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Comments (8)**As far as a "10 year old" car goes, who cares? If it's maintained, it's a young car.** True...and not. Buy a new car and odds are it will go 10 years and 100k or more miles requiring little more than putting gas in the tank, regular oil changes, and maybe one set of tires. After that, even if basically sound, the never ending stream of worn out parts begins. I drive a 20 year old car that had 25k miles on it when I bought it 3 years ago. Since buying it I still had to replace the water pump, battery, belts and hoses (looked good but too old), tires (good tread but too old), brakes, two headlights, repair one headlight motor, replace power antenna, power window switch, repair a bad ground wire, replace hatch struts, replace maf relays, replace one set of u-joints. Probably a couple other things that don't come to mind at the moment. I know the right front shock is bad, and though the ac compressor still works, it's slinging oil and making noise so I imagine I'll have to replace that some day. Same with the steering rack. Works fine warm, sticks when cold. O-rings gotten hard over time I'm sure. Got a '98 dodge we purchased new that now has just over 100k miles on it. It's accumulating a similar list of things to do now. Told the wife if she's going to keep it I'll have to start replacing worn parts...shocks, pitman and idler arms, adjust steering gear, replace ac condenser, hatch supports, repair oil leak at transfer case, new tires next summer, and so on. Not seeing a new vehicle she likes better, she wants me to maintain the old one. Fine, you know what I'll be doing every weekend from now on...or I can take it to a shop and pay someone a few thousand bucks to do it. Then after a couple years it will need more of the same. Different list of worn stuff, but a list just the same. Point is there really is no such thing as a young new car. Whether you drive it a lot or it sits in the garage, it pretty much wears out just the same. All the rubber, gas charged parts, sealed bearings, ect goes bad in time, imo about 10 years, no matter what you do. One of the hassles of buying a car is getting rid of the old one. In the case of the original poster, the car is sold already if they want it to be. If they were ever thinking of selling or trading that car, now is the perfect time. If they like the old one and want to keep it, that's fine too....See MoreCan I get your opinions on Fisher & Paykel refrigerators?
Comments (10)I am NOT saying that this is a bad thing, but F&P has been in increasing financial difficulty over the last few years. Chinese appliance giant Haier, who had a 20% stake in F&P since the 2009 downturn, just won majority control of F&P with the next four largest shareholders agreeing to sell their stake to Haier. This gives Haier 51.6% of F&P. It remains to be seen what effect this will have long-term on F&P's manufacturing and quality control. Haier is making no promises about possible staff layoffs or other changes. Here is a link that might be useful: SF Chronicle: F&P bought by Haier - Oct 18, 2012 article...See MoreCan I get your opinion on this media stand?
Comments (10)No, you do not need a special remote with a closed-front cabinet. You need a small gadget called an "infrared repeater" or "infrared extender". It picks up the infrared beam from the remote and transmits it to the dvd player or whatever. The pickup is as small as a pen cap so it can be tucked underneath the cabinet, through a hole drilled in the corner of a door, mounted on top of the TV, you name it. They are not necessarily costly - Smarthome has a good selection - nor necessarily difficult to install. If you want to shop in person, an A/V specialty store (if you have one around, Tweeter is a great store for customer service) will probably yield much better results than somewhere like Best Buy that may only have one or two items at most, but you'll get better prices shopping online. It's also quite simple to drill some holes in the back of a cabinet to provide additional ventilation. Drill a series of 1" holes a few inches apart at the top and bottom of the rear panel. (Most of the time it's just masonite or very thin plywood anyway.) If your components run particularly hot, you can add a cooling fan. Some home theater components have a plug in the back just for things like this, so when the hot-running component is turned on the fan comes on automagically. :-)...See MoreCan I please get your opinions/advice on details of backsplash?
Comments (10)You guys are terrific, and I really appreciate your input. You have definitely helped me settle on grout the same color as the tile. So, to follow-up, yes the shelf I was thinking of was the Grundtal shelf, and yes, I was thinking I would install it so as to hide the brackets behind the tile, which is why I'd need to decide in advance. This one has separate rails that make up the shelf (see link). I was thinking a solid shelf might interfere too much with the venting and lights. I'm still not sold, and I hadn't thought that it could potentially look cheesy next to the range and hood. I think I'll go ahead and get one to check this out. I could always use it somewhere else in the house if it doesn't look good over the range. If I do decide to use the shelf, do you all think it should align with the bottom of the adjacent cabinets? The large pot in the photo is my tallest stock pot. Would that leave enough room to put things on the shelf and be able to lift pot lids comfortably? About the tile next to the window, I just checked and it looks like it's about 1.5-1.75 inches between the window and cabs. Do you really think that's too much of a sliver? I suppose I could mock up that section too see how it will look before committing. Fori, the range is an AGA Legacy. Here is a link that might be useful: IKEA shelf...See More
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5 years agodviolet1
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoIf nothing else, I'm happy to hear it passes the muster for a virtual GW show! So that makes me happy. Thanks so much for your critique!
The above is Harmony's Cripple Creek, Irina. GTS mentions last minute repotting for underpotted plants, but I'm afraid to risk ruining the blossoms or foliage if I tried that. So that would be more deductions. How many off for underpotting? So that'd take it down to red, right?
Oh no, just checked and I don't see it in FC2. Would that be a problem entering it into the show? So it's named but not registered? If this one does not qualify for showing I have one other plant I could enter, maybe two depending on this...
Here's a very imperfect windowsill-grown Harbor Blue I wasn't planning on entering cause the symmetry looks so bad. It has lost some leaves and a few other leaves don't look so hot. What is your take on it? Should I leave it home?
(One good thing I'm happy about is that I timed the disbudding so it's at its max bloom right now! Not very prolific by most grower's standards but quite an accomplishment for me!) :-)
I do have two other very floriferous violets, but the leaves are twisted and very chaotic, and the bonnets are lopsided. I was going to leave them home. Just to be sure, those would be no go, right?
I don't mind not taking any of these for a few reasons: I have 3 entries for the Design categories. Car space is very limited. One less plant I have to worry about with bringing home pests from the show. However, due to a series of serious, unfortunate circumstances, so few people are entering plants this year.
Do people bother entering plants if they know they're only reds or whites?
Setup and registration is tomorrow so I appreciate your help. I'm not stressed, just a lot of unknowns with not knowing how to do this, what I should expect, and what the judges expect, along with having a lot to think about and dealing with the logistics of transport. Whew! It tires me just to think about this!
On top of all that, I have to find time to get my nails done...
...points off for grooming. ;-)
dviolet1
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agodviolet1
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoThanks for the help everyone and especially for the nudge from Paul and Irina to enter those plants that I would have left home. I won blue ribbons on all my entries as Irina predicted, and then some! So pleased, and surprised!
Hope to get more pictures taken tomorrow, but here's one of my Cristabel I'm especially proud of. They even found a place for it on the 'showcase' table (at the front of room after judging).
The one to the left of it, grown by another grower, won Best in Show, Rolling Pink Cloudburst, a beautiful Trailer!
I got to clerk for the Judges, and learned so much! Overall, I consider my first show to be a great experience!
dviolet1
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoAnother pic -- This was part of a larger design that comparably didn't quite measure up to par. I have to find new homes for my other container gardens I put together, but this one I must find room somewhere so I can keep. IMHO -- too cute!
This was taken just before planting the violet, which was done at the last minute to keep it fresh.
dviolet1
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoThank you. Paul, the Interpretive Designs are written up with very specific requirements. With those it is more a matter of meeting the design requirements rather than show standards. For example, one Natural Design did not get judged because the grower used a gesnariad instead of a violet in the arrangement. My entry for Shipwreaked Dreams did get judged though I think I misunderstood the term 'interacting containers' from the description. I also missed the mark on balance and colors. I chalk it up to inexperience, but nonetheless, I won a ribbon for best Novice Design!
Someone told me I might have won something more if I had used the shell arrangement alone and competed that as a dish garden.
Paul MI
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agofortyseven_gw
5 years agodviolet1
5 years agoPaul, yes I had fun! But truth be told, this has made it funner...
:-D
Now it's back to business as usual in my life with AVs.
irina_co