If they were dug in the heat of the summer and the foliage wasn't trimmed back, then they will probably adjust to the transplant shock more quickly if you trim off some of the foliage. Be careful not to overwater them at this time of year. Water them thoroughly and then DON'T WATER them for at least three days in between. More people just starting out kill daylilies by over-watering them, causing them to rot. ( especially by planting in the summer heat.) I just never plant at this time of year, as it is asking for trouble. Maybe it is safer in the more northern areas.

I was going to put my blood type on the helmet too, but an EMT told me he would never pay attention to what someone claims their blood type to be, he uses universal plasma and at the hospital they use a quick blood typing test. The risks of infusing an incompatible blood type are too high. Medical insurance information sounds like a good idea. Although [rant] have you checked what your "insurance" actually covers, lately? Our family of four pays about $16K/year in employee contribution. And our total family deductible is around $12K/year. We have not consumed over $12K/yr of medical care in at least ten years, probably not since the last child was delivered. Basically we pay $16K/year - and my company pays at least as much - for catastrophic coverage. On a day-to-day basis, every doctor visit and every prescription is coming out of my pocket. I'd rather we had the system they have in France. Everyone, rich or poor, has basic, no-frills medical coverage. Those who want nicer, fancier, more sophisticated treatment - private rooms, cutting-edge technology, $100K/yr drugs - have the option of buying commercial insurance policies, if they can afford it and want to. But everyone, rich and poor, has a basic and decent level of care. We may get a version of that in the US, starting in 2014. Maybe. "There's many a slip, 'twixt the cup and the lip." Who knows if it will actually happen. [/rant] After reading this http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/technology/bicyclists-using-cameras-to-capture-accidents.html I got interested in wearing a video camera, so you see on the helmet my initial experiment. It is not the $300 GoPro that a serious biker-recorder wears, but a $38 micro-cam from a Hong Kong mail order hobby shop. Meant for use in radio control aircraft, helos, etc. After experimenting with this cheap camera, I'm putting a nicer videocam on my Santa list. Aside from the "evidence" aspect, it is instructive to view a recorded ride and think about what dangers I did and didn't perceive at the time. I've been riding in traffic since I was a 7 y/o boy riding in downtown Vancouver B.C. on my Peugeot ten-speed, but I still make mistakes every day. Just like we all make mistakes driving, even though we've been doing it all our lives. I'll post a link to some video later. Here is a link that might be useful: NYT Story

Some ideas I found from various sources: "I had alot of tech support calls similar to this where it turned out to be an improperly grounded halogen street light outside the home cause the noise margin to narrow to around 5-6db." -------------------------------------- Not really sure what all this means... "I do think that is has to do with your DSL provider. These days and even previously I am sure that they .. meaning Telco's.. are oversubscribing the their CO DSL equipment. That is the most logical reason for the slowdown / dropped connections. I would ask your DSL provider to switch your cable pairs to a less used piece of equipment in the CO. You may go down for part of a day while they process the order / make the change. I would also ask them what the CIR - Committed Information Rate, BC - Burst Committed, and BE - Excess Burst is on your DSL line. The plan that you are paying for for your DSL speed should = the CIR - This is the bandwidth that their switch has been programmed to always give you. It could be that your DSL line has been configured wrong.. ie the CIR rate. During non peak times.. you are getting your CIR + BE (the excess burst) ... which is giving you the max bandwidth. Then during peak times.. since more people are using their CIR... it cuts away from the Excess Burst from you. Remember that the advertised speeds that you were sold are not "guarnteed"... but their should be a minimum in your agreement." ------------------------------------------- "I once spent 2 weeks trying to figure out the same problem you are explaining. I tried replacing the router, Inside wire, phone jack, out side phone cable. I simply couldn't figure it out. Finally I figured it out. There was a timer switch plugged into an electrical outlet across the room. Every evening the timer would kick on and turn on a light on an end table. I don't know how or why, but, that darn timer messed up the dsl router plugged into a different outlet across the room. It only happened at night and in the morning the timer switched off and Dsl would work. It is an extreme long shot, but do you have anything like that at your place." -------------------------------- I'll have to do some thinking tomorrow and see if I can figure out what the problem is.

Lascatx, there are methods of thawing the ground to dig graves, and some states require it. It's more expensive, but it's done. https://adventuresincemeteryhopping.com/2015/02/27/frozen-funerals-how-grave-digging-meets-modern-times/ eta. as a sidenote of why I know this above... I once met a young man who was studying to become a mortician. Most funeral homes tend to be family businesses, but he wanted to enter this field without having a family background. First, we discussed these challenges (I wasn't aware of the whole culture of mortician work), and then, because he was receptive to my questions, I asked him a slew of questions about what happens to a body after it expires. Frozen ground came up, and he explained much of what the article above states. The whole discussion was just so fascinating, and this kid had such a calming yet matter-of-fact approach to it all. He had truly found his calling.