Hi Netta I don't have either IM system but I'm avaiable by email also, I can be reached at Albee7447@aol.com Been winter sowing now for almost 6 seasons, and I love it. I started gardening in 1983 by the square foot method, although I did have a garden elsewhere prior to '83 by the traditional row method, I found that required just too much weeding for me, and at the time I had young children which took up most of my time. Once I found square foot gardening and got my beds made it was a snap to keep up with weeds. So email me and we can chat, just enjoy gardening is my only advice at this time, :) Alberta

Known as lazy battery effect or battery memory, is an effect observed in nickel cadmium (NiCd) rechargeable batteries that causes them to hold less charge. It describes one very specific situation in which certain NiCd batteries gradually lose their maximum energy capacity if they are repeatedly recharged after being only partially discharged. The battery appears to "remember" the smaller capacity. This memory effect is caused by buildup of crystalline formations on the cell plates which increase resistence and lower the voltage of the affected cells. 1. Test the NICAD batteries using the battery tester to determine whether the NICAD batteries are fully discharged. 2. Locate the negative and positive nodes on the NICAD rechargeable battery. The negative node is on the flat end and the positive node is on the raised, bumpy end of the battery. 3. Put on all recommended safety gear. 4. Attach and hold the black clamp from the 12-volt battery charger to the negative end of the NICAD battery. 5. Rap the positive end of the battery with the red clamp from the 12-volt battery charger. This may cause the battery to emit sparks. It is part of the process of resetting the NICAD battery's memory. 6.Hold both the black and the red clamps on the appropriate negative and positive ends, respectively, of the NICAD battery for 1 to 3 seconds maximum. Release both clamps. 7.Retest the NICAD battery with the battery tester to determine whether the NICAD battery's memory has been fully reset. 8. Repeat the NICAD battery resetting process if necessary ...... DVOM or regular meter will work just fine Thanks, Hybrid Guru. JKS

My ID is my Yahoo! email and I usually have Messenger running if I'm online. Feel free to IM me if you like. :) Just go to "Add Contacts" and put my user ID in. I'm a canning newbie though. LOL This is my 5th year but I only did salsa the first year and haven't ventured into pressure canning yet.

Does that mean a 'purple Y/grinning face'? Yes that should indicate "Yahoo Messenger" is running. You double click it to start it. And right click it for other options also. When you sign in user id is your Yahoo mail as in joe At yahoo.com, replace At with (@) The password for me is the same as my yahoo mail.