Have you ever seen the big tall poles with a propellor on them. They produce energy and for most people who put them in they produce more energy then they use and they start getting a check from the electic company instead of a bill. Problem is for most people the amountof money they are saving is not even close to the cost of the generator. (Est. $10-20,000_ With a bill of $500 dollars a month it would pay for itself in four years and then your electric is essentially free. I don't know about electric heat, but I would imagine you may still need more power than a single wind generator can produce. If you plan on staying in your house for a while it may be a worth while investment. In my case (or my fathers case) it would take too many years for the generator to pay for itself than is worth while for us and we don't have that kind of money upfront. It is easier to pay for the electric bill each month which is a smaller cost than the wind generator even though the long term costs are higher.

Don , Sad but true! I can add a couple.. When your dogs go straight to the compost heap when they do their jobs. When your spouse flashes the porch light for you to come in because it is past dark. When you rob a convenience store to get money for "Chigger X' at Walmart! When you look forward to standing for hours on end watering your plants and thinking of nothing. Denny

Thanks, Jannie. This will be the last of our "excess" sheets. We now have one set of winter and one set of summer sheets, and that is it. The old towels will get cut up for gym towels. DH does the cooking, but most of the excess corningware, etc. went to the thrift store years ago. Amy, we have a few boxes that stay in the attic closet. We know what is in them, but DH wants to keep his baseball cards and the silverware his great aunt gave him, and I keep thinking I will get back to my crafting. Luann, at least we do not have a storage locker. I agree that would be awful. I had a friend who kept her mother's stuff in a locker for over ten years, paying the fees every month. She had a huge house but was not "ready" to deal with sorting through her mother's stuff. I am way too pragmatic to create that kind of situation! (My mother would have been appalled if I had wasted $$ like that, so I guess she was equally pragmatic.)

Hi craftyshe, " ... sxty-thre more and ...", indicats that u're not a permnnt fixtre at Strbx, regdles of th mrtgg/ttle on yr hose. Oh ... you can attend two, or half a dozen, kinds of coffeee hose? Fancy that! C.P.R. = Canadian Pacific Railroad. "Oh, Ya can't get to heaven On the C P R, 'Cause the C P R Don't go that far ... ... I ain't a gonna grieve my Lord no more ...." (heard at campfire). ole joefilled