I'm still dial-up, but it's a matter of choice. All the other stuff is available, but I just don't want to bother with making changes. Of course, there are times when I really want to see some pictures, and they are very slow to come up. When that happens, I just close down and come back another time (on the assumption that there's a lot of traffic that's bottling up the line), or I get out my knitting and work on that while waiting. It really saves me a lot of frustration. I do think that some of the photo files are probably bigger than they need to be, but I also know that my dial-up is the main problem. It's possible that if I ever get myself a digital camera and want to post pictures of my own roses (providing they ever bloom), I will change my mind and switch. Laura

Yes that is the right one. No it will be easier to keep the pressure steady as the weights do the work. The 3 Presto weights are machined to gently rock continuously when at pressure rather than just a couple of times a minute as with other brands. You can hear them steadily rocking. Ideally you should not have to make any heat adjustments during pressure canning once the pressure is achieved. Trying to fine tune pressure based on a gauge causes siphoning and other issues. With a weighted canner that isn't necessary. Once converted note that your processing times and or pressures used will change on some foods. When in doubt use the NCHFP instructions. Dave

Did you try it? Dialing 0 where I live doesn't do anything. I can call 411 on my Verizon landline and get an automated directory assistance. I think I can get an operator there if I have difficulty.

Some sellers of mutual funds are employees of their sales company, but some are paid partially or entirely by commissions on the mutual funds that they sell. If the person who sold you your mutual funds was paid by commission, usually part of the service at that time covers financial planning. Every mutual fund management company levies an annual fee to pay for its expenses, in most cases a contractual percentage of the total fund under management (probably from 0.5% to about 4%), that is deducted from the central fund rather than paid from the account of each account holder. Details of this would have been provided to you when you received the company's prospectus when you bought the funds. Or you can ask for a copy, now, if you wish. In many cases, part of that annual expense is paid to the original salesperson's company, to compensate the sales person for her/his ongoing service to the clients. If the person who sold your mutual funds to you was a commissioned person, has that person provided you with ongoing reports of the operation of the fund, and offered regular discussion of your financial situation, if you desire such? If you aren't aware of the full payment situation covering your salesperson's situation, you should be: ask. And if that salesperson is receiving ongoing compensation relative to your fund purchase - s/he shoud be providing you with ongoing financial planning. As it is unusual for stock market averages to grow at an annual rate over 10%, averaged over a number of years (and often somewhat less) it does seems as though, when fund managers often are taking 10 to 20% of that growth, that is a fairly hefty percentage of the growth that they are getting - and they get paid their full amount, even if there is little or no growth. Which is a major reason that quite a number of investors, with a substantial amount of assets, have chosen to learn how the markets work and invest directly, buying stocks directly on their own, and putting the mutual fund managers' fees into their own pockets. Assuming, of course, that they succeed in developing a growth rate similar to that achieved by the fund managers that they used previously. Good wishes to you and yours. ole joyful