Good for them! Glad you're getting honest treatment from the company. Cameron

"Not so.....the fox is captured....then released to be chased by the dogs and the hunters, until the dogs corner the fox and kill him.' No self-respecting FoxCHASER would ever go after a "dropped" fox. I had hunted for MANY years (over a decade) with a few of those "barbaric" Hunt Clubs here in eastern PA and in 10+ YEARS of hunting only witnesses 3 kills. All 3 of the foxes were almost dead from mange and starvation when they were killed. Trust me on this - no one wants the fox to be killed, we want it happy and healthy so we can gallop around the fields the next time we hunt a particular area. Cubbing season begins in September, that is where the hound puppies are taken out to learn to work as a pack, and the fox cubs quickly learn they can outsmart and outrun the pack. As the season goes on, the fox has a much quicker learning curve and it actually becomes a "game" for them too. I have been on many "runs" where the pack is 2 fields in front of the riders and the fox has already run through a stream and circled back and is sitting on a hill top behind us whatching the whole ordeal. I swear you can see them smiling! Yes, drag hunts are gaining in popularity and there is absolutely nothing wrong with them either. Alexa - the "barbarian"

This is great to hear! I live in an area where the water is extremely hard, which apparently rules out ceramic-cartridge faucets as they disintegrate under those conditions. So I am "stuck" with Delta, the only brand that does stainless steel. Thanks for posting this!!!

Thanks guys for the comments. I just want some professional advice before I make my final decision on the furnace. I know the best choice is a variable speed, 2-stage but nobody makes them in a 45K 80%, period. They are all 65-70K or bigger. Bryant makes a 2-stage 45K (312AAV) but it only has a bad old PSC motor. I could ask the installer about replacing the PSC motor in the 312 with a 'green' variable speed motor (www.evergreenmotor.com) as he gave me a brochure on it, but replacing a brand new motor doesn't sound very wise. The Bryant 313AAV has an ECM (X-13) motor but only a 1-stage 45K burner. I looked at the spec sheet on the Trane XV80 (somewhere on the net) and the smallest size I saw was 60K, no 45K model in the XV80. Did I miss something? I know probably the low stage (32K) of a 45K 2-stage burner would likely be sufficient 90+% of the time. The furnace usually runs Nov-Feb and perhaps a bit in March depending how could it gets. This past March it never ran at all. During April, May, Sept and most of Oct. i rarely use any heat and not much AC in Sept. The condo mgmt. sent out a notice last year that if our condenser units needed replacing, that we would have to replace our evap. coils at the same time (the coil would be at our expense-$400-$800, the condenser at theirs). I figured it was because the new condensers would all be R410 and the old R22 coils in current use would have to be replaced. the installer said he would replace my coil with a R22/R410 compatible unit so I will already be taken care of when the condenser finally fails. Yes, I thought on my own that the new coil might be too much of a strain for the old condenser. However, if I want the condenser replaced now I have to pay for it. As long as it is working they will not pay for a new one, even if I am getting a new furnace and coil.