Hi, Scaldude. It's no trouble -- it is, after all, a discussion forum. Your ice cream and orange juice freezes fine because your freezer compartment probably goes down to 10 degrees F. On the coolest setting, my freezer can go down to 0 degrees but I keep it around 15. "Any foreign substance added to water will cause a freezing point drop. For every mole of foreign particles dissolved in a kilogram of water, the freezing point goes down by roughly 1.8°C. Sugar, alcohol, or any chemical salt will lower the freezing point. Salt is used on roads and walkways because it is inexpensive and readily available." Anecdotally, the 4-to-1 mix seems to freeze around 28 deg F. The 3-to-1 mix starts getty mushy about 24 deg F. The sugar concentration in 3-to-1 mix is comparable to a few flowering plants and therefore not harmful to hummers, particularly when there isn't much else around to choose from.

Here's my unofficial tally so far, Which brand of unit is best? 3,278 times Did I get ripped off? 2,264 times Can I close off my registers to save on my heating bills? 6,978 times Should I have my furnace cleaned? 2,289 times Can you tell me whats wrong by there pictures? 8,498 times My system smells like -------, what is the problem? 2,494 times. Should I change the filter when it's dirty or when the owners manual says to? 1,989 times I gave my contractor a $3000 deposit to buy the equipment for my house, he hasn't returned but he did sent me a post card from the islands,, did I give him to much of a deposit? 2,308 times Will a heat pump work in Minnesota? 2,948 I saw the installer taking a leak in the laundry sink in my basement, is this standard procedure? 1,220 Should I tell my service man his fly is open or is this common? 958 times My house is xxxx square feet, what size unit should I buy, how much will it cost me and when can you start? 1,002 times And of course my favorite, Is 1400 dollars to much to pay for a fuse even though he waived the service call charge? I gave up counting' I've been hanging around and contributing to this forum for a long time. Only because a serious injury years ago limits my productivity. Many good techs and contractors have come and gone. (Boy there's been some doozies too, LOL) I guess after a while it gets old the same stuff over and over. zl700 definately has it right.

Assuming you have a Windows system (as opposed to an Apple/Mac), click on your "Start" Menu and... Start --> Programs --> Accessories --> Notepad I created a shortcut on my Desktop for Notepad so I don't have to go through the "Start" menu each time. (To create a similar shortcut: Click & hold on Notepad and drag it to your Desktop)

Mimulus, what soil mix have you tried with the odora? Alocasias are adaptable but don't like 'wet feet' or very dry conditions. Here in central Fla I let the mix dry to an inch or two before watering, but daily rainy spells doesn't seem to bother them. I have mine in a mix of primarily unsifted pine bark mulch (from WalMart), with a little peat moss or styrofoam balls and a little perlite. I've successfully grown them in many other mixes using various proportions of Miracle-Gro, peat moss, pine bark mulch, perlite and/or vermiculite. They're really not too particular as long as the mix has air spaces and drains well. It would help if you turn on your Messaging. My email is bluesea14808@yahoo.com. If your interested in trades, I have quite a few alocasias and colocasias, including A. macrorhizos variegata. Also have a large collection of philodendrons, aglaonemas and other aroids, and sansevierias. Russ