All right, OMG. Someone sent in a complaint to the USPS using my name and address. While I appreciate the concern and it is OK, I just wish they had let me know in advance. I received a post card from the USPS yesterday saying they are investigating this. I mailed two packages today. One to north central Georgia up near Lake Lanier and the other to Texas. The difference between parcel post and Priority mail to Ga. was 64 cents. I just can't figure that out because priority is SUPPOSED to get there in 3 days. That seems like so little to pay for the supposed service of 3 day delivery. BTW, you pay for 3 day delivery but it isn't guaranteed.

I agree with the above. Plus the fact that too much personal information gets divulged or can be mined by joining facebook. I'd rather limit my online participation to forums like GW and other, less inclusive, less wide open sites. I've been a member here for a long time....going on a couple of decades......and I have seen the same ebb and flow of visitor traffic through the seasons as we are now witnessing. January, February, March are always as slow as molasses but it will pick up when the gardening season comes into to full force in the next 6-8 weeks. And I have to say that the comments about excessive ads and pop-ups surprises me. I don't experience hardly any at all and just use Explorer with the standard firewalls. Didn't realize this was much of a problem anymore regardless of the Internet server one used...... I have to be honest when I say I read more than post. Most of the topics don't hold a great deal of interest for me and I tend only to respond to questions that get neglected or overlooked or when erroneous info is provided. Since conifers are not my area of concentrated expertise, I let others respond first - there is an amazing knowledge base here :-) But I still remain pretty active in some other forums. I also live in an area where the Internet is not widely available so I am not online at home. And since my work life is pretty seasonal and therefore computer access the same, I tend not to post much in winter anyway.

tv shows that weren't full of violence and sex. having a paper boy/girl deliver your newspaper. Now you are lucky if the adult driving the mini van can throw your paper even close to your driveway. Joann...I am in TOTAL agreement. I HATE not being able to speak to a live person when calling a company. Even worse then the "Press 1 for English" is the system that is voice activated. You tell them what you want and you hear "I'm sorry I did not understand you"....Isn't that why I pressed English in the first place!!!! Nessie..you are so right! Now days it seems everything is bad for. Carbs, calories, MSG, sodium, etc....no one even gave them a second thought.

Gorgeous, I love the extra ruffling on this one. Better bud count is always a good thing too. My problem is I can't bear to get rid of any. I have several that look almost alike, but keep them even when some have problems-irregular blooms, flopping etc.