Soilent Green, I agree with about want lists having an updated date on it. It is very helpful to know when looking at a list. I have one on my trade page and change the date as I update my trade page for trading, which I usually don't start doing until then end of October every year. At the same time, I continue to add seeds to my list as I have them available for the upcoming year, but leave the old updated date until I am ready to trade. That doesn't stop people from emailing me for trades with a date that is 6 months or more old that states when the trade list was updated. As for wasting time pursing trades with people that are no longer trading or interested in trading, there are some members that do not like to be "cold emailed" from other members to do trades, especially with members that are new or fairly new to the seed exchange, or "cold emails" for trades from members that they have never traded with. They may still have trade lists posted that are old because they will have the same seeds available every year and they just leave the list posted and when they are ready to trade again, they post on the seed exchange about trading. I've been a GW member and trading seeds for more than 7 years now, and I, personally, don't "cold email" members for trades unless they are members that I have traded with in the past, trade with frequently every year, or a member that I trade specific seeds with every year and I let them know in advance of posting for trades and BEAP seeds on the forum, what seeds I have specific for them and what I'm looking for. As for GW deleting members have not be active in the last 2 years, that is not a good idea. GW has various forums on the site, and just because someone is not actively posting on the seed exchange forum, doesn't mean they don't post and participate in many of the other forums on GW. Some members just to private trades between certain members only and they leave a trade and want list posted for those specific members to see. Some people have their trade and want list posted and only do round robin trades, but leave that list posted for those on the round robin exchanges to see and use. And yes, there are some members that have trade and want lists still posted that have been banned by GW, have passed away and just are not on GW anymore. Expecting GW to try and figure out what members are and are not active on the seed exchange forum but are posting on other forums on the site, vs don't post at all, is really just a waste of time on their part. There are far to many members on GW and the time it would take is nothing more than a waste of time on their part. I suggest that if you have been wasting time trying to trade with people by sending "cold emails" to them, that you just work with the members that post on the seed exchange with trade offers, BEAP/SASBE offers and if you have seeds for trade on your own trade page, then post on the seed exchange yourself with the seeds you have to trade and what you are looking for. Experience has shown me that the easiest way to trade seeds is to use the seed exchange forum and the posts on the seed exchange form itself and to post myself with offers and what I'm looking for. There is always room for improvement on any site. And Welcome to the wacky world of seed trading. Fran

That was one trip, and a cheap Home Depot thermocouple. The furnace stopped working after the guy left and it needed a new gas valve, at which point I called a different company since I really didn't trust them any more. That was $755 and the guy re-replaced the thermocouple and gave me a lifetime guarantee on the parts

Maybe you should just go all the way and put in wainscoating up to a chair rail, lol. Good luck. Hope you don't uncover more problems! We were going to repair the footings on our sagging back porch this spring, and one thing led to another including realizing that the front porch, tho not sagging (yet!)also needed a couple of new footings. And as long as the little back hoe was there why not use it to dig under the back porch to put blue board along the foundation for insulation? (Dh had been digging by hand around the rest of the house) As long as the work crew was there why not restore the railings and balusters in front downstairs to match the upper porch, plus new skirts front and back (front restored and complicated to make). And wouldn't it be nice and look more cohesive (plus be awesome to sit in 3 seasons) if the down porch in the back was screened in like the upper? Then we had to have new back steps of a suitable scale. And new granite (installed by dh) at the base of the steps. And wide boards on the corners of the house would look so much better and appropriate to the age than the silly little aluminum strips. Now we are out of money and trying to do all the painting by ourselves before winter (and before we put the screens in the frames so they won't get dirty or painty). This is the first time in over 20 yrs living there that we have paid other people to do work, except a bit of work in both bathrooms when the ceiling fell in yrs ago, and a shoring up of the back porch until we could afford what we just did. I know it will be worth it in the end though. It is so satisfying as you all know. kathy

Natural One... I run mine 3 hours a nite for the skimming action, (just so I wake up to a nice clean pool)and then only when we swim. I originally had a 2 hp whisperflo on it and it did not push enough water to give me the sheet of water coming over the edge, that I was after. So, the good news... Poolguy was right. I went to an old timer's repair shop and found the correct bearings. For $25! I will also order the gasket kit($25)like poolguy suggested because the carbon spring seal up front was leaking and that is what caused the bearing to fail. The only part that I disagree with Scott is that it WAS worth my time to replace the bearings. Everyone was trying to sell me a $300 motor! Americans are such a throw - away society. And to all of the service techs that told me the repair won't last... the old timer, who has been doing this for 55 years says hogwash! He says as long as that front seal stays good, the bearings will last at least 5 years. I am inclined to believe him, as opposed to the pool techs that are trying to sell me a $300 motor as opposed to a set of $25 bearings. And I bet they would have slapped that new motor on there w/o changing out the defective front seal. Not one ever mentioned it. It took me 10 minutes to put the motor back together, and it will probably take me 20 minutes to slap it back onto the pump. Thanks for the replies.