Supply ducts, as opposed to return ducts, cannot use wood as any part of the duct. As an additional comment, wood that is exposed to temperatures in excess of about 175 deg is permanently changed. It is recommended that wood never be heated above about 150 deg. The ignition temperature is lowered and the strength diminishes. This damage is cumulative and increases with each such heating. Fuel-fired hot air furnaces might approach such temperatures in the plenum under certain conditions.

My condensate goes into a bucket. From there it either goes into the washing machine for washing clothes or it goes out back and onto my roses and lawn. Same with the dehumidifer I have to keep running in the basement. A few years ago we were having drought conditions in Virginia and watering plants was restricted. A cop saw me watering my roses with the dehumidier bucket and was threatening to give me a citation. I dared him to. I told him this was MY water that I used MY electricty to remove from the air in MY basement, it wasn't water from the local aquifer. Since I had paid for it I sure as hell wasn't just going to dump it down the drain where it would do no good at all. He and I argued back and forth for a bit, then he went to his car to consult with his Sgt. I kept watering the plants and then sat on the stoop and waited for him. He came back like some magnanimous toad... "I'm not going to give you a citation this time, only a warning... don't do it again, blah blah blah blah." My response was "Be back tomorrow at this time or any day for the rest of the drought. I'll be watering MY roses with MY water again." I never saw him again. He knew that there was nothing that could be done to me legally, and he knew that I knew, but he tried to intimidate me anyway. I wasn't very happy about that.

Wild rice will take a bout 30 minutes or more longer to cook than basamati. Why would you want to "dilute" the wild rice? It's wonderful!! Deliciosioso to the max...yum yum!! I measure out the wild rice I think I will need....and it really swells...so 1/2 cup will feed 4 as a side. Then I heat a non nonstick pan pretty blazing hot and parch the wild rice....it sort of pops a little....toss and stir it for about 4 or 5 minutes until it all looks uniformly "popped" then turn off the pan and let it cool a bit. Then when it's cooled off add a couple of table spoons of chopped onion ( a couple of green onions is good) and about 1/4 cup chopped mushrooms...portobellos are really good....and add 2 tablespoons of butter and saute until the veggies are cooked.....then add 1 1/2 cups of chicken broth...or water...but broth is better, cover tightly and simmer about 40 minutes, checking often to see if you need to add more liquid. My pot is a 1 1/2 qu Le Cruset and the lid fits so well It doesn't steam away any moisture. Also a Tablespoon or so of dry sherry added toward the end is very yummy. Linda C

I wanted to make a quilt with an applique, so I figured I can make the basic quilt on the machine and hand do the applique. Anyway, it was the only class that fits in with my work schedule. I found it totally impossible to do machine applique on my Bernina 1000, once the feed dogs are off, then it just goes totally out of control. It might work better if I had a thick batting to take up some of the slack. I don't really like my Bernina now either. It sews so clunky compared to the feather weight, but I don't think I can take the feed dogs off with the feather weight. At least with the applique project it will include a board and it's on a small basic kind of quilt, only the flowers are appliqued, by hand I think. I just am worried, because I read that needle turned applique was very difficult. I want to see a video of it, but I can't find one right now.