aachenelf this is from the AVG Free site. "New Free Anti-Virus GRISOFT is announcing a new version of the AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. This new 7.5 version with improved performance and full compatibility with the latest Windows Vista version is available. Users that are using AVG Free 7.1 will be provided with a specific dialog, within the next few weeks, with the opportunity to choose the right option fulfilling their needs. AVG Free 7.1 version will be discontinued on 15th of Jan 2007." Just download and install the new 7.5 free version. Anna

Hello, been lurking a bit. Lots of good info here, thanks. FWIW, I agree that if the things you can't change are right and there is room in the price to do the rest ... thats a pretty good place to be. I knew the minute we walked into our current home, it would be ours, more than 20 yrs. ago. We had looked at a few dozen as I recall but the search was over when we got here. Since then we've added several investment props to the pile and since last fall have been looking for a new joint for us. Found an REO that is the only house of hundreds that can tick off every item on our list. Trying to convince the bank that they should stop holding on to it has been frustraiting, aggravating, stressfull etc. but now it is finally fun. They are offering counters in less than 24 hrs. and moving proposed closing dates up. Still not moving as much in price as they'll need to yet but it is vast improvement. Guess submitting the roofing bid and the well test did the trick :-) It kinda feels like I'm the lone bidder. Its got great bones and for us, a great loc. (acerage close to where we need to be). Its way more than we need but the lot, loc. and subdivision are pretty near perfect. Some minor damage from the eviction but I'm pricing that in and will order the full blown insp. once we have a deal. I was at the auction, I know the number ... they might get it but I'm thinkin not. There is a lot of inventory out there.

Dave, I agree, it'll be 8 weeks, at least. One son in law is a police detective and he says people are just going crazy, getting cranky or getting drunk, scared about the current circumstances. My other son in law owns his own repair shop and I told him that even if he has to close his business by government order he could still have people drop vehicles/equipment in the parking lot, he could repair them and then they could come and pick them up and no one would even have to see each other, they could mail a check or call with credit card numbers. He would just keep his front door locked, and bring vehicles into the garage as he can get to them, and as parts supplies allow. I tend to be somewhat "self isolating" this time of year anyway. I have baby chickens due to be delivered on April 1, I ordered 100 strawberry crowns and three sweet cherry trees, the garden needs to be tilled, barns need to be cleaned, manure needs to be spread, fence needs to be repaired, posts replaced, I'm just now starting tomato plants and others, I've had hot peppers growing for a couple of weeks now. I could spend a month just doing things around the farm and not even notice! My pantry is full, as are my freezers. I defrosted and organized them a month or so ago, and just cleaned and organized the pantry last week, trying to see what I had and did not have. The chickens are laying, I'm stocked up on flour/sugar/butter/yeast, so I don't really plan any cooking differently than I usually do. I do have to keep cooking for Mother and she's very, very picky, so that may be somewhat more of a struggle if I can't find the ingredients for her very specific preferences. Annie

If you hate it then you hate it -- there's no trying to "embrace it", go pick out something else that you will love instead.