Actually, unfortunately for me, on the RI coast, we do get a lot of humidity and all the associated fun (severe CAR, FB, Scab, SB, FS, etc) that goes along with it. In fact, our zone of 6b is actually the same 6b as northern Georgia. (Randy - you should include your zone to save us some research). In my conversations with others here on the forum, if I lived out west, I'm confident I could get away with less spraying. In VT's schedule, they're actually spraying 10 different sprays (Copper, oil, Immunox, permethrin, esfenvalerate, M-Pede, streptomycin, Captan, Thionex, Confirm), but for me, the significant issue is how often they spray them. I do agree that it's a good reference, in that it's nice to know you're spraying the right chemicals at the right times, but I'd argue that even in high pressure areas, you don't need such a variety of sprays in such high intervals as described by their schedule, to get complete control. Am I wrong? If so, are you southerners really spraying all 10 of those sprays, that often, to achieve control? Or have you identified and targeted your diseases and pests, and then minimized your spraying to handle all accordingly? There are similar schedules for orchards around here, yet I've found that not all of it was necessary to achieve great apples. I do agree that growing knowledge is subject to location (and that can't be enphasized enough), but I still stand with megamav, that for the home orchardist, that schedule is overkill. -Glenn

I think it's the difference in doctors. I have no problem with electronic records. What I do have a problem with is the doctor spending 90% of his time looking at the computer and not at me. No wonder he didn't remember me a few weeks later. Cold. And his computer was large too, and on a stand. I feel he was snooping through 33 years of medical records from my deceased doctor. What I had was a common illness that needed antibiotics. Period. And what he should have done was go through my records, especially medicines I take which I hand delivered a list of them, *before* he saw me. There was absolutely no need to look at the computer while I was there. None. He has no people skills and the computer makes it easy for him. He hardly spoke to me, but when he left the room he immediately started laughing and joking around with his staff. A friend went to him also, same thing. Unfortunately, there aren't that many doctors in my area unless I want to drive 30 minutes to one, and if I'm pretty sick, that's not happening. lol

I'll tell you my terrible experience with Versed. After being induced and laboring for 2 days it was decided to do a c-section. It was the worst thing in the world. The Versed, knocked me out, but I was awake and couldn't tell them. I felt the complete c-section from beginning to end. In my mind I was telling them how much it hurt and to stop and do something, but my husband and Doctor and nurses all said that I didn't say anything during the surgery. Afterwards they told me that I was dreaming it and that I couldn't have felt anything. When I met with the Anisthesiolgost before my second c-section they told me that The Versed probably knocked out my communication skills and made it so that I couldn't communicate. I was so freaked out about having a 2nd c-section that I told my husband if I started blinking my eyes that I could feel what they were doing. Well I didn't feel anything but when They did the spinal for the c-section they did it too high and it affected my diaphram. I was having a hard time breathing, and the only thing that they could give me was Versed, I refused and told them instead just to sit by my head and remind me to breath. I am glad someone posted this and that I am not the only one with a reaction. When ever they ask about allergies, Versed is first on my list. Stacie

They are much safer in a stroller. Some people use those baby leashes, but that would be much harder with two of them running in different directions. I agree that they are too young to toilet train - and it's not like you could let them go to the bathroom unsupervised anyway, unless you wanted to fish toy trucks out of the toilet. Is there any reason to think that they may have any mild developmental or speech delays? Your town should have screenings for anyone at risk - and merely being a multiple would be considered at risk most places. The preschooler of someone in my town was able to go to a special needs/integrated preschool, and I think the basis for that was not a disability but rather because his father had died, leaving his wife with three kids under 4 and one on the way. I think the little boy was considered socially at risk. My daughter attended the same preschool, due to her language delays, and it was a good experience for her. Door-to-door transportation, in a van with car seats and seat belts, was provided.