Ryan-- In order to get a better...I dunno... advertisement out there, I would think a new post is in order to reach our target 100. If the casual observer has been dropping by here they likely gave up on this post a while ago!!! So they're duty free... I...uh...I'm so ashamed....should know this but what does this mean to our bulbs? They're not taxed by Australia?

Hi all. I'm a newbie to this forum but not to this topic. Bottom line in regards to the original posting: if you sign the forms and then violate those terms then you are legally responsible. Putting aside what I think about the chem congloms (I detect a stench strongly akin to that of Ma Bell), signing your name to a legal agreement is still binding. Say you decide to quietly save back some RoundUp Ready seed, or decide that non-GMO refuges are just a waste of time/money and put a field completely into a GMO crop...you are knowingly going against your contract and busted is busted. If the speed limit is 35 and you get clocked at 70 don't feign surprise when you get the ticket. We have been saving back seed from our best-performing variety of soybeans for the last seven-10 years (non-GMO of course). This year when we contacted the operation that we use for our cleaning and storage they informed us that they had totally discontinued this service due to ongoing litigation with several customes. You guessed it...people were caught saving back GMOs. And the same people who don't understand the concept behind a refuge system with GMOs are quite often the ones who have more and more weeds still nice and green after yet another year of ALS-herbicides and can't figure it out. They accept the technology as foolproof without ever fully understanding it. I am sure there are a few here who will immediately want a background check. Here's what you get: We are small farmers-- the dying breed, if you will. We farm less than 400 acres of the big three (a rotation of soybeans, corn, and milo), all conservation tillage. The only reason my husband and I stay with this is because his dad died this past September and we absolutely refuse to sell the family farm to the 5000 Acre-Big Names. If I had my way (and wishes were horses so that beggars could ride) I would put it ALL BACK into native hardwoods and prairie and tell the rest of these greed-driven big operators to keep their damn hands off...uh, sorry--need my Prozac fix, forgive the tangent. Did try Bt corn against my wishes...I don't feel secure around anything GMO but the decisions are not all mine to make. Objectively speaking, I did notice that the non-Bt had a higher mold occurrence in the ears due to caterpillar frass breaking down (Makes me think of the contaminated Diamond dog food in the news lately), but other than that, we didn't see much difference in yield or stalk quality between the GMO vs non. Of course, no two growing seasons are alike in terms of weather, pest stresses, etc.... Never used RoundUp Read...beans, corn, any of it. In fact three years ago we got a 30-cent PREMIUM for non GMO beans. Only money we EVER saw from RoundUp Ready was two years ago when a neighbor who does bow and scrape to The Roundups had an adjoining field custom sprayed... seems that operator skipped school the day they taught basic GPS and so we received a complimentary spraying and a bunch of dead beans. It isn't possible with bigger acreages, but some of us still do it the old-fashioned way: long-sleeves, a bottle of water and a cane hook. I admit I am losing ground to the water hemp and the cockleburrs in some places, but after the initial spring planting/spraying (yes, we DO use some chemicals) the majority of post emergent weed populations such as shattercane, ragweed and velvetleaf are up to me. I have yet to read of a knife-resistant strain of anything. Politicians, maybe?

I need to memorize this sucker!

I actually considered this. So I think it's an interesting idea. Intellectually. I don't know where you live, but maybe Eurostoves, outside Boston, can offer some advice. They would know about differences in current, getting service, maybe insurance, maybe other lines. They might even be able to special order something, or tell you where to find it. Or tell you their thoughts on how to go about what you're going to do. Also, have you considered what's available in Canada? I could never get my head around how a device made for another electrical current could really be safe here. But that's me. Some people are terrified of canaries ... Or spoons. When I looked into having literally anything brought over, no matter what it was, a sink, an appliance, whatever, the cost of the object locally, plus shipping, added up to approximately the cost of an equivalent "eurostyle" object in the US - translation -- we're already paying for the shipping, we might as well get what we REALLY want. Plus -- and here is where I get truly evil -- the biggest hit in shipping is the first hundred pounds or so. After that it gets much cheaper. So while you're getting that shipped, if there's anything else you've been dreaming of getting shipped, like some nice tile, or a schranke or something cool, you might as well. In fact, (and I am honestly a fairly cheap person) you might be wise to get a cheap winter plane ticket, do the deal in person, see to the shipping on that end and make sure you get the appliance you need and you get your questions answered. And a little winter holiday! Good luck!