Followup to close out the thread.... The folks at PER were out of stock on the VST Hydro Kit - I receeived an email from them indicating backordered, with a follow-up that they had located one from an alternate source and had ordered it and sent it on it's way - Kudo's to PER for the follow-through and for maintaining contact with the customer to keep them in the loop - that seems rare these days... I Pulled the rear end out and had my neighbor help me go throught the process of replacing the baffle, fluids, etc. Reassembled everything and the end result is that now I have a much happier transmission - and have reduced my cutting times by at least 1/2 hour. Unfortunatly, I am still cutting the yard in reverse.... While I have improved reverse speed, I still can not get much more than a crawl in forward - no matter what I do with the linkage. My wife has not complained about having to mow "my part" of the yard with "Her mower" too much yet, so will try to take advantage of that as long as possible as mowing in reverse is hell on the neck, slow, and far, far too entertaining for the neighbors. Ultimately, I think I will have to just put a new unit in the tractor - still much cheaper than buying a whole new mower... A little disappointed with quality these days - I've only had this mower about 10 years and already have to replace something other than gas, oil, blades or belts....

I have purchased many estates over the years and I have quite a few stories to tell of obsessive compulsive collectors or people that could never throw anything away. Boxes of both trash and treasure stacked to the ceiling with pathways through the house. ItÂs spooky going through someone elseÂs lifetime of possessions. You learn much more about them then you might care to know. I remember one estate in which hundreds of items were wrapped in tissue, then brown paper, tied with string and labeled as to what they were. There were items bought new and never opened, there were many valuable antique items and then IÂd find a package labeled "Panty Hose" (used) or "Cigarette Packages." (Empty) Inside an antique dresser were half empty bottles of Lithium which explained a lot. The worst ones are when you realize the person could no longer take care of themselves and were living in filth and no one intervened. By the by as to my earlier post. I decided to give my mother in law the Iris quilt and sell the butterfly. I think dealing with all of the O.C. estates has turned me off of collecting anything. The fun for me is in the finding.

Raven-- I live in a no man's land between Time Warner Road Runner, six miles south, and Fios, six miles north. I am surrounded by beautiful farms and most of them are owned by Mennonites, who aren't likely to use the internet unless they run a business that demands the service. The area is sparsely populated and there is zero plan for any cable to come our way. I have to use TDS for my land phone and DSL, and DISH for TV. I am retired and have all day free most of the time. There is no competition for the poor folks living in Conquest, NY and I believe TDS takes advantage of that. Thanks for the idea of adding another fan to my tower. I do periodically clean it because I have three cats. It has run hot from the day I got it and it doesn't help that my computer and TV are located in my double wide's smallest room. I absolutely hate using a touch pad instead of a mouse, and I have a wireless mouse for my netbook when I take it on vacation. I don't do anything on my Kindle except order and read books so a lack of keyboard isn't an issue. I was hoping that a good tablet would have a touch screen so I could avoid having to use a touch pad to select programs or mail. My house is 44 feet long and the router/WiFi I have works well in all rooms. I was recently on vacation in Maine where I met up with my son from California. He is a whiz on his iPhone and I would like to be able to manipulate images the way he can on his phone. Clearly, if I wanted to write more than a few words I would go back to the PC. Other than checking email and the weather frequently throughout the day, I always check my bank accounts, credit cards and all the monthly bills I pay online. I use two to four credit cards on a daily basis because I charge everything I possible can, paying cash only to the small vendors who insist on cash payments. I always pay my credit cards in full at the end of the month, so using them doesn't cost me anything. I go for the perks offered by the cards and since I never pay any interest, any benefits I receive are totally free to me. I wait until I am eligible to receive 1% cash back and then collect my "free" money. I really think I would enjoy having a tablet with me so I can check the above mentioned information whenever I have a spare minute. It would make waiting through commercials on TV less annoying. Nancy

Thanks everyone! I still like it. :) Eileen - A good multivitamin and B I always thought were very good for hair. I take both. I attached a link with more info. on more specific vitamins and minerals. I will say, like anything else, I don't believe all vitamins are created equal. Sounds like not all of your hair was lost? That's good it's growing back but more importantly it's great you're doing much better. :) *I have no idea what vitamins they have on that site or how they are. I just did a search for vitamins for hair. Here is a link that might be useful: vitamins for hair