Genes, Thanks, I have looked at refabs.. and there's still a lot of XP out there as well... don't know who would buy one unless like me they were considering it for parts - my latest interest in a new laptop (I mean lap not note, as I want at least a 15" screen) being driven by my careless handling of my 7 yo gateway (my under the table living room machine). Speaking of Gateway has that brand been taken over by ACER? I still see the brand out there, but no longer any advertisements..come to think of it TV is basically absent of any computer advertisements. Back to subject, I did a reply on a January thread on Windows 8 where I learned from a link provided by ragencajun the RetroUI Pro, make-over to run W8 as W7, and still have W8 underneath for when you're ready to use it. It isn't freeware for at $5 it is almost free, but... I see the subject Toshiba is available on-line form Toshiba for $399, and I also see a Toshiba near the same for the same price but it has a 500 GB HDD (not the 350GB) and an Intel not AMD. I recall ravencajun prefers AMD. Me, I can't complain with Intel, my old Gateway has a Celeron.

Find a good independent TV repair shop, is my advice. A lot of these TV's have cheap components on the boards especially the power supply. I had a Samsung go out after about 3-4 years, turned out to be $2 worth of capacitors on the power supply board. Didn't cost all that much to fix.

Hi Jim, I had an AquaPod on my first pool. I thought it was great at the time. Then I moved and my new home/pool had an EasyTouch system on it with wireless remote. I like the EasyTouch remote better because it was lag free. The AquaPod had a lot of delay so it made it difficult to navigate quickly. If I started pressing buttons too quickly, it would queue them up - it made it difficult and cumbersome to navigate through the menus because the menu was always a couple of screens behind my button presses. The EasyTouch system does not have this problem. Maybe the AquaPod has been fixed by now. Does anyone else notice this behavior? I would recommend finding an existing install to test it out first to see if you can live with it. I like the EasyTouch remote because it integrates with Pentair's IntelliFlo 4 speed pump so I have fully control over the speeds in my spa and waterfall.

Jolana, the dwarf Barbados cherry pictured is planted in soil that had been improved for roses along the drive way and is about 5 ft by 5 ft. Others in more rocky soil are about 3 x 3, healthy with fruit and flowers, and dark green leaves and no chlorosis -- which is most remarkable in my alkaline soil and water. Glad you found the tree form you've been wanting ... :-) Molly, I've recently planted two Canyon Creek abelias also after falling in love with the one Plantmaven Kathy had! They are growing fast, but haven't bloomed yet.