How strange! I looked at my original post this morning to happily find others are as annoyed as I, and discovered that the Forum Masters had added a "link" to the word "y-a-r-d" in my post complaining about them adding links!! Didn't have time to respond then but checked again this evening and the link is mysteriously gone! Yippee! Maybe the powers-that-be have read about our discontent and decided it wasn't such a great idea. Could it be true? If so - Thank You from all of us!! I agree with Jazzbone - nothing could keep me from visiting or enjoying you all and your wonderful work and ideas either! I have a great pop-up-blocker. When I figure out what it is and where it came from I will let you know. It gives you the option of accepting pop-ups at certain sites but blocks all if you wish. Have to go play in concrete now! Made my first 2-part mother mold (for a silicone caulk mold I made Thanks to Nofu) and can't wait to try it out. It was WAY easier than I had anticipated. Whew! Let me know if anyone would like instructions. I was so NOT looking forward to making a mother mold and was slightly intimidated by the process - 'til I figured it out. E-Z! Bucky

That's what I paid for the one I had, and I got a full refund and didn't have to take a replacement....you have to stand up for yourself many times in this life...I think they were glad to get rid of me also :o) Send it back, send it back, send it back... I didn't ask them for boxes...I went to a local packing place and had it professionally packed...they weren't at all surprised that I was sending a Dell Computer back. I was a little concerned about the plain brown boxes and if Dell would accept them, but they said nothing about the boxes when giving me "send back" instructions...just make sure you have the componets in the right box (they'll tell you) and have it marked on the outside of each box what is inside. My monitor, keyboard and software were in one box...the other things were in the other box........get rid of the thing. I had mine longer than the two weeks trying to get it working...tell them you no longer want a Dell

My primary email has been hotmail for over 10 years, I started out on MSN dial up so had the msn email and hotmail, kept the hotmail and use it daily, I know a lot of people don't care for it but it has been good for me. I also have gmail which I set up through my thunderbird, and I like it a lot. Yahoo I have had for years but just never cared much for it. My very first email addy was with juno back when the original juno dial up was the thing, I still have that juno addy but don't use it because it just piles up with spam. My verizon addy I never use I hate their format. If you like gmail but just don't like the ads then set it up through thunderbird and use it that way then you never have to see the ads or the actual gmail site. Gmail has the directions on how to do that on their site just look under the settings button, then forwarding Pop/Imap.

bestyears, here is a link for Mirage Solid Brazilian Cherry HardWood Floors in 3.25" wide Cashmere or Semi-Gloss Finish. I guess it now comes in the more modern 3.25" wide plank size which is close enough to the 3" wide size. A client's daughter had 2.5" wide solid oak floors in her dining room and tore up her rug and added 3.25" wide solid oak floors in her living room. The floors but up against one another with that wood type of room separator in oak in between them. Both floors have a natural finish and they look great together. I only realized they were a different width since I brought my ruler as I was trying to decide what width I would want for my hardwood flooring. I loved both widths but preferred the 3.25" width. There is someone who posts and shows her beautiful floors that are the engineered 2 9/16th cashmere finish and she claims they are very easy to keep clean due to the matt finish. I believe her based on my experience with matt versus glossy. I still love semi-gloss floors but I try to stay away from high gloss flooring unless that is the only finish the flooring came in and I was in love (like if I decided to get a laminate floor, I do love the Bruce Park Avenue line and may ignore my own rule but I still fear a glossy floor would be difficult to keep clean with so many clients visiting me during my busy time). I had samples of both the cashmere and the semi-gloss in my home of Mirage and the cashmere did stay clean looking despite walking on the samples for a few days. I still love the semi-gloss but if I was putting a floor in the kitchen, I would want a matt floor or at least not a high gloss floor unless I was buying a laminate floor. Here is a link that might be useful: Mirage Solid Brazilian Cherry HardWood Floors in 3.25