Hi everybody Purp Ill do my best to perk thing up here...but im gunna need more aroids hrm... I feel pretty well versed on aroids now, but I was thoroughly intrigued, and collecting them well before then...they are just too much fun. Im goin for the big move i think. I been rooted here too long and 850 miles wont cut it, I HATE the cold, it just hurts now i cant imagine when im older...ugh, but my old lady cant take the heat. Looks like west is our only option, I hope the lack of humidity doesnt hinder my aroid options D: AL is a beautiful state, id certainly settle for there as long in was near the coast. That little spotted EE just might make it there too, or make a nice house plant til next spring, they handle it remarkably well. tropic I havent found a destination yet, i dont think, certainly havent reached it, have I...now uve made me all philosophical...thanks... :P I spose the nt on the end of your handle means northern territory. That would be a reasonable destination, really, i think anywhere in AUS would do, atleast anywhere with people... Have any more of those where your at? More people that is...With that climate I might be ok with no people anyways. Ive given up on makin it down there tho, crosscounrty is daunting, globe trekkin with kids. not on this budget...o well. Land ownerships great tho man, keep up those payments, any hopes of being free from the banks soon? Not to beat a dead horse but i think my realist plant list would be much easier obtained from your seat than mine, Ive seen a cyrtosperma recently, in person! my freind in QLD owns 7 types... That grass sure does look green over there...from here. :S mike your close! my new friend! :D Im super stoked our interests cross over and your so close. I really dont ever check my email. >1K. unread mails...ha, and honestly my plant collection is so minimal (seeming to me) that theres no need for a list. I want more plants, especially aroids, I bet we can do each other a fair bit of good on new acquisitions. Hopefully maybe meet an do some face to face plant swapping. I might mention at this point ive conjured up some tropic shangrila in your backyard, do you have a greenhouse, or plans of building one, and do have more near a hundred or thousand plants? Sorry im nosey :P I really do appreciate your offer, hopefully soon we will both have some sweet new plants from the other :D Thanks for responding everybody I got alot of good pics up and most labeled good enough for now at http://www.flickr.com/photos/88898514@N07 140 of em for now. several more to come. Please post any comments or questions here, it seems like a good place Hope to hear from a few more aroiders here before this thread gets old and crusty and on page 2 :D Here is a link that might be useful: some of my plants

Sure are a lot of "dorfus'" here - meet Dorfus Burger-Head here!! Wow that doesn't sound too smart does it. Oh well, this is fun.

It doesn't have to be the night before. The crystals build up which is what causes the pain. I don't drink either, for me it is the veggies I eat. I had 5 shrimp the week before, ate pureed cauliflower, ate a bunch of asparagus during the same week and a package of mushrooms. My Doctor told me I just have chronic high uric acid in my blood as does my sister. Before I was diagnosed years ago I went to the Doctor because I thought I had skin cancer. I had these black crusty round spots on the top of my left thigh. I think my Doctor called it tophi or something like that. They finally went away after I started taking the medication. My uric acid level at that time was so high I had 2 Doctors call me after I had the blood test to come back in right away.

John, it all looks delicious and your guests certainly look happy. The coffee machine fits there perfectly, and it's beautiful, so as soon as you have the "make ahead" dinner party thing down, you'll be spending your time making coffee instead. (grin) I also have a problem with cooking and hosting simultaneously. Even if I manage to get everything on the table and sit down I'm constantly getting up to get something that I forgot, or that someone wants or making room for something else. I've enver figured out how to get past that. Heck, I don't even need to have a dinner party. Elery's daughter and SIL were here and I have Mother and between to people who don't know where anything in the house is and Mother with her walker, I'm seldom sitting down at all. Annie