I'd cut her some slack.. at least someone is picking the trash up. I have to admit that I'm the one on my block that picks most of the trash up within a few houses; even in front of others houses. Yesterday we were driving up the street & I saw a bottle I've been meaning to stop & pick up the next time I drove by it. The bottle is in front of a neighbors house & has been for the last week. My peeve is the people who obviously see the trash because they walk by it (it was right by their mailbox) but don't stop to pick it up. If I'm reading the 1st post right; the tree that the bag was in is one of yours? It's possible what she really wanted to say was why didn't you pick it up.. I'm just guessing by the things you wrote. Sounds like she was side-stepping actually coming out & saying it. As far as knocking on someone's door.. that's over the line; I would never do anything like that. I know that everyone has a life; heck with what I just went through; my snow should never have been shoveled; let alone worrying about garbage on my lawn & I don't doubt other neighbors can be in the same boat with busy lives or health issues I don't know about. If I choose to pick garbage up; I'm going to pick it up & get on my way. At least I can feel good that I did something to keep trash off of my street.

Iggie, advise like that will put all the service professionals out of business. You nailed in man. Softball, it sounds like your furnace is locking out for some reason. It could be a high limit switch, pressure switch, flame roll out switch, gas valve, or a number of other problems that are causing this. Reseting the power at the breaker or furnace switch just resets the control board and it starts the process all over until the problems locks it out again. Let us know what the tech does to fix it. You will make his job easier if you do not reset the power or do anything to the furnace when it locks out. Depending on your furnace he may be able to read a code given off of the board. Please don't be poking any wooden handled screwdrivers into it. I am still chuckling over that.

Well the 5th is over and we had to do the old stardard "happy birthday" song. Thanks, anyway

Ellie - Here are the links addresses: Back Porch Tumbling Composter http://store.compostguide.com/back-porch-composter.html Earth Machine http://www.earthmachine.com/municipal/the_earth_machine.html Both do a good job. I like the tumbling one now because I am getting older with a bad back and can't turn the pile with a pitch fork like I use to do. What a serendipitous event to find her in the composter. If I hadn't opened up the top to throw in that stuff, who knows. I will keep the bottom door shut from now. When I opened the top, she just looked up at me and smiled and wagged her tail like she was playing a game. Maybe she smelled gophers or moles even though we have the bottom lined with chicken wire so they can't come up into the composter. And it does get filled with worms - YUM! Clare