Im saddened to say I cannot attend. My 3.5 year old girl got the gastrointestinal virus last night. So Ive had the pleasure of cleaning up puke all night. I cant very well leave her in this condition with a sitter today. So, my plants are all dug up and potted and my canna lily tubers are cleaned and dried. Im not sure where any of you swapppers live but I live in shrewsbury. If anybody lives near shrewsbury and has room to bring more plants, please respond. Or if anyone lives near shrewsbury and wants some plants during the next few weeks, let me know. Im sorry and bumbed. But, alas, I guess when it comes to health, families are allowed to take precedence over hobbies. Hope you all have fun....greg

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The unit is lying on its left side facing, and so if you rotate the photo I posted 90 degrees counterclockwise, it will be in its actual position. I met with the first installer today, and he gave me a good price ($4600) for American Standard unit 3 ton, 13 SEER, and that included all installation requirements. What threw me off a bit was that he said if I wanted to install the outside unit where I wanted it in the first place, he would do it there, but it would be against code and he could not pull a permit for it. I told him that I was not interested in doing anything against code or without permits, but I guess some people do. We found another place to put the outside unit that would go through my garage and not ugly up my back yard. The guy from Westchester will be here tomorrow after work to give me another estimate, and then someone from Bryant will give me an estimate next week. I wasn't planning on having more than two estimates, but I guess it is better to have three, although I may cancel the Bryant estimate if I decide to go with the Westchester guy. It appears that there is room for the condenser in my attic, but some of the ducting will have to be moved somewhat. Also, the heater needs to be reattached because it is being supported by straps at the moment, and the guy today said that he would replace those with brackets. Lars

That bear track makes me wonder if it's safe to put the bird feeders up again. Maybe another month.......