Many products used for cleaning drains or where not specifically shown to be pure soduium hydroxide will contain additional products. In the case of drain cleaners addatives to cause foaming so as to distribute the sodium hydroxide include: aluminum pieces. This creates hydrogen gas bubbles and helps to distribute the sodium hydroxide liquid. I believe every dry drain cleaner I've seen contains aluminum pieces. New develpments , Jul 2009, are moving towards creating a foam to distribute the sodium hydroxide. This keeps it in contact with the plug more easily than if it were a liquid. Please add SPECIFIC sites and names with upc codes if you find a pure product for any thread where someone is looking for a pure product. Thankfully it's often the case that a low quality product is taken from the same assembly line as the higher quality products. It's simply eaiser to do this as the level of quality is not different and creating a 2nd or third assembly line makes no financial sense. I believe this is done for antibiotics used for fish and humans both come from the same assembly line and are simply packaged separately.

Okay, here's some pics, taken just now (November 3) in Edmonton. Very little left and it all looks a bit beat up so looks kind of trashy from a distance but the macro pics are okay. California poppy, started blooming mid-June, still blooming if it's sunny and somewhat warm: And harebell: That's all I have that's still putting out some colour.

Hello everyone! I got a notification that this thread was active again, which is funny as I just recently pulled out my ice cream recipes. As for the chocolate chip pie, I can't find the link anymore. It's originally from food network and I printed it out back in 2009, but I"m not seeing it on there. I'll just type it out. This one is always a favorite! I used to have a gorgeos photo of this but I can't find it. Chocolate Chip Pie 2 3/4 c. flour 1 1/2 t. salt 1 t. baking soda 1 1/4 t. baking powder 1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened 1 1/2 c. packed light brown sugar 1/2 c. granulated sugar 3 large eggs 1 T. vanilla extract 3 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips 2 c. chopped walnuts (optional) Whipped cream Preheat oven to 350º. Grease 2 (9-inch) pie plates, set aside. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. In the blowl of an electric mixer, cream together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating until incororated. Beat in the 3 cups chocolate chips and if desired, the walnuts. Divide the dough between the prepared pie plates and smooth the tops with a spatula. Bake about 30 minutes or until pies are golden and slightly firm to the touch but still soft. If the pies begin to darken too much before they are baked through, cover with foil and continue baking. Let pies cool completeley on wire rack. Top with whipped cream if desired.

I realize this response comes pretty late.So your son should be around 7 0r 8 by now.Just wondered how he is doing these days.My DS just turned 6 and has been on breathing treatments daily for RAD for the past 4 and 1/2 yrs.2 wks ago we finally got to the point where he could begin weening off.And we celebrated our first 2 weeks of no treatments last week.But he came down with a cold the end of the second week so he's been back on treatments a week now.So I'm not sure yet if he'll get to stay off the treatments once the cold clears up.I will call the doc tomorrow and find out.I've never been completely sure what the difference in RAD and athsma was myself.Except that RAD seems to be maybe a more severe form I guess.My DS seems to catch colds alot more easily than his peers but he also has other med issues that affect this also.He is also a heart patient and has a history of Cong. hart failure,arrest, and stroke.So we have to be very diligent about the treatments at the first sign of a cold. Does your son have the eczema that goes along with the RAD or athsma?Mine has only had small outbreaks so far thank goodness.I myself have had more problems than he has as I too have athsma. The only weird thing is the week before coming down with the cold recently he began to have what I thought was a more severe outbreak of the eczema in the same locations as the usual outbreaks.Only his eczema creams weren't helping.So when I took him to the doctor this week about the cold she said it wasn't eczema but a viral rash and that the same virus that caused he cold caused the rash.I've never heard of this before.But I do know it itched like crazy and we awake one night half the night rubbing his little arms to keep him from clawing them because it was so uncomfortable.The past few days it sems to be getting a little better.Seems like it's always something. Anyway I apologize for the late response as you can imagine it's difficult to find alot of extra time when your child is doing treatments around the clock some days.I hope your son is doing fine.There are days I feel like a nurse more than a mom.Good Luck from a mom who knows.