (IE) "paraphrashing", " at 350 and below do this, above 350 do this and so on and so ON"----- I'm 70, I just wanna push a button to bake or broil. With my "Memory" I would end up with one of those things that Rhome baked, done on one side and raw on the other. Good luck with your pending decision!!!! Gary

When evaluating software or hardware, it makes sense to ignore the popular press, especially the tech blogs and to an extent, consumer opinion. Change is difficult for us humans and the early reviews of XP bear it out. Below is a snapshot of cnet's Windows XP review back in 2001. I got to this page using the web archive. Note that cnet bemoans the fact that a user can only load XP on one computer. Really cnet? And note user opinions: 48% disliked XP after its first several months. Microsoft was roundly criticized for not having an OS that would work across all platforms: computer, tablet and mobile phone. Now Win 8 is negatively reviewed for not having a start button. Anyone remember when the criticism was that Windows had a start button? I use Win7 home premium on this computer and Win7 Pro on my daytrading rig. The next computer I buy will have Windows 8. I am sure it will be fine. Here is a link that might be useful: XP back then

Thanks jemdandy. I would hate to have to print the amount of phone numbers I keep every time I added a new one! (I must keep a rather large personal phone book, compared to most people. In addition to family and friends, I keep the names of every contractor and business I frequent!) That's actually a good idea if I was willing to start completely over. I would have if I hadn't been able to find the software that was so similar to what I'm already used to. Sadly, I am a creature of habit, and I liked how the address book linked with the personal calendar. At this point, since I liked how it worked, I'd rather buy software than figure it out from scratch!