I have no desire to carry a computer around with me, and so I'm content with desktop. I also have two desktops - one with XP and one with Vista. I've had the XP one since 2000, and it originally had Windows 98. It does everything I want except video editing, and so the second computer is dedicated to that, but I seldom use it. I have Google Earth and Sketchup on the new computer as well, but I cannot print from it because there is no driver for Vista for my laser printer, and the printer is not that old. I'm using an Okidata color laser printer that is on our home network. I've thought about getting a laptop so that I could put my Astrology software on it and rent myself out for parties, doing astro readings, but now that I'm working full time again, I don't have time for that. I've also thought about getting an iMac, but I really don't need it. For my birthday, I bought myself a new 22" flat screen monitor, which I found at a Circuit City going out of business sale for $200. I had to recycle my old CRT, which worked fine, but was way too bulky. I felt bad about getting rid of it because it worked fine and a 19" screen, which was big enough, I think. Last month DB and I upgraded our bedroom TVs to LCDs (32" Sharp), and so we ended up with two TVs to recycle that also worked fine. I kept my large old TV in the garage, and we took my old CRT and Kevin's old TV to the recycling center, where we learned that we could recycle only two CRTs per year, and we've met our quota for the year now. So I guess the other TV will stay in the garage for a while. I might hook a DVD player up to it. Lars

I'm not one to get ripped off..I will make a big stink if I think I am. My first computer was from Best Buy and we bought the extended warranty and kept it up for 3 years. I knew nothing about computers then and was happy I kept it up because they eventually replaced the entire insides twice over the first 5 years with no problems. Plus if you don't have the EW they wopn't even assist you on the phone to fix minor software, etc. problems, now they charge you so much $$ per call to walk you through some things. My son bought me my current computer at Circuit City and I have the warranty on it to....it too had one major problem in the last 2 years and they fixed it with no promblems also. I do hope your daughter gets this resolved, I would shut up about it until I've exhausted all of my options. I tend to stay in their face until I get results, luckily I've been pretty content for the last 7 years! I know it would have cost me much more in repairs and phone call advice if I didn't have the extended warranty. Good luck to your daughter....the grumps on here need to chill out!

IMO, just use a flat or eggshell finish with a good quality latex paint. You encouraged me to do a little research because you confuse your paint terms in your post. There are in the main two types of paint on the shelves for the homeowner: oil-based and latex. There are four basic ingredients in paint: carriers, binders, pigments and additives. Carriers usually make up the largest percentage of volume in a can of paint and transport the essential ingredients from the can, to the brush or roller and onto your wall. Water is the carrier in latex paints and mineral spirits is usually the carrier in oil-based paints. Binders are the expensive part of the paint can and the essential element to a paint's performance on your wall. Latex paint binders are often acrylic, vinyl acrylic or styrene resin. Binders are also responsible for a paint's sheen. 100% acrylic paint is typically a better paint (but not always) than vinyl acrylic, which is often used in cheaper paints. Pigments give paint its color and Additives provide enhancements for workability, performance and other benefits like mold deterrence. Flat paints have a higher concentration of pigment to volume than gloss paints and because binders are usually an expensive component, this is why gloss paints are usually more expensive than flat paints. Flat paints will hide dimples, dents, saw marks and other imperfections in the shiplap better than gloss paints because of the greater pigment coverage and less attention-grabbing reflections from high and low points. There's really no need to use oil-based paints these days. Latex paints have progressed in technology to the point where arguments against bonding capability, uniformity, pigments, wear, life expectancy, etc., in comparison to oil based paints are all moot and the traditional advantages with cleanup and ease of use are still there. Plus you don't get high for a week or two after application.

I feel like this color always goes one of three ways for me. Either it’s very grey or it pulls green and then sometimes just a touch of blue comes out. We are considering this color on a colonial style home.