How funny, Faith. I'd forgotten about the waiting room at the U0fA, also the old emerg. at the Royal Alex. And we complain now. Most of us in the Edmonton region (Sunwapta Broadcasting area) will remember Popcorn Playhouse. I was on Popcorn Playhouse when it was a ship theme, before Klondike Eric. I think it was Captain Ernie (?). Anyway, it was my fifth birthday and it is a bit of a vague memory. I remember that we were late getting there and I missed all of the "birthday" special stuff that seemed to be the main point of going on the show. How about "Kids Bids" with the O'hara auction people? Bags and bags of Old Dutch boxtops and coupons were thrown out of my parents basement because we never made it to the show and we collected for years. And "Kiddies on Kamera" - my brother is a bagpiper and was on that show many times playing for the highland dancers. Did anyone see the anniversary show for CFRN last year? It was good, but it didn't show enough of all of this old stuff! But here's a couple we all might remember across the country. How about Romper Room ( she never saw ME in the magic mirror), The Friendly Giant, Chez Helene. Gee, that kind of took up the morning and then it was lunchtime and naptime. Or time to go to playschool. I had to laugh when you mention DH and the 8 tracks. Shortly after we moved into our new house 2 years ago, I heard Steppenwolf coming from our garage. I went out and there was my DH rockin' to his tunes. He'd plugged in an old 8-track player and found all of his old 8-track tapes. My kids, although thinking he was crazy, actually appreciated the fact that their Dad still had one that worked. Yeesh - you'd think it was an old Victrola or something. LOL. Now, that was cool when your parents or grandparents had one of those that worked! I saw Heart when they were a backup act for April Wine. I went to see April Wine about 4 or 5 times. I loved their concerts. The first concert I went to was Deep Purple in 1972 and it was, I believe, the last event held at the Edmonton Gardens before they tore it down. My mother just freaked when she saw in the paper the next day that everyone used lighters or "sparklers" to ask for the encores. The Edmonton Gardens was apparently (according to my mother) the biggest fire trap in the city. Until I just started thinking about how many concerts I did actually go to, I always thought that I missed out on alot. I used to listen to my friends talking about going to see Alice Cooper and so many others and I thought I never went to any concerts. In reality, I guess I went to quite a few. Anybody ever see Cheech and Chong live? That was funny - especially after a few t---- of wacky. No, I never did that. It was all the residual smoke around me . . . honest. But, you had to see Cheech and Chong on a high in order for it to be hilarious. Wow, I had no idea what I was stirring up in my memories when we started this thread! ...

This can be a problem if you buy seeds from a small individual who makes his own seeds and messes up. I like to get seeds that originated from a big seed wholesaler. If he messes up the news will get out and I will have a better chance to find out about it. I also like to save seeds because all too often the seeds are not available the next year. Seeds keep being dropped. ***** When dealing with OP seed there's not a company that hasn't had problems from time to time, but it really does depend on which companies you chose to deal with. And that's b'c some companies produce almost all their own seed, some subcontract out and some buy wholesale from the company that bred certain varieties. And some companies do a combination of those. Dan, I don't think you were here at GW when I used to do a wrong variety thread each year, which I did for several years, although I know you've posted here for a couple of years. There were those companies that rose to the top re seed purity, seed quality and service. At that time, and I expect that to be true today, the top companies included a couple of large ones as well as several small family owned companies. It's not whether a company is **small or large**, per your comment about not wanting to deal with a small company,rather, it's the specific company in question and their sources of seed as I mentioned above. The greatest amount of Xed seed at that time was seed that was traded between individuals and if I were to do those Wrong Varieties threads today I'm sure, from my readiong at several message sites, that that situation would still obtain. When I did those threads I was the one who contacted the owners of those companies that had wrong seeds b/c I knew many of those owners and still do. Some companies were glad to hear that they had a problem, but there were a couple of companies that wanted the persons who had problems to contact them directly so they could affirm that indeed the person had purchased the seeds from them. The ultimate responsibuility for reporting wrong purchased seeds rests with the person who bought them but I've also found that many folks just don't want to report errors. YOu aren't going to hear about seed problems any more frequently with a large company as opposed to dealing with a smaller family owned company. It's the seed purchasers you may or may not hear from on a public message board such as this one. There are those companies that have discovered a problem from feedback and then waitied until they got good seed and then replaced, at no cost, the bad seed with the good seed. It's a complicated issue, that's for sure, but I cannot agree with your contention that it's better to order seed from a large company versus a small one. Carolyn

Okay, I got THAT done. I really did read up on the stuff and visited the appliance forum AND took suggestions. So here's what I came up with: Frigidaire Freezer for the pantry (White)- Manual defrost. I'm either going to go with a 20 cu.ft or a 17. I have to measure the space I have. Right now, I have a small chest (freezer that is!) that I am also going to move into my garage in the new place. We have to buy meat and frozen stuff from the mainland and freeze it to cope with prices here! Washer and Dryer: Miele with stands (White). The guy sold me on these. They use very little water and soap and they have a honeycomb interior too, which will really save on the wear and tear of clothes. And they have a pretty huge rebate and energy cash back deal going right now on these. Refrigerator: GE Profile French Door w/ icemaker. (S-Steel) Really nice if you have lots of refer traffic (kids!) like we do. And it's got a nice freezer bottom drawer like my old SubZero, which I loved. (but...I HATE SUBZERO!--arm and a leg to repair! And a ROYAL pain to replace!) I'm also not buying ANYTHING built-in ever again! I got the one with the ice maker in the freezer. They have one with an icemaker and water deal on teh door, but that, for me, is a pain in the neck. The little ones think the water and ice maker are a TOY and I end up cleaning up the mess! No thanks! Microwave: GE Profile Spacemaker (Blk and Stainless): This is such a honey of a microwave!!! You can stop the turntable on it and it fits a 9X11 casserole dish in it or a 20 oz. cuppa coffee! And takes SO little space! I got 2 of these because we are microwave crazy in our house. I'm putting them on a shelf, side by side. Range and Oven (S-Steel) Dacor 38" 6-burner propane and electric: This thing really COOKS! And has convection too. I've had JennAir, Hotpoint, Thermador, etc and this tops them all and is SO easy to clean! Thermador and JennAir are the ones I would NEVER buy again---way too many drawbacks and the downdraft system just drives me NUTS--I will never do downdraft again! Range Hood: 42" Vent-A-Hood (S-Steel): Really SUCKY (and I mean that in a GOOD way!) and QUIET too! Nice design. I got it a little bigger than the stove because that's supposed to keep food smells, etc from wandering out of the kitchen area. Miele Dishwasher (S-Steel): Very cool. Love that the flatware rack is on the top and has its own spray thingy on top and has the ability to wash at 170 degrees. I got the one with the hidden control panel because the babies LOVE to tap, tap, tap on and buttons within their reach! So, anyway, that's what I chose. I'm so glad to be done with that part-my most unfavorite so far. Thanks for the help! It made a difference!

suburbanmd: Normal cycle in Warm wash without heater is warm enough to clean my color cotton real good..... as long as I use those Persil color and don't open the door after the program started... :) And Yes, Normal do a full (high) spin between rinses Exactly like "extra white" does... I've find that in Custom cycle, I can't add as much detergent as I can do in Normal cycle... For some same old stains on cotton, Normal Cycle actually out clean Custom Cycle at the same temperature. ps: I haven't test that with a meter yet.... But I suspect Hot at Normal will get that heater on, as the wash time longer than all other temperatures setting... ostieca: "No because the dealer never stressed this point when asked why I should pay more for the 4840, " Bad dealer! should loss their jobs in this economy.... "and how can somebody say that it's normal that a 2K$ washing machine won't let you rinse only?" Because Miele IS a much better build machine inside out. For the same money, Miele still out done those colorful machine with fancy computer.... W4800 and W4840 use exactly the same main control board, and all other hardware in the machine. The only different between them is the user interface board.... "Even the Miele tech was speachless when asked to explain this. " He SHOULD come back to you place link his laptop to your W4800, and turn on "Maximum Water level" for you. Also ask him to turn off the Bleach dispenser, so you'll get a jet rinse on the first rinse..... Because no one here know to get inside W4800 programmer mode and do that ourselves... "Oh, the car is not designed to handle Quebec's roads." I was in Montreal last summer and see your roads.... ah! west coast is so much easier on cars.... :p Yes, this thing really need and design with concrete floor. Never waste too much time try to balance the load or ask you for help..... They just go ahead to do high speed spin!