OMG, where do I start...to think my idle comment sparked this hotheaded commentary, lol, boy am I glad some of you who favor terse and boring passages in their descriptive prose have not read the novels that I have written on this forum to expostulate on my mower's ailments...which mownie has picked up and RUN with... I have to defend Mownie, here, because it is precisely his willingness to expound on details that makes his posts informative, AND exceedingly helpful. I learned more in a week about my mower's basic fuel and electric systems than I have in the ten years I have been dinking around with it...and I am definitely an amateur. Mownie's eloquent and colorful descriptions really make the problems and the solutions clear, and no one of course is ever beyond correction or clarification for that matter! As far as the quotes...they serve a vital function in separating the "quoted" from the response, especially when you are like me, and mownie, and tend to ramble on about this or that, and it helps to REFERENCE the passage that he is about to comment on. Guess some of you never really learned the mechanics of goood writing and the use of punctuation to illuminate your efforts to communicate??? Besides, aren't you talking about *****ASTERISKS??****** those are NOT "QUOTES" !! In my opinion it is very helpful to have that text set apart from the answer or comment or whatever. Finally, Mownie, I think this is a very helpful thread to anyone who in fact is NOT aware of the cut-and-paste basics of computer-ese, which I suspect from reading posts in ALL CAPS and mis-typed words and stuff like that, and that a lot of folks who DON'T dabble in computers use these forums because someone suggested they try. And in the end it IS a FORUM, and if the info is too elementary to be useful to you, you can proceed to more complex dialogue as it suits you...whereas if you DON'T know stuff like cut and paste, it could be a pretty handy gadget when someone opens your eyes to it. SO in the spirit of assistance that these forums are supposed to offer, mownie's post on this subject is in effect very useful, or is bound to be for someone, and that is why it is there. There are folks out there that will surely be helped. Finally, oh, i said that already, in general cut-and-pasting of elements relevant to your search for a solution when gathered in the course of surfing this forum is indeed a good idea, especially if it pertains to your particular make and model of mower or engine. Now to find those little tidbits out there again... SO Thanks, mownie; every once in awhile an innocent and well-intentioned attempt to be helpful sparks a major outpouring of public opinion. The beauty of the human condition, lol. And 12G, YES, you said it Bud! Should be up there in top Tractor Forum posts! I think I will cut and paste THAT little gem, to start! OK I'm ready, all you people of few words, bring it on...!!! =)

This site is the best I found in a language I can understand. The french ones are totally useless, now that I've learnt on GW I sometimes have a look at some and I can read discussions of ignorant people giving totally wrong advices to other ignorant people. Like this legend running around in France about a copper thread through the main stem of a tomato plant to prevent late blight ! I've been to permaculture sites too, on the french ones you get a good laugh, all those pompous wannabee scientists who write the most idiotic advices in the tone of know-all professors. Australian sites are a bit better, but then there are quite a lot of people sort of fighting for recognition, so you go for advice and you end with wanting to send them all to a shrink to try and understand why they shouldn't care if pop and mom loved their brother more and a gardening site is not the place to build their ruined self esteem. Anyway here people really try to give very good advice and will spend a lot of time to write about their own personal experience and I could get advice that I had been unable to find anywhere, whether in blogs, books, articles, or by asking professionals. And on top of that you know that the experience and advices are totally disinteressested, I mean they're not given with a hypocrite idea behind the head of making money out of you the ignorant sucker, so you can trust them. As for not being gardening time, I guess you guys have great soils and gardens, because I can assure you that this automn and winter, building raised mounds and trying to fight bermuda grass, have been the busiest cold seasons ever !

Check out March 6th,that is the day I uncovered my palms(happy) March 1 Snow Actual: 30° | 5° 0.00 in Average: 45° | 24° 0.06 in ----------------------------- 2 Partly Cloudy Actual: 30° | 10° 0.00 in Average: 45° | 25° 0.09 in --------------------------------- 3 Rain Actual: 35° | 17° 0.04 in Average: 44° | 26° 0.08 in ------------------------------- 4 Snow Actual: 23° | 12° 0.00 in Average: 43° | 25° 0.20 in ------------------------------------ 5 Scattered Clouds Actual: 15° | 0° 0.00 in Average: 43° | 25° 0.02 in -------------------------------- 6 Partly Cloudy Actual: 48° | 10° 0.00 in Average: 44° | 24° 0.06 in ---------------------------- 7 Scattered Clouds Actual: 51° | 30° 0.00 in Average: 44° | 24° 0.00 in ---------------------------------------- 8 Scattered Clouds Actual: 50° | 28° 0.00 in Average: 46° | 24° 0.05 in ------------------------------------ 9 Clear Actual: 55° | 26° 0.00 in Average: 47° | 24° 0.03 in ---------------------------------------- 10 Fog Actual: 64° | 33° 0.00 in Average: 47° | 26° 0.12 in -------------------------------------------- 11 Clear Actual: 59° | 33° 0.00 in Average: 47° | 29° 0.17 in ----------------------------------------- 12 Scattered Clouds Actual: 62° | 32° 0.00 in Average: 46° | 28° 0.08 in ------------------------------------- 13 Fog Actual: 69° | 35° 0.00 in Average: 43° | 27° 0.05 in ---------------------------------------- 14 Clear Forecast: 64° | 36° 0.0 in Average: 48° | 28° 0.01 in 73F yesterday-I noticed the palms (which had been locked down growthwise in frozen soil)have now grown an avg of one quarter inch in one day. Soil temp this morning @ 4" was 43F and was up to 47F last evening- 50F usually gets the palms going when the soil has been so cold for 4+ months. Its been spring like since our climb out of winter March 6th from 10F(winter morning) to 48F+ Springlike 51F in my garden where temps can run 3-5F milder. <span style='display:block !important; width: 170px; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px;'><a href='http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Fairfield, IA' title='Fairfield, IA Weather Forecast'><img src='http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/weathersticker/miniDial/language/english/US/IA/Fairfield.gif' alt='Find more about Weather in Fairfield, IA' /></a><br><a href='http://www.wunderground.com' title='Get latest Weather Forecast updates' style='font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px;'>Click for weather forecast</a></span>

I think that whole look has jumped the shark. It all looks the same, as so many of her houses do. It's mostly white, turquoise, with weathered woods and black iron accents. The look is still prevalent in the mid-market level, but I'm starting to see some changes at the industry level. Indigo shades are big now, and warmer tones are being desired. I see a lot of deeper paint shades in the shelter publications, and brown leather sofas are still being purchased. I've seen the Magnolia furniture line in person. It's ok, perfectly fine, but not fantastic. Expense is relative to the person making the purchase, but I don't think it's expensive, though I'm sure the name is factored in. It's not furniture that I would call forever furniture, but then that's not what the new buying generation wants. So I would say that she has given the market what it wants; her look at a price affordable enough that you wouldn't mind passing it on and buying something new in a few years.