Hi Socks - I set it up myself...well, my six year old son and 12 year old daughter helped a bit...pretty easy. Now, I am definitely not as confident in my ability to get it to pop 'down'...we'll see... I am mostly concerned about squirrels and chipmunks, I think. They just tear into everything around these parts. One summer they used every singly seat cushion on my deck furniture chairs to pad their nests! I really despise them. Maybe they won't be interested in this (I hope). Not sure what to do to keep them away, really. So, I am trying to extend the amount of time I keep a bunch of my cacti and succulents outdoors, rather than jamming them into my sunroom this year. That way, I may try to segue them into a dark dormancy in my garage instead of the sunroom - giving them a deeper sleep perhaps AND freeing up growing space under HID lights in my sunroom. They just wouldn't get the same dry cold in the sunroom that I think I can give them with the greenhouse - maybe end up with better flowering next year, too? By the end of November, I think they will all be indoors somewhere - either garage or sunroom. Then, the snows come...seems so far away with 90s forecast all week for us ;-). Josh - I see what you mean...just hope it doesn't get overtaken by marauding banditos! T

Thank you, everyone. Raven, you hit the nail on the head...I wasn't using my regular AOL password. DUH. :) It works perfectly! Thank you, daylilydazed, for the heads up about checking the web AOL spam folder from time to time. This is such a great group of people. You are willing to share your time and talents and it is greatly appreciated. One more question. If I wanted to add my husband's AOL screen name so he can use Thunderbird, too, do I just go through the same steps I went through to set up the account? Is creating a new email user the same as creating a new account? Thank you. Pam

Depending on how high above the staircase the problem exists, one solution is to set a step ladder at the base of the stairs and extend walk planks from the ladder to one of the stair treads. You can rent walk planks at most rental centers. If you're renting though, a small set of scaffolding would be more stable than a step ladder for the lower support. Once you have the walk plank in place, the isue is then whether you're up high enough to reach the ceiling. If so, follow the instructions posted earlier. If you're still too far from the nail pops, your only choices are to (a.) Fugidaboutit! ... or (b.) be brave (and a bit foolhardy) and set a straight ladder on the walk plank and lean it against a side wall to get you up higher!

No, once he leaves your location, he can't access it because your wi-fi connection won't reach to his house but the next time he visits, his device will still be able to use your wi-fi without needing any more permissions. You don't need to change anything, unless of course it was a one time deal and you don't want him to have access again. And if you want to understand it a little better the best analogy I can think of would be the wireless phone for a home's land line. The handset will only work when it's within a reasonable distance to the phone's base and antenna. The wi-fi router is your base and it has an antenna. As soon as a device leaves reach of that frequency, it's no longer connected to your wi-fi or network.