Also is anyone having trouble sometimes loading and getting an abort error? Yes, and I have sent 4 emails to the Webmaster and Garden Web Members eddress. As of tonight, it seems to be much better. Every page has loaded fine whereas I was having as much as 50% fail to load before. The script that highlights the keywords in the actual post is just too much IMO. In fact, I think that may have been a big part of the problem, as I also do not see those any more. And good riddance. Personally, I don't mind the adds, except the ones that waltz across the screen. I just picked my first crop of dates from my young palms this last 3 weeks. As they mature and produce more crop, I may even advertise here myself (I'm sold out so no, this isn't an add in disguise either : ) As a Registered Microsoft Developer, Solutions Provider, and Cert. NT, I have to disagree with the idea that Microsoft makes the best anything, ESPECIALLY Outlook and it's related products. What's the best hamburger you ever ate??? > > > > What, not McDonalds? They sell the most. I'd rather be gardening Arthur the Date Palm (and computer geeeeekeeee) Guy

1. What are you wearing right now? Black dress pants, tan sweater, my fave argyle socks (at work). What have you eaten today or plan on eating? Plan on salad for lunch and cauliflower pasta for dinner. 3. What is your weather like today? Ugg! (Boston) Kinda overcast - AGAIN. It's *slightly* better today, but still no where near what June 25th SHOULD be! 4. Do you have anything special or important planned for this week, and if so, what? Trying to get some office work done before I'm off next week for my husband's shoulder surgery. 5. If you could sit and gossip with one famous person, either from past or present, who would it be? I'm not talking about Big Brains, I'm talking about someone you think would be chatty, gossipy and fun. :) Well, it would have to be someone from the past, I think, as I don't much care about today's gossip. I'd love to have met Isabella Stewart Gardner. She had a real reputation for eccentricity. Plus, I'd ask her what she thought about the theft. :) Where do you prefer to get your news from? Internet and talk radio. 7. For you women, do you wear a bra when you're home, knowing no one is coming over? hee Sheesharee - ditto! I am almost ALWAYS wearing one. Don't know why, it's just what I've always done. 8. What plant in your garden is thriving this summer? My son's green beans he planted in school and brought home. Seriously, he doesn't get his green thumb from his Mama, that's for sure. 9. Where did you get the best hamburger you've ever eaten from a restaurant or a fast food place? Do not include homemade burgers. From a little restaurant in NH that I cannot remember the name of, when we were on vacation. 10. What do you see out the window closest to where you're sitting? The Mystic River (from my office).

So many books I have loved and lost myself into. I still love the classics like Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Great Expections, Wuthering Heights, Little Women and can reread them over and over again. Jane Eyre is probably my favourite of those books and I read my Mom's hardcover from her childhood once a year. A Tree Grow in Brooklyn is another favourite. Terry Brook's Sword of Shannara Books and other series of his as well. Same for David Eddings. I like Fantasy books about wizards, dwarves, etc. I read the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Trilogy when I was young and loved those books so much that I couldn't bring myself to watch the Lord of the Rings movies. I didn't want the movie to take away what my imagination saw in those books. My brother bought me the boxed set when we were kids and even to this day no gift he has ever given me (well the Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer comes pretty darn close) will mean as much to me. I wouldn't lend them to anyone else to read. Another book I read when I was a teenager was called Tregaryn's Daughter. I can't even remember now what it was about but I remember really enjoying it and when reading it this picture of where they lived really stuck in my mind. My friend's Mom had a picture hanging in her living room and that picture is almost identical to what I imagined in my mind. I have never looked on line but I have never been able to find that book again to reread and I really want to. Maybe it won't be as good as I remember. Another favourite book of mine was The Outsiders. I must have read that book over 100 times. I knew exactly where it was in the library. Years later that book was on my niece's schools requirerd reading list. I told her I had read that book many times and could recite every word of it to her. I wouldn't watch the movie made from that book either because it couldn't be as good as the book was. Another book was called the Pig Man that I read and reread many times. Years later it went by another name but I read it when it was called the Pig Man. I can't remember who the author was. I don't read as much as I would like because of the lighting in my house. I need to get a better lamp to read by. I miss reading and getting lost in a good book. Anne

Trying not to run to the fridge: A cup of fresh strong coffee with a bit of cream. Anything chocolate, any time, any place. Sweet scallops broiled with butter. Fresh strawberries. Oven-roasted asparagus with olive oil. Grilled cheese sandwich with fresh tomatoes on top of the cheese. Sunshine Hollow Vidalia onion-tomato dressing, suggested to me by someone on this forum. My fruit salad of sliced oranges, pears, bananas, currants, toasted sunflower seeds, with some Drambuie mixed in. My Crocked Pot Roast. Perfect key lime pie. Could go on and on!