I agree with Eric_OH that junk and other 'props' do not define a cutting edge design. I wonder how much of this drive to "think outside the box" (the phrase itself now cliched) stems from people's urge to shock the neighbors? As cady stated: "I don't seem to have exceeded the tolerance range so far. Maybe it's time to try a big, rusted scrap metal sculpture in the front bed." As a fan of native plants, I sense that many native plant enthuseists are spoiling for a fight: "I know the Latin name of this plant, therefore it's not a weed, na, na!" If you really want to shock the neighbors, try this: a swept dirt yard. Old-fashioned and full of history, this type of landscape would nevertheless stick out in modern landscape. But would it be innovative? Or even good design? Are we trying to being individual for the sake of individualism? Is this necessarily a good thing? Traditional designs have stood the test of time because they are good...this era's really good innovations will become the next generations' traditionals. But are we all geniuses that need to attempt this level of innovation, or will we ultimately be disappointed??

Sparky and Angep, My WM0642HW is installed in my basement on my concrete foundation. I have ZERO, ZILCH, NADA, vibrations. I will say that when I have a small load (two items), the inner drum can be seen shifting w/ every rotation, but this does not cause the machine to vibrate. I hope my machine is not the exception ;-) FYI - little off subject -- I use persil for colors as my detergent. I have soft (and slightly alkaline - 7.6) water and use about 1/2 TEASPOON per load (little less for small load, little more for huge load, but on avg 1/2 Tsp). I mix my softner w/ vinegar and add this to softener compt. I add vinegar to bleach compt when not using bleach (99% time I dont use bleach). Clothes come out bright, white, fresh. (the vinegar is used to make the water slightly more acidic so that the soap rinses out better). I've had my machine for 1 and 1/2 yrs so far w/ only one issue (which happened during 1st wk of operation)...That issue (some error code - cant remember exact code) showed only one time when I reached in and spun (spinned?) the tub while machine was off. To fix, I unplugged for about 15 mins and plugged back in.. Error has never shown again. I'm completely satisfied. Periodically, I will run a sanitary cycle empty w/ about 1/4 cup of cascade complete dishwasher detergent. This is preventative. I've never had issue w/ mold or any "Off" scents... Hope this helps. Blazin

How long does it take for a FLF or a plant in general to bounce back? It depends on what's wrong, where the plant is located, current cultural conditions, and how close the plant was to dying. Plants decline when something cultural is forcing to operate at or beyond the cultural conditions they are genetically programmed to tolerate. When plants aren't in their cultural 'sweet spot', it causes stress. Operating at or beyond what they're programmed can cause consumption of more energy than the plant produces. This is something beyond stress, called strain. Strain, uncorrected, always leads to death unless corrected, because no organism can function for long when consuming more energy than it's producing. The better you are at identifying and eliminating cultural limitations, the faster the plant will recover, but the short list of variables I offered all impact recovery. My FLF had some poor new growth due to lack of watering. My dean told me it didn’t grow properly because of the salts and minerals in the soil. So he recommended that I flush that plant. Soak it. Wait about 3 hours, do it again. Then wait about 30 mins and give a lift more and some fertilizer. I did that. I made sure he was good a drained before taking him back into the living room. I’ve seen videos where they suggest cutting off damaged leaves. I have a few that are. But it’s not that bad..so should I cut them off? My usual recommendation for flushing the soil is to first saturate the soil completely, wait 10 minutes to an hour, then slowly pour a volume of room temp water equal to at least 10x the volume of the pot the plant is in; so, we're pretty much in accord re that step, though I don't see any conspicuous evidence in the pictures of a high TDS (salt) level in the soil solution. Ficus usually manifest symptoms at leaf tips and margins, and there is no necrosis apparent in the images. When leaves become net users of energy instead of net producers, chemical messengers will notify plant central that it has a slacker. The plant will begin extracting mobile nutrients and breaking down other bio-compounds for use in other plant parts as part of the initial process of shedding the lazy leaf. Since the plant 'knows' whether or not it's to its benefit to shed a leaf, it's better (from the plant's POV) to leave leaves with green tissues on the plant and let them fall on their own. That said, there is very little harm in removing an unsightly leaf here and there from a healthy plant with plenty of foliage. If the plant is circling the drain - best to leave the plant to its own devices. What more can I do, to encourage the leaves to sit up again the way they did 3 months ago? Ficus is known as a genus with many species that might have difficulty restoring leaves to their original attitude once wilting has occurred. In F lyrate and elastica, leaves often only partially recover after wilting. How long the loss of turgidity (the plant's internal water pressure) lasts has considerable impact on leaves' ability to return to their formal spatial positions. There is no practical way to fix this, unless you count mechanically repositioning leaves where you want them for several weeks as being practical. Plants' natural turgidity is highest at night and when the entire soil mass is damp, when no part of the soil mass is saturated, and when TDS levels are low but sufficient to supply the plant with all the nutrients it needs to function normally. Sorry it took me a while to respond to your message - very busy at work & with family stuff for the holiday upcoming. Al

I have dimples on front porch ceiling near porch/home wall. suspended ceiling above interior wall has water stains. 150 year old home with plaster lats above suspended ceiling. plaster runs across ceiling tiles. Everything is screwed up here. Abundance of rain this spring showed leakage along valley in attic snd at valley/knee wall junctions. Water migrating across ceilings and down walls. Tracked all water migration from top down through crawl spaces and into living space. second floor all unfinished attic. So ridge vent leakage obvious. most homes all insulated and dry walled so that leakage can go on 10 years till your warranty is done before water drips thru. My home does not lie. it is all right there. They say home is old like it deserves to be destroyed. Going on five years now. An attorney and over 80 pages of pics is finally getting results. This week i hope. So when i see puckers like that, alarm bells go off in my head.