I did buy the Express II at Job Lot for $130, got weight bags on Freecycle (2 sidewalls as well), I just bungee the bags to the frame and set them on the (small) feet. It's pretty heavy (50 lb) for me, heck the bags are pretty heavy too esp. when wet but my almost-14 yo DS has been helping me at market and we're pretty good at getting it up, better at taking it down though we do need to "hug" it to slip the bag all the way down over the top. The lay it in the bed with feet sticking over tailgate to zip it up. Haven't had it out in heavy rain yet - was thinking about it today for family reunion, good thing I didn't bring it b/c 5 canopies (2 of them cheap ones like the 1 I lost last month) collapsed before we could get the covers off and get them folded, a Sierra II ended up on the roof of the shed. But the guys held a tarp over the pig and finished roasting. All of us who were outside helping with pig and canopies (no one was under them yet, people were still on porch and in kitchen) had to spend the entire time outside in wet clothes, have people bring us plates out (and take the pork in after the guys cut it in the shed). Glad to get home and get in some dry clothes.

Get a lot of 36 grit paper!!!!!! And 2 vacation days from work and the weekend following....your gonna need it! We ripped out 2 layers of vinyl, subfloor and linoleum that had been tarred to the wood floor along with 3 million staples per square inch! Much to our surprise, when we started to sand, we discovered that it wasn't oak like the rest of the house, but Birdseye Maple. My hubby said "I can see the "EYES"". Anyhow, this made sanding (ezV) very time consuming. There wasn't even a topcoat on the original floor and it still took 12 packages of 36 and 6 packages of 50 and 4 packages of 80. Not to mention about the same for the palm sander. We reused the ezV paper and cut it to size for the palm sander (smart idea, eh?) So after 16 hours of sanding this 12x16 foot room, a lot of vacuuming and 5 coats of Varathane satin oil based finish, we have a beautiful gym floor in our kitchen. Although, it took longer than if we would've used a drum sander, we are very pleased with the ezV sander AND we don't have any ditches in the floor like the drum sander can make if you are inexperienced with it. May the force be with you!

So did my DH. I'm not happy! It hasn't been out of the box yet either. DH has laptop computer, I have the desk, every now and again DH has to use my computer for something and complains because the letters are worn off the keyboard. IF he knew where the letters were, and he took typing the same as me, he shouldn't have to complain about not being able to see the letters! I told him I needed a new keyboard. He bought this bright yellow and black EZ Eyes keyboard home. I don't even like looking at the picture on the box!! LOL Why can't he just buy a simple black keyboard for me!

Yes, and they also need a lot of new branches (ramification). The idea of bonsai is to give the appearance of age in a small size, so that means a thick, tapered trunk and a lot of branches with short internodes. Note that on yours the distance between nodes down low is short, but near the top they are getting long. If planted in the ground it will grow faster, and you can develop more branching and some shape with directional pruning. When you get a long one like the upper left in pic 1, cut back to just above the lower node for a sprout there in spring. You can help thicken the trunk by plating outside but with a dinner plate or tile a few inches under the roots, forcing them to go farther out radially to the sides, and making the base wider.http://www.bonsai4me.com/AdvTech/ATfieldgrowing.htm