Ditto the sun teasing down here in SoCal. We have set several 'record low temps' for July this year. But my toms have produced enough for my family ... just not the usual glut to give away. I've seen references to pulling on the stem of the plant ... breaking smaller rootlets, but not pulling whole plant up ... to shock the plant into producing. Do a google search on key words "root pruning tomatoes" //// http://www.garden.org/foodguide/browse/veggie/tomatoes_care/365 ...snip....Root pruning is a special trick you can use to speed up the ripening of early tomatoes. It simply involves cutting some of the roots of a plant when it has three or four clusters of tomatoes on it. By cutting the roots, you put quite a bit of stress on the plant, which causes it to mature more quickly. It's as if the plant were worried that it might not have time to complete its life cycle, so it rushes to mature some fruit and seed. The plant won't die if you root-prune it correctly; the growth process is simply interrupted. But after a little rest, the plant is ready to start producing again. To root-prune trench-planted tomatoes, take a long kitchen knife and make a cut down along just one side of the buried main stem, 1 to 2 inches away from it, going down 8 to 10 inches. If the tomatoes are planted vertically, cut halfway around the plant, 1 or 2 inches from the stem and 8 to 10 inches deep. If a knife doesn't work well for you, try a spade or a shovel //// The link below sounds a bit far-fetched, but who knows. Here is a link that might be useful: Red mulch to increase yield

I think it's all depending on whether that male friend found the woman to be attractive or not. Also, it's depending on the level of their closeness & mental intimacy. If a man found a woman who's his soul mate on email exchange, and irl she's physical/sexually attractive, it's probably difficult for him to not falling for her (whether he wants it or not). I have a lot of male friends, but they aren't my soul mates and I'm not attracted to them. I'm there to help then anytime they need me, we are very good friends since we were 18 (met in college) but because we don't have physical attraction for each other, nothing ever happened. They are all married w/ kids. However, I'm very cautious a/b entering a level where a male friend became my soul mate . If I found a man who is my soul mate (understand me, sharing my common passions, etc.) and we are both physically attracted to each other, then it would be tough to keep my marriage intact. I do not want to be tempted, you know, so I don't even go there. Yes, I can be friends, but I don't let any man enter the inner sanctum of my heart :-). Once (before DH) I knew this man from the internet who was my soulmate in every way. We often compared ourselves to Sabine & Griffith who live on parallel universe. Well, we met irl & while he was very physical attracted to me, I am not attracted to him. He ended up being hurt by my refusal & that broke our friendship. If I was remotely attracted to him, we are probably married now. :-) A lot of marital affairs started out as friendship, you know. :-)

First question, they go hand in hand somewhat. You see you need to get the bonnet temp dispersed from the furnace to hit recommended temp rise out of the furnace to obtain efficiency and expected life of unit. At the same time if you add more than required heat runs to do this, the room temps will swing horribly causing discomfort. Although you may wish to have additional heat runs to deliver airflow at a lower CFM, with low FPM at the diffusers which result in a quieter operating system. At the same time depending where the registers are placed, certain velocities may be required for the air flow to efficiently get to the areas that need the conditioned air. So you see, it takes an experienced person to weigh all the factors to assure a proper balance to end up with a great system, versus what most people end up with or settle for. Going beyond a 2-stage system,, with a system that precisely varies the input and blower speeds is always an advantage. The benefits is that it works at the capacity required which always changes because indoor and outdoor conditions are constantly different. As we all know a standard furnace is like a car in the hands of a teenager, either always on the gas or the brake. The goal of a great heating system is to be seen and not heard. The variable systems will deliver at a required rate to match conditions with the results being limited temp swings which equates to improved fuel utilization and comfort. A quick answer on your 135 question, if all takeoffs were 6" and the correct amount were installed in the space, to match room loads, you would have about 21.

I am adding an experience because I just went thru an all day nightmare where the AC alarms wired in sequence were going off randomly every 10-15 minutes for several minutes then stopping. My son and I replaced all 8 alarm batteries with new 9 volts - we also used a meter to determine that all removed batteries with one exception all had more than 9 volts remaining. Still no relief. Around midnight, out of sheer frustration, I took a can of pressurized air I used for cleaning my computer keyboard and went to the alarms and blew the air in the little vent hole. Problem solved on second alarm as soon as the burst of air hit it. It was the alarm closest to the kitchen in an adjoining hallway. Hopefully this will help others - I was really at the point of removing the alarms and replacing them. If it beeps once its battery, but the random long bursts is a whole different problem.