I am no pro but it doesn't take a genius to tell the difference between a quality plant and a...... grade school science experiment (No offense 4H Josh! Your squash was blue ribbon all the way!!) That said, I am continually disappointed with the in store BP's seedlings.. mostly sad looking and always overpriced in comparison to everyone else. I planted sees from a box at a chain store that claimed to be the worlds hottest... with a picture of an orange hab. Now me and a friend have plenty of hot but not really hot..... orange pumpkins that are just larger than a quarter.. scotch bonnet of some sort. I suppose.. Good news is they are like a mild extra fruity hab. Maybe I will try to stabilize it and flip a little birdy to the liars when people.love it??? Double edit.... I can only speak for my local providers.. I have a friend that lives not too far away and he has been happy with his BP's banana and jalapenos.... even though this year his bananas were way hotter than last year... dj Someone block.me tonight.... no more rants!... maybe. This post was edited by djoy on Sat, Sep 20, 14 at 23:12

I think that the length of a chapter should be driven by the complexity of its subject matter, and the writer's judgement of how much the complexity should be explored. If you plan a number of chapters that are parallel -- for example, one on a maple, the next on a poplar, etc. -- then the first chapter could roughly serve as a template for the others, and the chapters will be roughly the same length. But if the chapters are not parallel they can vary widely in length. I did a book on 54 tree species, most of which were allotted 4 pages by the publisher and designer. Each page had to be fully utilized with no "widows" or "orphans". I even had to make captions to an allotted word count in order to not waste any space on the page. It was hell writing some of it, but it looked great when published.

Mike, I hear you loud and clear! I too wish I had found this site earlier in my remodel. Thanks to reading many tales of woe here we changed horses midstream and parted ways with a GC who I think was in over his head. It all started with the glass tile we selected and the bad vibes we got about his tile sub. After reading this forum we insisted on talking to the guy and when we were not able to even pin down who was going to do the work we started to question using the GC's tile sub. He got defensive when we questioned him. Then we wound up with windows that were way smaller than the originals and we decided it was time to remedy the situation. We had investigated quite a bit of the project details and figured we could leave the rest up to the professional, after all that is what he is getting paid for. Now we wish we had done more "babysitting" and we could have avoided a costly lesson. I am just glad that we made the decision before we move into the finish part of the project. We were lucky to be able to use the guys who were going to be doing some of the finish work that wasn't part of GC's work because thay will be able to do the rest of the work. Thank goodness this forum exists and helpful professionals like Bill and Mongo take time out of their day to answer questions. It's also great to have other people share their experiences and opinions. Thanks!

Here's what I would do in your situation Susan. First, forget about Domain. Anything you have done with them is null and void. Get your money back if you can and be glad if that happens. Now that manufacturer does NOT want that piece. He wants it gone off his shipping dock and someone is going to be buying it, be it you or another dealer. Since you were lucky enough to find it, you have a major opportunity to get it right now at a good price. As bad as you want it, they want it gone and to get paid just as badly. Shipping dock to dock is no big deal. Just have it delivered to a local moving/carriage company and they'll unbox it and bring it out to your home and set it in your room for you. You mentioned Gallahans in VA, so if you're local to Northern VA then Tobin Transport does this sort of thing on a regular basis. Call the manufacturer and get past the customer service people and go to the VP of Sales in the company, make him a cash offer of 20% less than the price you contracted with Domain (play a little poker and don't tell them the contract price you had with Domain) and then ask them to pay the freight as well to the carriage company. Bet they take it. Very little to go wrong with it actually. Don't muddy the negotiations with a lot of questions as to if something goes wrong with it...the standard warranty will apply and thats all you need. You want the piece, the maker is stuck with it now and its win-win since its already made. Make the phone call and try it! Duane Collie