Yes, Tomahawk, I had read the cautions about keeping the sample the correct size. What I did was slice off from the two Lowes plants pieces of leaf. Then I placed a quarter on the table, and cut the sample(s) to fit that diameter. I placed the samples in the reactant (whatever they call it),BETWEEN THE LAYERS OF MESH, and got a round pen (smooth round bottom) and very busily smushed it up. The skeleton structure of the leaf parts remained there, translucent and colorless, with the green color in solution. I had to be careful inserting the test strip, because the solution wanted to wick up the strip further than it should be. Keeping the test envelope vertical is advisable IMHO, to avoid any wicking. Keeping the sample liquid at the 1/4 inch line gave me the result I wanted. Although, I must admit, I watched the strip for the full 30 minutes, thinking the ONE LINE showing up was a sign of an invalid result. When it dawned on me it was the base line and THERE WAS NO LINE FOR HVX POSITIVE RESULTS, I gave an audible sigh. What a great feeling it was. A real life saver or a reprieve of the death sentence for those three hosta. And here is Winter Snow yesterday--now I can enjoy her.

It just says ultra ATA 66. So if I can add Hdd's do the hdd's need to have the jumpers set as slave or what? I couldn't even figure out how to dual boot W/xp and Ubuntu with seperate drives but of course I wasn't using this thing. Is it handy for an older linux system? I do know Ubuntu recognized it at the boot grub. Neal

It seems to be a Promise PCi/UltraATA-66 Hard drive controller card. Makes the hard drives work. You can plug it into a pci slot and probably hook 4 or maybe even 8 older hard drives to it.

Okay. I am having a tough time. I read lots on "how to post pics", but I am really not that good on a pc, and I think ours is getting, weak, old, and filled.(slow) I will try the best I can, please be patient. First of all, I COULD NOT have done this project without this website, and all you people. Thank you for all your information, pictures, advice, and tips. I used this place, we bought and read TONS of magazines, and clipped all the pics and kitchen(s) ideas we liked and had them on one sheet of big paper. This took almost two years of PLANNING alone. We needed to get our finances in order, plus there were SO many choices. It was almost overwhelming. I did almost all of the work myself. I was the GC. I ripped out the old walls, lowered the ceiling, put in all the lights, drywall, paint, ran all the wire( big job, lots of wiring changes once we tore out walls)and put in new window. Plus so many other "little" things. It was a lot of work. Once we decided on appliances, again, all choices were made thru this website, we decided to go fairly high end. One pull on a Sub Zero door was all it took. Sub Zero, Wolf, Diva, and Asko. Blanco Steelart sink, Piani faucet, tumbled marble backspash, Silestone Blanco Maple (gloss, not leather) countertops, Brew Express built in coffee machine,(awesome), dura ceramic floor (heated, another nice touch)top of the line slides for the drawers. The name is slipping me, but my cabinet maker said there were the best I could get ! Plus Insinkerator, under cab lighting, and some really nice touches on the pull out pantry, and sliding cutlery trays built into the cabs!! Now the cabs... We wanted flat panel. Our first cab maker said "dont do it" We fired him, and got an old high school buddy. Thecab doors, are, get this, and dont be dissapointed, MDF. With a Rift Cut White Oak veneer laid on top, with matching edgebanding, all nicely sealed. He did a great job. All plywood boxes, with Baltic birch plywood for all the drawers. Excellent stuff. He told me the MDF would not warp, like some flat panels do. We matched up the handles to our Wolf/ Sub Zero/Asko. The nice little "boxes" above the sink ties together the upper cabs. We might put something in them, or not, we dont like clutter. Also, the face on the dropped ceiling is solid White Oak, as is the trim around the window and ceiling. Notice the little gap from the cabs to ceiling!! He also made the nice end panels. The cab maker was great, on time, and on price. The KD was also great. Everything just flowed perfectly while doing this project. Once we had a plan, it probably took just over 2 full months, start to finish. The faucet is wicked. This was a hard thing for us both to decide on, probably the toughest purchase. It has dual spray, magnetic head, and we LOVE it! I cant really think of anything else right now. I wil try posting some pics!!