Hello everyone! I haven't been around much lately, been working both jobs. The math question answer is 4100, it's funny how people add the 1000 instead of 10. I didn't even try the others, I only like math..lol Becky, I mailed your campanula and shast Becky seeds out today. Alana, I'm sorry about all your troubles lately, I'm so glad that the fire happened by day and not during sleeping hours for your son, at least they weren't hurt!! xmaseve many years ago and she lost her dog,it happened in the middle of the night. She was devastated so my brother and I bought her a new dog and had to take it back because her landlord wouldn't let her "grandmother> have it. Tracy...stop causing trouble!!!! to everyone else...hello!!!! time to get back outside, it's not too bad out today. Lisa

I had been presuming shakes because of the rural setting and because it's really a very plain Italianate house - basic center-hall style (originally - they remodeled and moved the stair and removed the hall), no bay windows, none of the other fancier elements. But I'm very glad to hear about Downing's advising for metal. I really could see this house with a metal roof, even more so than shakes. His mention of that in his book will enable me to justify it to the folks who will have the final say on renovations being aligned with its historical styling. In fact, if you have the time and the inclination, could you write out the exact reference (only if its a sentence or two) and tell me the title, page number and edition of the book you got that from? If you don't have time, please just tell me the title and I'll dig it up from our library system or have a university reference librarian friend look it up for me, so it's not a problem. I have to submit a proposal for all the work we'd do (we're applying to be resident curators - live there "free" for life, on 10 acres in a state park, for fixing it up which becomes a tax deductable donation). Here's a pic: But then my next question is, what modern metal roofs look similar to the metal roofs of the mid-1800's? And what color would an early Victorian metal roof have been? If anyone has links showing either old roofs or new, I'd appreciate it!!

Annette, I too am watching the Touch of Frost reruns - such a great series. I'll look and see if one of my PBS stations is running the Morse mysteries. Well, I think you got it, mostly!! People were given a 12-minute deadline, and 5 people beat the 12-minute deadline, although one, the fastest, had misspelled a word and was disqualified. The puzzle was printed in the next dayâÂÂs edition, January 13 1942, so that everyone could try their hand . And there the matter might have rested but, unknown to the Telegraph and the contestants, the War Office was watching. Stanley Sedgewick, one of those who took part, said: âÂÂSeveral weeks later, I received a letter marked 'Confidentialâ inviting me, as a consequence of taking part in 'The Daily Telegraph Crossword Time TestâÂÂ, to make an appointment to see Col Nichols of the General Staff, who 'would very much like to see you on a matter of national importanceâÂÂ.â Mr Sedgewick, and several others who took part that day, ended up working at Bletchley Park, breaking German military codes. âÂÂWhether itâÂÂs a simple cipher, or something as complex as the codes of the Enigma machine which the Bletchley codebreakers were working on, the trick is making links between letters and words,â says Michael Smith, the author of Station X: The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park (and who interviewed Mr Sedgewick for the Telegraph in 1998). âÂÂCrosswords are the same sort of lateral-thinking exercise.â Alan Turing was already on that team, at the time. He had a brilliant mind, and a tragic life - ahead of his time on many levels. I have yet to discover why it is called the Imitation Game - I guess I'll have to watch the movie. For all: Thanks for playing!! See you at Cyn's question now!! Nancy. Here is a link that might be useful: More info and the crossword

"Last Cab to Darwin" - Aussie road trip movie - a dying man drives cross country thru Outback to reach a eauthanasia doctor .... and unexpected things keep occuring. "The Imitation Game" fascinating true story of a sorta semi-autistic genius type who cracks nazi code thus shortening the war by several yrs. Both these were good - and imho any movie that gets me to cry is good! Wondering what other movie options are there besides netflix? Saw the last batch of listings of "new" films and its ALL CRAP - nothing but murders and weird .... and I do mean weird... sexual behaviors. Like to think Im open minded but Jeez Louise. Some things Id rather not know about. I watch a lot of movies and Im to the point where Ive seen ev I want to see on Netflix basic membership -I would upgrade my membership except I realllly dont want to mess around with sending dvds back and forth--- ughhhh! Would much rather watch online?