Well, the "Lady Grey" tins had no expiration dates that I could read properly but I bought one. The "Prince of Wales" I bought is best used by 2012. I made a comment to the owner about expiration dates again, but he said "They just don't put them on do they?" Then he tried to convince me that the dates were only "shelf dates" and should not be sold after that. Well, I told him as he rang up a box of "Yorkshire Gold" tea bags that I gave a gift of this YG (purchased at his shop) to a friend one time and found out later it was nearly 2yrs. old! He said he doesn't understand the difference in taste really - oh brother. I answered it "Tastes like straw when old!" ha. he just smiled. Anyway, my box of YG is good until November of 2010 - 40bags to a box - how will I ever drink all of those before November? If anyone wants to sample Yorkshire Gold send me your address and I'll slip several or more bags into an envelope! And I also bought a small box of 20 Lapsang Souchong tea bags to try again. It has such an exotic smokey flavor that I didn't want to buy an entire tin. The shop owner also told me that Twinings is no longer going to offer the small packs of 6 bags. Have to buy boxes of 20bgs. in the future.

veesubotee....the actual heated area is 2950 sq. ft. When I bought the house back in 1991, there was only a 5 ton ac unit out back and the heat was just strip heat. Well even here in Louisiana, the strip heat alone was running my winter bills up to 400 a month and more. So we replaced the 5 ton ac unit with a 5 ton heat pump. Unfortunetly it only adequately cooled or heated about 75 % of the house. There just wasn't any air flow to back rooms of the house. Hvac company that installed my carrier unit back then tried using dampers and even extra fans in the ductwork, but it didn't help. I could have the stat set at 70 for the main part of the house, but the back end of the house the temp would never get above 64.. It was explained to me that the problem was the design of the house ( contemporary ) 1 and a half story with 18 feet ceilings in part of the house, and that the rooms that weren't getting enough air flow was because the runs from the plenum were "too long and curvy". Finally after freezing my butt off for one winter I just asked the hvac co. what else could be done and they said put in a 2 ton hp. which I did. I have to tell you that when I replaced my carriers back in september ( by the way, those carrier hp's never really did do a good job of heating the house )I was alittle nervous about using the Air Ease 18 seer units, simply because I had never heard of them. But my contractor, who is a personal friend of the family told me that Air Ease was a division of Lennox, and that with the particular models I would be buying, the warranty was 10 years across the board, compressor, parts and labor. So far, we've had several nights down in the mid to low 20's, and just for fun I've set the stat at 74 to see if it would satisfy and low and behold it did.. Took it awhile but it made it.. Normally don't keep my heat 74, just wanted to see if it would make it.. so far the house is much more comfortable with the new units and honeywell vision pro stats.. Roland

Just the two of us now. Not looking to sell anytime soon. I've only had 2 stoves in 42 years of marriage! Both were GE. Open to other brands. The only stove I found that had most good reviews is the old coil stoves and I don't want to go back to that. I like to simmer big pots of sauce and soup and heard many comments that the "quick boil" burners don't allow for that on the new stoves. Also don't need convection but willing to try it if everything has good ratings.

>>>" was hoping there was some great model that was a budget pick . . . If someone stumbles on a great moderately priced induction range please do share."<<< What are your requirements for "great" and what would you consider a "budget pick" or a "moderately priced induction range? " If a "moderately priced'" would be what Barb Alli called a "decent price," then you might look at the Frigidaire Gallery FGIF induction models. They seem to priced around $1000. OTOH, if "budget pick" means the same price bracket as basic coil and radiant burner ranges --- the ones in the $400 to $600 bracket at Lowes, HD, and such ---- then you're correct that there are no induction models offered in that price bracket. The currently least expensive induction range I know of is the Frigidaire FFIF model which right now seems to be offered at around $900 but which I've seen discounted down in holiday sales. The Frigidaire Gallery FGIF models start about $100 or so higher and have convection. There were a couple of passing comments above about these though not from any owners and I do not recall seeing any threads here from actual users, either. I think Reviewed-dot-com and Consumer Reports have tested the Frigidaires. I forget how CR rated them and I no longer subscribe. If you don't have access to CR, maybe wdccruise can help out? IIRC, Reviewed recommended them but the reviews were cursory. Adjusting heat down on radiant burners. Well, back in the last century, we used to move a pan partially off or fully off an electric burner for minute or even to a different burner when we needed to rapidly decrease the heat. So, there are work-arounds of a sort. Also, as Barb Alli says, some folks are finding that some of the current ranges radiant smoothtop burners seem more responsive than their older models' burners did. Trouble is, there is a degree of subjective satisfaction in this which makes it hard to provide a frame of reference for others to match with their own subjective preferences. A demo would be the best way to find out but I have to say that I've never seen any retailers having budget or moderately priced radiant ranges hooked up for demo. Do you know anybody who may have recently purchased a new radiant range? If it is a model they think is better than older ones, maybe you could mooch a little time to test it out?