your email must be in non functional mode---replied to your email on the 12th----have PP cactus cuttings boxed and ready to go to you---with a surprise (peanut cactus cuttings too) let me know if you still want them

Catharine, that why I just stick with the post office and never use UPS. They broke a couple of lamps for my boss, a coffee pot for the office, several items from various places for me including a birthday gift for my Stepmother from Pfaltzgraf. Nope, I stick with the Post Office, they can get a dozen eggs to NYC by priority mail without breaking them, I've had much better luck with them than with UPS, although they do take longer sometimes. Annie

Robin, I am so sorry about your Dad and Julian, hope they are both better. Sounds like you have not had a very good day. When I tore into my package the first thing I saw was the colander, it is beautiful and will sit on my counter until needed and I will use it. You couldn't know how many times I have thought about ordering the ramekins, those are just perfect gifts for me! I love the microplane, just makes the one I bought look like, well what it is, a hand held grater. You know how much I will use the ladle, I am really excited about it, how handy and canning season is getting close! I said I would let DH claim the strawberry jam, well it is already almost gone, it is so good. I don't make strawberry jam, strawberries don't grow to well here. Vermont Maple grade B syrup, if you haven't tried it then you don't know what you are missing. I don't think I have ever tasted anything like it. I thought I had bought Vermont maple syrup, but it didn't taste anything like this. It is wonderful, I think I could drink it out of the can. Thank you again, Robin!

these units have 3 speed fan motors but normally only one speed (usually high) is wired to the fan relay while the other 2 are just left as extras. this is normal. you (your tech) could reduce the fan speed to medium to quiet the fan but this may cause another problem as your overall airflow output will also be reduced. im assuming the air noise you hear is coming from the supply registers. this could be velocity noise... air follows the path of least resistance and my guess (hard to troubleshoot over the internet) would be that your registers that are closest to the unit are the loudest due to the fact that the length of the ducts to these are shorter. the longer ducts on the other side of the house are probably quieter because they are longer causing the air to lose velocity. if you reduce fan speed your short ducts may get quieter but your longer ducts will put out less air. what i would suggest is you get a reputable contractor to check the duct sizes room by room and overall(called manual D load calculation)and possibly balance airflow. this would make sure the ducts are properly sized per room and balance overall air output as required. the load calc would prob be cheapest way to point you in the right direction as far as air noise goes. another thing to consider is possibly insulating the inside of the supply and return air plenums (square metal ducts closest to unit) with acoustical liner. we normally internally insulate at least the first 10 linear feet with acoustical liner or fiberglass ductboard to reduce noise in the systems we install. cant really comment on the return air duct size as the 50HX024-060 model number you listed describes 5 different size units. 50HX024 = 2 TON OR 24,000 BTU CAPACITY 50HX030 = 2-1/2 TON 50HX036 = 3 TON 50HX042 = 3-1/2 TON 50HX048 = 4 TON 50HX060 = 5 TON the best but not cheapest solution would be to remove that 300+ pound package unit from your roof and install a split system. i can imagine that unit itself is transfering vibrations thru the structure of your home in addition to the air noise youre experiencing. hope this helps