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Mitchell Crosby is one of those people for whom entertaining is second nature. And not just any ol' entertaining. I'm talking about entertaining with Style. I suppose that you would expect this from a man who is one of Charleston's preeminent event planners (JMC Charleston), but there is a reason that Mitchell went into the event planning business. Perhaps it's because he's a native Charlestonian- you know, they especially love the social life- but I think it's also a result of his graciousness and his desire to make people feel special. (That's Mitchell at top. You can just tell that he knows how to mix a great martini.)
I've been thinking of writing a few posts in which people share with us their thoughts on entertaining. But what I wanted to make clear was that I wasn't talking about a seated dinner for 16. Personally, I enjoy entertaining like that but I'm also a glutton for punishment. I wanted to do something more along the lines of having people over for drinks. I think that this is the way most people entertain nowadays. It's really quite easy, and there's no excuse not to have people over for some fun. And perhaps if we're armed with some sage tips from the pros, we might actually get over our fears and have people into our homes- and actually enjoy it too!
So, on to Mitchell's thoughts on drinks, food, and the good life:
Do you have a bar cart or drinks tray in your home? Do you let people mix their own drinks, or do you do the honors? Also, do you ever serve a festive cocktail to your guests? Or, do you stick to the basics?
All of my friends know where the bar is in my home. As I think of it as a destination, it must be well stocked for the event at hand. I usually let my guests know if I will make more than "the first one" or if that one will they be on their own! This usually depends on whether or not there are "out of the inner circle" friends there. In that case, I make the drinks.
The stocked bar always has:
If one is going to serve a "theme drink" or set the tone for a set style of drink, I usually announce that in the invitation - verbal or written. "Come for Mimosas and Drivers", "Come for Martinis and Manhattans", "Come for Prosecco in the Garden". That sets the expectation and clears the air for anyone who may wish to ask for something else in advance.
Case in point - at a Summer White Party I hosted for a friend's 50th, I chose to have a full bar and "White Cosmos", made with White Cranberry Juice. A guest looked me right in the eye and said "I suppose I will be the designated driver tonight as I ONLY drink champagne". Begrudgingly, I pulled two bottles of Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame out of the chiller and placed them with the bartender and informed him to keep them under the bar and serve them in a wine glass to her as not to start a stampede. She drank them both!
What about food? Is there one hors d'oeuvre that you like to serve? Or, do you just put out a bowl of nuts or crackers?
When sitting for cocktails in the living room where we can all reach the coffee table, or standing in the kitchen while cooking, I like educating people about cheese and accoutrements. I take the label from the monger and use a glue stick to place it on a place card and attach it to a bamboo pick so as to identify said cheese. I ask the monger for their recommendations for jams (quince, pear, fig are the expected) and then dried fruits and nuts. I place the cheeses together with what is suggested so that guests will have an opinion about what they are trying. This is nice with certain wine pairings and just fine with cocktails as well.
When in the garden, I tend to offer passed items due to the bugs in the South. Deviled Eggs, Pimento Cheese in Celery Sticks or on Ginger Snaps!
Sunday Brunch cocktails always call for something poured over Cream Cheese - I love to try at the Farmers Market different condiments like Peach Chutney, Green Tomato Relish and such. Also, fresh Charleston Blue Crab and a Louie Sauce over Cream Cheese is divine!
Any other tips?
In closing, if you are serving dinner, I enjoy after dinner drinks very much. Port, Madeira, Cognacs....dinner is not dinner until you have ascended to withdrawing for the after dinner drinks! That sounds like a line from Doris Duke or Dorothy Parker, but I swear it is not!
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I finally found tile for my bathroom that I love. I was looking for whites/off whites/creams in a pinwheel or possibly a basketweave. The tile I found is a calacatta marble and crema marfil. It is too expensive. I am wondering if anyone recognizes the logo and can tell me who the manufacturer is? I am also looking for recommendations on a tile supplier (online or local) with reasonable prices. In addition, does anyone have ideas of something similiar at a lower price. Thanks. |
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I'm not sure what you mean by "similar" or "lower price" but I just bought basketweave floor tiles like this in a pale grey marble with a dark, almost black, "centre" at Home Depot for 15.00/sf. They had a cream marble with a tan centre as well for the same price. The line is called SASSI by Anatolia Tile and it's made in Turkey. Good luck in finding something that works for you. |
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Howdy All,
I've dropped in from time to time and finally decided to jump in and join the glass/mosiac party y'all are having. Here's my latest stained glass project. My husband and I started doing stained glass a couple of years ago by taking a class. Since then we've invested in equipment so we can play with glass at home. I'm still in the small project stage, but about to branch out into larger pieces. Here's my latest project. I needed a creative day before an invasion of houseguests, so a simple, happy activity was needed. |
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- Posted by calamity_j (My Page) on Thu, Aug 19, 10 at 12:34
ADORABLE!!! Love it! Love the copper patina! And the cherry colors! I am using a orange whispy glass on the latest project I am doing, and one of my last projects had a bluebird/birdhouse theme! Sheesh, I don't know why I don't do some quick little projects like this up, so I can get a stained glass fix!heh heh! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Bluebird GOG
Welcome! Where in Texas are you? I am west of Austin. |
- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Thu, Aug 19, 10 at 16:23
Well how darlin' is that. Welcome from Texarkana. |
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Cute!!!! welcome from Llano t |
That is really sweet and clever! I always think of stained glass in a square "frame". I love the way you incorporated the bird in the wire. |
- Posted by happyintexas (My Page) on Fri, Aug 20, 10 at 21:28
I'm close to Dallas/Fort Worth. Thanks for all the nice comments and welcomes. Too bad we can't all meet for a cup of coffee and a day playing with glass together. Dh and I are going to the stained glass shop tomorrow for a talk on using SG in windows. Can't wait. |
- Posted by calamity_j (My Page) on Sat, Aug 21, 10 at 11:02
Have FUN! And when I make it to Texas, I'll have to have do a tour, just to see everybody!!!heh heh! |
Welcome from Kilgore TX I like the yellow house. |
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March 9, 2012, 8:31 AM
By Ryan D'Agostino
Larry scrambled around for work after college. He built swimming pools for a few months, mucking around in backyard holes spraying gunite. He worked for a metal finishing company. While he was doing his training for that, he visited a place called Fleetwood Enterprises, in Williamsport, Maryland. Fleetwood manufactured recreational vehicles, travel trailers, mobile homes, and other ways for people to enjoy the uniquely American pastime of bringing your living room along as you travel the country.
Larry joined as an assistant sales manager. It was great, until the late-1970s gas crisis hit. When you've got people pushing their cars in line at the gas station all night to wait for their turn to buy a few gallons, it's not a good time to be in the RV business.
But hell if Stocks didn't get a taste of what it takes to sell. When he saw an ad in the paper for something called a rack-jobber, selling magazines to retail stores, he called up and got the job. The Interstate Group. That was the company he took from $300,000 in sales a year to $78 million. It was also the company that got swallowed up Larry included by the Handleman Company in 1990.
If it were Stocks's decision, he wouldn't have sold. Two brothers owned Interstate, but basically Stocks was his own boss. And so while Handleman became a plush gig for nine years, Larry was drifting further from the places where he felt the strongest and the surest: sitting at a wood table in an airless conference room, or standing on the beaten linoleum floor of a department store with the fluorescent glare shining off his glasses, or holding the phone to his ear listening to every lilt and rhythm in the voice on the other end, trying to read the person's thoughts. Selling. Things. To people.
And so, as the twentieth century approached its end, he left.
Went back to the rack-jobbers.
Small-time. Sandusky, Ohio. Chaska, Minnesota. Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Four companies in thirteen years where he could call the shots. The last one was in Ivyland, Pennsylvania. By the time he took the job in 2004, online downloads of music and movies and video games had long been taking business from the stores where Larry used to haggle under the fluorescent lights. By last summer, most of those stores didn't exist anymore. And what that meant was, well, Larry's job didn't exist anymore.
On his last day, they had a lunch catered at the office, and his boss, a man he had known for years, praised his dedication, his intelligence. A few of them went out to a bar after. And that was it.
His older brothers used to call him Mikey Tikey. He was always a little guy, didn't really fill out until college. But Jesus, he could hit a baseball. And throw and run. All three of the Lesnik boys were good athletes, but because Mike was small, his talent surprised other teams. Mike Lesnik was a scrapper. He couldn't control his size, but he could control how hard he tried, and no one was going to try harder than him.
One day last October he was wearing a trim-fitting pinstripe suit, standing in a line of people in the lobby of a Marriott hotel in Farmington, Connecticut. Five months had passed since graduation. The few employment possibilities he had, if you could call them that the small consulting firm, the big company that kept calling him back were barely keeping the fuzz of discouragement off his brain. He and his girlfriend talked about moving in together and vaguely about spending their lives together, and it made him anxious, because he couldn't even afford a sandwich, let alone rent.
No one talked in the line. When Lesnik got to the front, he stood for a moment before entering the banquet hall and collected himself. Behind the tall oak door was a job fair. The ad had said to dress well, bring a lot of résumés, and be ready to talk. He could ace an on-the-spot interview, and he knew it. He walked in.
Immediately, a tall, weird-looking old guy with a ponytail and a backpack bumped into him on his way out. There were folding tables set up around the perimeter, and a few people stood in line at each, waiting their turn to be told they could apply for jobs online. Over in the Aflac line was a kid wearing khakis and a golf shirt, untucked. There was a table in the middle of the room where four or five people just sat, drinking water, thumbing the brochure. What the hell were they doing? Hanging out at a job fair?
Lesnik gripped his leather folder tight the one that held the multiple copies of his résumé. He exhaled. This felt cruel. Like if you blindfolded a little kid and told him you were taking him to a carnival but instead you drove to an auto-parts store. It was crushing.
So what did Mikey Tikey do? He stayed for an hour and a half, waited patiently at every goddamn booth and listened to the rehearsed lines Here's how to apply on our Web site, here's a brochure. And he told them no, he was looking for something higher up. Did they know of anything higher up? Something where he could use his M.B.A., where he could use his brain?
They looked at him a little funny, and smiled politely.
Greg and Janell didn't buy gifts for each other at Christmas not even a video game for Greg but they didn't mind that so much. Watching the girls open the few presents they could afford was gift enough.
He thought he would be working by now. He felt in his heart that he would. He had gone to a few job interviews, but they told him he was overqualified. Hanton is a worker, and he had worked hard to achieve what he had supervisor, making forty grand, good car, nice little place in the neighborhood, got to take Janell out once in a while. Now he had to think about changing his résumé to make himself look less successful so he wouldn't have to keep hearing how overqualified he was. This felt strange. He wondered how many men out there were dumbing down their lives to try to get a job.
Not long after Christmas, he sits on his bed, watching Greg Jr. sleep, listening to his soft breaths, watching his tiny chest rise and fall, rise and fall. A few more weeks and the boy will be six months old. Janell is at work, the girls are playing somewhere, and the apartment is quiet. Greg has lived here so long he doesn't notice the sound of the cars rolling along Francis Lewis outside.
A woman walks by the house. He can just make her out through the window without straining too much he doesn't want to wake Greg Jr. The woman walks slowly and carries a handbag at her side. It looks heavy. She might be limping a little. Her form drifts past the bars in Greg's front gate as if in a dream. She is about his mother's height, he thinks. She's walking north up the block, toward his old house. Probably coming home at the end of a shift, like his mother always did, those same footsteps a hundred thousand times on tired, cracked feet.
Greg pulls in a deep breath. He thinks about the furniture warehouse, and the job fairs he's been to, and his résumé, and about the future, and about his mother. He thinks about the bus-driver job, which would be great. A friend of his told him about a test you can take to work as an armed security guard armored cars, that kind of thing. That's a job that doesn't disappear. He's going to pursue that. And he looks down at his sleeping boy, and for the first time in a long time without anybody looking, he smiles.
He started collecting coins maybe ten years ago. He has a big colonial collection, defined generally as before 1793. It's one of the better colonial collections around, he's been told. He has another collection of coins from the Belgian Congo that may be one of the best in the world.
He's selling the colonials. It wasn't the plan, doesn't make him happy, but there's no other way. He's putting it up for auction, where it could sell for $40,000, maybe more. That's a lot of money, but he has debt, and he has his rent and gas for the car. One thing he might not have much longer is the girlfriend. You know what she got him for Christmas, after all that old-and-new crap he bought her? A plastic tip jar for the nights he hosts karaoke at the bar. Probably cost ten bucks.
Ah, well. What are you gonna do, right? Maybe the age difference was too much. But he still feels like a kid he just joined a band, singing classic-rock covers. He was very specific in the ad, even naming bands he likes the Grass Roots, Paul Simon, Seal, Pearl Jam, Bush. These seem like good guys, and they play well enough that they could get some gigs. He lives in his little rented room out by the beach inconvenient, but nice and cheap.
But what the people at karaoke night and the guys in the band and maybe even the girlfriend don't know about, don't see, is the work. The hours spent on CareerBuilder and Indeed.com and all the rest of the sites, clicking through the job postings, tweaking his résumé, uploading his cover letter, trying to stand out. The hours spent driving to job fair after job fair, twenty in two years putting the suit on, tying the tie, bobbing among the smiling representatives of companies he doesn't want to work for, driving all the way back out to his small, kitchenless room.
The cold, crusty oatmeal on a tray on the hotel floor. That's what nobody sees.
A while back, he was driving along thinking about what might come next. All he knew was he wanted to work. It's nice to sleep late if he wants to, sure. But not forever. He thought about the jobs he had back in high school. There was Al, the kind old drunk who had a subcontractor business cleaning out abandoned buildings. He hired Scott to do the work for him, and soon Scott was loading dumpsters with all kinds of dusty furniture and crap pulled from dark corners. Al gave the kid a raise on his second day, to maybe five bucks an hour, for working so hard.
Then there was the farm. This was in the early eighties in upstate New York, way up near Rochester. Fertile country. Scott loaded bales of hay into wagons out in the fields and then piled them high in the barn. He picked vegetables for hours, bent over cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, hot peppers.
When he came home at night, he'd blow his nose and it would come out black from all the dust and dirt. But then he'd get his shower, and put some fresh clothes on, and Scott would feel refreshed by the work he had done. He felt restored. That's what a day's work will do for you. And that's the feeling he wants again.
December. Close to the turn of the calendar, when his B-school graduation would become "last year." His phone rings.
Just a few days earlier, he had called a start-up company near Springfield, Massachusetts. His father knew about the place they're in the business of trying to improve medical billing. For doctors in private practice, billing is one of the most expensive parts of doing business. This company is trying to make it easier and less costly. They had an opening they wanted to talk to him about, and Mike liked the people he met. It's a start-up, and he loves the idea of helping create something out of nothing. He had taken the big step of moving in with his girlfriend a month ago, before he had ever heard of this company. The rent was low because it was his sister's place, but it wasn't free, and in truth, he wasn't exactly sure how he was going to pay his share if he didn't find work soon.
His father had told him all along not to settle for something he didn't like that's the luxury Michael inherited from his father's work as a doctor, and his grandfather's work as a metalworker, and his great-grandfather's work as an iceman. Michael had inherited the luxury of finding a job he enjoyed. This company, if it panned out, didn't feel like settling. On the phone was the woman who ran it, wanting to know if he could start work on Monday.
Four a.m. that's what time Larry woke up most mornings after he lost his job last year. He was probably the first person in the United States to see the online job postings every day. He'd sit in the little area of the downstairs he was using as a workspace, in the early-morning darkness, and start pecking away, firing résumés off, futzing around with his cover letter so it seemed "personalized." He tried to make it obvious that he didn't care about job titles or even salary all that much. A young company could get his decades of experience for cheap. An established firm could plug him into a position and not worry about a thing. But it's hard to say all that in the little box they give you to write about yourself, or even in a cover letter. How do you tell them that you're the first person there in the morning and the last person to leave at night? How do you tell them that you're a worker?
When the sun came up, he drove through office complexes and industrial parks, writing down the names and addresses of companies that sounded interesting. Then he would go home and write a letter to each one, inquiring about any openings they might have.
Larry's boy was grown and had moved out long ago, did okay for himself. There was just Larry and his wife, Nancy, but now he was having to dig into his savings just to pay the mortgage. His unemployment check barely covered the $1,300 a month in health insurance for the two of them. He had a twenty-eight-foot Sea Ray docked down in Maryland, but he couldn't use it, not with gas prices the way they were. In fact, pretty soon he wouldn't be able to make payments on the boat anymore. They'd take it away. Well, that would be too bad, but there are people a lot worse off. Then again, that creates the problem of bad credit, and most employers run a credit check, and suddenly you've got bad credit because you couldn't make your boat payments... because you didn't have a job.
A few years ago, a man Larry had known for a long time couldn't find a job, and one day he went out into his garage and shot himself in the head.
It never got that bad for Larry, but still, it was discouraging like you can't imagine. But Christ, he thought, I have to keep trying.
Sometimes, in the afternoon, when there were no more résumés to send off, Larry and his wife would pack a lunch and go to the park. Or to the river. He would throw a line in the water, she would read her book. That was nice.
Then one day, the phone rang. It was Raymour & Flanigan, the furniture company, asking him to come in for an interview the next afternoon at the store over in Montgomeryville. Larry said okay.
Any good salesman will tell you that the most important part of selling is listening. A guy told Larry many years ago, when you're talking, the only thing you hear is what you already know. Larry was a good listener.
Raymour & Flanigan called back a couple of days later. And just like that, Larry Stocks was selling again.
No statistics changed when Stocks went to work on his first day, unemployment was still around 8.5 percent, just as it was the day before. But a man who had been spit out by an economy that told him he didn't matter anymore, that his services were no longer required, had stared that economy down. He had swung back. He had outlasted it. He had done what men like him, and Greg Hanton, and Mike Lesnik, and Scott Annechino have always done: When there is no place to go every day, no job to haul your ass out of bed and show up for, you haul your ass out of bed anyway. You figure it out.
On Larry's first day, an older lady came into the store. They talked awhile she was picking out a bed and a mattress for one of her sons. He was struggling, she said. Out of work. Larry nodded, squinted his eyes at her with warm understanding.
He made the sale his first sale, after a million sales before that.
As he was finishing up the paperwork, the woman looked up at him. His suit fit him well, from his corporate days, and his shoes were shined. His tie was silk, and tied in a perfect half Windsor. "What did you do before, Larry?"
He looked down, smiled. Told her he ran a company that distributed music and movies. She said, "What happened?"
He said, Well, the company closed down, because people don't buy that stuff in stores anymore. They download it.
She nodded and stared off at nothing. She was probably just about old enough to remember the Great Depression.
"It's terrible out there, isn't it?"
Yes, it was. But I have a job, Larry thought. I'm selling. I'm working.
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We have done an expansion of our bedroom and added a closet. Our bedroom is 21'6" X 24 and my closet is 10'6" by 24. We are putting all the components in cabinets in the closets. We are adding a 60" TV.....I have rec'd different quotes for equipment....and the comparison is Marantz NR1602 surround receiver with Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD, HDMI video switching for 649.00 and the other model SR5006 for 799.00....
Sunfire SDS -10 subwoofer with 10" driver, 250 watt amplifier for 450.00 or Sunfire HRS 10 1000 watt for 900.00 Is there a huge difference. The other confusion is Furman Elite 15i surge protector for 379.00 or a PST2+6 eight outlet surge for 59.00 this one huge difference....I would appreciate any advice, as they are installing the wires now. Almost forgot Samsung 6500 or 7100 difference of 400.00 |
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- Posted by yosemitebill (My Page) on Wed, Apr 11, 12 at 22:28
While I really don't know what you do in your master bedroom, and it's none of my business, the equipment sounds like way too much, but it is also very much mismatched. If this list came from a "home theater specialist" - find somebody new. The Marantz is 50 watts per channel - matched to a 250 or 1000 watt sub-woofer?! Placing equipment in a cabinet, within a closet, is a thermal shutdown/overload just waiting to happen. If they are only doing a pre-wire, what's the rush to decide on equipment? And then, a $379 surge protector - who is recommending this stuff?! I'm sorry - I'm not trying to give you a bad time but it sounds like somebody you're talking to is just trying to make a buck here! |
Bedroom combo sitting/playing area too. Pre-wired so I guess I will just continue to research. Thanks for your comments. This may be the hardest part of the remodel. So technical and women just get tile, and cabinets, plumbing fixtures. |
If you have already pre-wired where is the equipment going to be placed? The equipment will give off heat so well ventilated area should be considered. This is a large room so matching a sub to the size would be appropriate. I have 2 plasmas and 2 rotel power conditioners. Rotel was bought by APC. They not only work as surge protectors but will raise or lower power to maintain voltage. If a serious brownout occurs they will switch the equipment off. All equipment including panel is plugged into these devices. $399 is not a lot for a device that will safeguard equipment. Surge strip cannot do what these do. |
Thank you for your reply, my remodel is just about finished so this is one of the decisions I have to make. Thank you again |
why did you say The Marantz is 50 watts per channel - matched to a 250 or 1000 watt sub-woofer?! when posters say what they think is wrong but don't offer an explanation. I have to finally order this equipment. What for example would be an appropriate size sub to consider. I agree with you Lannie that 399 to safeguard equipment is not too much. ALSO ADDING TO THIS POST. I need a 32 inch tv for another room...do you think the Samsung is good choice? |
- Posted by yosemitebill (My Page) on Sun, Jun 17, 12 at 21:48
I apologize if I did not elaborate - I hoped the numbers would speak for themselves. 50 watts RMS per channel is more than enough for most home audio and home theater applications and the sub only needs to equal, or be slightly above that output level. Since they will usually have their own level adjustment, I'd recommend a 50-100 watts RMS subwoofer - 200 watts RMS max - dialed down to balance with the rest of the system. Ignore all the "peak wattage" (and high distortion) claims made by all the low-end manufacturers and focus on the legitimate mainstream manufacturers. Then of course, if you are looking for the "thump-thump-thump" sound of that dude that's always next to me at the stoplight, you may wany to get as big as you can get.. Power conditioners are a good idea for those on locally generated solar power or areas with very unstable power, but for most applications, simple surge suppression is all that is needed. For the television, Samsung is good but don't ignore brands such as Vizio, Sharp, and Toshiba. LCD panels have become a commodity product and manufactures pick and choose between the OEM panel manufacturers to put into their own branded televisions. |
Thank you for clarifying. I have been overwhelmed with all this stuff. As you can see I have been working on this since April....I don't want a lot of thumping for sure. One of the quotes was for a subwoofer with 10" drive and 1000 amplifier. It is listed for 900.00 I am having trouble deciding whether to order some of the equipment for less money but then there is warranty and shipping adds up too. Thank you |
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Dec 20, 2009 12:07 AM by Stacy Daniel
Habitat for Humanity teams up with four families in Grover Beach just in time to make this holiday a very Merry Christmas.
Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization that teams up with low income families to build affordable homes.
Once the home is built, it's sold at or below cost.
The family makes monthly mortgage payments to Habitat for Humanity and that money is used to build more houses.
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I have a large garden that I have tended for 35 years. There is a lot of shade so I count on impatiens for color all season, especially after my perennials have gone by in mid-August.
Two weeks ago, my beds started dying off quite rapidly. Or rather the flowers and leaves. The stems are left standing. Thought a critter was eating--deer or rabbits--so sprayed with Liquid Fence which has worked before. No luck. Then I thought slugs as, for the first time ever, I have a slug problem. Put down a slug product but the damage continues. Today the Globe's Handyman column leads off with someone in Rockport with the same problem. Is anyone else having anything like this with their impatiens? Any idea what is going on? I am crushed as I have planted hundreds of plants, fed and watered and weeded, and as of the third week of July, at their peak, they are done for. Someone said earwigs?? What do you think? |
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I've had the same problem. The weird thing is that only half of my impatiens are struggling. The other half is fine. No idea what to do... |
- Posted by mad_gallica Z5 Eastern NY (My Page) on Sun, Aug 5, 12 at 13:16
Our Cooperative Extension newsletter for August has an article about downy mildew in impatiens. It has been IDed in Westchester Co. and Long Island, so far. It sounds like there is no cure but time. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Downy Mildew Article
Thanks for this, mad_gallica. It could be the culprit but it sounds as if there is no cure at all. Rip out infected plants and don't water. How can you not water? I did not notice any signs of what I would call mildew--like on lilacs or phlox--but the second photo looks like my areas of impatiens. The news was all bad in that report--even to not planting impatiens next year. Woe is me. But knowing is better than not knowing. Impatiens is also big $ in the hort industry. They will have to come up with a solution for this. Thanks again. |
They discussed this on a greenhouse tour that I recently attended. The New Guinea impatients are immune to impatients downy mildew. One alternative mentioned for shade color is coleus. |
It is called "Impatiens Downy Mildew" and it is a garden catastrophe. I spent a lot of time reading about it online yesterday, beginning with mad_gallica's excellent link which contains further links within. I ripped out all my hundreds of impatiens this morning, with as much soil attached as possible. Everything is in plastic trash bags, going out with the garbage. The diseased plants cannot be composted. With the deer, chipmunks and voles, ice storms, October snowstorms and now this, I am getting very, very discouraged. It is like the plagues of ancient Egypt. Can my garden survive? |
- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Mon, Aug 6, 12 at 12:19
Ginny, I am so sorry your garden has taken another hit. It is maddening, isn't it? There do seem to be a lot of obstacles to overcome. It sounds like you need a break...lol. I have felt very discouraged with my garden a couple of times and thankfully, it doesn't last long. I usually do take a break from it for a week or so and then regroup. In the end, I have made a significant commitment of time and money to at the least have the property look attractive, so I don't have much choice but to keep on. I am adjusting as I go along, to try to respond to these type of obstacles by trying some new direction that resolves it or avoids it. For instance, growing plants deer are not attracted to, managing mulch so as not to attract voles, or focusing on what is working in my garden and doing more of that. It isn't easy! Hang in there. It's summer, maybe you need to leave the garden to fend for itself for a few days and take a trip to the beach. :-) |
Thanks for the kind words, pm. They mean a lot. It really is outrageous that nurseries are selling what they know are diseased plants and, worse, infecting the soil for who knows how long. I am contacting the nursery, known to you all, where I bought these and it will be interesting to hear what they say. |
- Posted by diggingthedirt CapeCod Zone7ish (My Page) on Tue, Aug 7, 12 at 18:37
Very discouraging, Ginny! You have my sympathy. I think I read about this new disease last year or the year before that - some public gardens were affected badly. |
Thanks for the sympathy. It means a lot from my fellow gardeners. And no matter how exasperated I get, I will never give up on my garden. I don't know how I missed reading about this before, considering how much reading I do! And just fyi, the impatiens in my containers have been the last to be affected but now I see the two big gorgeous pots on my front steps showing clear signs of disease. I still think it is the height of irresponsibility for nurseries to be selling impatiens during this epidemic. |
Wow, I've never heard of this before. I always use impatiens in my shade gardens. So far this year things look okay (she says with crossed fingers!). But I'm not clear on the appearance of symptoms - can we blame nurseries and garden centers for selling infected plants? Is there a way for them to know if the plants are infected if no symptoms are showing? Or is it like buying tomato starts and ending up with late blight? In other words, can a healthy plant contract the disease in your garden, or would it have to be infected beforehand? Dee |
I was at a local garden center the other day looking to freshen up my annuals which have taken a toll with this tough weather -- in particular I have had a lot of trouble with petunias. Was talking to the owner about it and she told me that she was at a major N.E. grower's nursery recently and they were telling her about a problem with impatiens they were seeing. It was quite random and affecting small numbers of plants. I didn't probe more about what they were doing about it. Most likely they are ditching the affected plants and selling the rest. The rest probably become symptomatic later. I think I know which grower it was, but I probably shouldn't mention it because I am not 100% sure. |
I suggest anyone interested Google "impatiens disease". You will have your eyes opened. This is a world-wide endemic. I'm sure I sound like Cassandra but I think we have seen the end of impatiens for quite awhile. It is everywhere. If you don't have it, you will. "Clean" plants have it in the soil or it blows in from quite a distance. It has cost condo communities in FL hundreds of thousands of dollars to rip out their plantings, for example. Soil can be infected for--they estimate--five to eight years. Very sad for an old reliable for us poor shade gardeners. |
Yes, indeed, very sad. They are most definitely an "old reliable" for those of us with shade. Five to eight years - yikes. That's a long time. Dee |
There's an article by Anne Raver in the New York Times yesterday about the impatiens downy mildew: Claire |
Claire, I couldn't get that link to work. Trying the one below. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Anne Raver, NYT, Impatiens
Thanks, Jane. The link worked when I previewed it. This has been happening frequently; I have no reason why. Claire |
- Posted by spedigrees z4VT (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Thu, Apr 18, 13 at 17:11
Sigh... another disease pest coming this way, on the heels of tomato late blight, red lily beetles, expanding populations of deer ticks, Lyme disease, rabies epidemics, the deliberately released plague of insects that eat purple loosestrife. I'm not sure now if I should cross impatiens off my list this year. If they go the way of my tiger lilies, I will miss them. |
Sped, it sounds awful. Maybe we should just buy more tequila. |
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Sounds like a plan, Jane! Â ;-) |
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Should you book in advance for high season travel in Burma (Myanmar)?
We'll keep this post short and to the point: if you're on the "greatest hits" loop in Burma (Myanmar) ie Yangon -> Bagan -> Mandalay -> Inle Lake -> Yangon, and are travelling between November and February, then the answer to the question of whether you should book in advance for high season travel is most likely a yes. If you're travelling with a family, you need to book right now.
We've now heard from a few travellers who are either having difficulty sourcing affordable places online or, on arrival in "tourist hotspots", are finding rooms harder to come by than they expected. Inle Lake in particular continues to be problematic, while in Bagan, where there is a semi-decent supply of rooms, rates are (even by Burma standards) disproportionately high for the standard.
So here is what we suggest you do:
a) Contact the hotel direct (email or phone). This is how you'll get the best rate. Doing this, however, may involve multiple calls and emails to nail everything down. Check our (slowly) growing section for independently reviewed guesthouses and hotels in Burma (Myanmar) — including places that are probably not in whatever guidebook you've been sweating over. All the direct contact details are there.
b) If the hotel or guesthouse says they are full, check with an online travel agent like Agoda (our booking partner) as the hotel you are after may have rooms allotted there. Note that while they guarantee their online rate is the lowest you'll find online, it may be more expensive than a walk-in price — but there's no point having a cheaper walk-in price if the hotel is full.
Bear in mind that for the vast majority of locations in Burma, nothing can be booked online, so once you stray off the above "best of" it's a crapshoot.
While I'm on the topic of rooms in Burma, if you've not been to Burma before, the rooms are NOT good value for money. On my previous trip earlier this year the cheapest room I had was in Yangon for $18 — it's now $27. Expect to pay roughly double what you'd pay in Thailand for a similar standard — thanks in part to Burma's double pricing system for hotels where foreigners pay considerably more than locals do.
What have I done given I'm heading there next week? I just booked two nights in Yangon and will figure it out from there. I've got more flexibility than some as I'm going for a research trip and most of my travel will be to places that are not represented at all online — but for most, some advance booking would be prudent.
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# scott beckon 10 Nov 2013 at 5:17 pm
Where can I find out more on Visas' Thank you.
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# StuartMcDonaldon 10 Nov 2013 at 11:59 pm
Hi Scott,
Here are a couple of links:
Overstaying your visa http://www.travelfish.org/blogs/burma/2013/06/overstaying-your-tourist-visa-in-burmamyanmar/Getting a Burma (Myanmar) visa in Bangkok
http://www.travelfish.org/blogs/thailand/2011/04/23/getting-a-visa-to-burma-in-bangkok/Getting a Burma visa in Kuala Lumpur
http://www.travelfish.org/board/post/burma/23304_impt—new-location-for-getting-burma-visa-in-kl-as-of-14-oct-2013-Getting a Burma visa in Singapore
http://www.travelfish.org/blogs/singapore/2011/03/25/how-to-get-a-burmese-visa-in-singapore/Or ask in the forum:
# donortravelon 14 Nov 2013 at 1:43 pm
I have been to Burma numerous times and the last 3-4 trips, most of the hotels in the major centres are totally booked out so I would really recommend to anyone now visiting to book in advance. I have found the only way to do that was through a long term highly reliable tour guide (Soe Soe at email@example.com) because the hotels are so over booked they simply don't even bother to reply to emails. The other side of that is the fact that many hotels don't have staff who are confident enough with their English to respond to an email. One option if you do arrive and haven't got a room booked, is to head up to the hill top town of Pyin Oo Lwin because it is much quieter and cooler than Mandalay and I can also tell you in the summer months, you will pretty glad to get out of that sticky, noisy, dirty dustbowl of Mandalay.
On a side note, I have just used the services of Soe Soe yesterday again to go to the Yenanthar leprosy hospital (about and hour from Mandalay) to make donation. The money goes to both the hospital and the leper village. Well worth doing. Todays tour was to some monasteries and waterfall surrounding Pyin Oo Lwin. stunning scenery.


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Hi, I am a professional airline pilot and an amateur astronomer and would appreciate it if could provide me with a formula or method in how to calculate the affect of altitude on sun set/rise at different latitudes and if there is any way to predict time of sun set/rise while flying.
At most latitudes on the Earth, the effect of increased altitude is the same: it makes the Sun rise earlier and set later than it would at that same location from the ground. To make things simple, let's assume that you are in a plane over the ocean, at the equator at sunset. In that case, straightforward trigonometry indicates that at a typical commercial airplane altitude of 12000 metres, you can see an extra 2 degrees "around" the Earth. Since the Earth moves around the Sun at a rate of a quarter of a degree a minute, it means that at this altitude, sunset occurs 8 minutes later than it would from the ground. The variation with altitude is approximately linear, and so we conclude that sunset is later by 1 minute for every 1.5 kilometres in altitude, and that sunrise is earlier by the same amount.
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Hi, Here are my soil test results for the second property where I seeded Bermuda instead of St. Augustine Sod. I want to see what all I need to do in this lawn since I haven't done anything since my parents bought it and its the worse lawn in the neighborhood. There no grass growing and a lot of moss has started to grow around trees. This lawn is around 3200 sq ft. |
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- Posted by johns.coastal.patio 9b (My Page) on Wed, Apr 30, 14 at 10:18
Hi nick. I'm not an expert at all, but if it was me I'd just look at the "level" columns. Things that are "VL" (very low) or "L" (low) need addressing. You could just follow their recommendations to the letter, or you could ask your nursery for cheapest, most organic, etc. ways to achieve the same thing. Generally though these soils look "low" in primary nutrients. |
- Posted by toxcrusadr 5 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 30, 14 at 14:57
I don't have anything to add to what's already on those recommendations. pH is low, Ca is low, so limestone is the right remedy. N and K are low, but not P, so the recommendations for fertilizers with no P sound good. One thing though, you didn't get an organic matter test. If the soil is not rich and black already, it could benefit from compost. If you're going to till it up and plant a lawn, add 1-2" compost along with the other amendments and till it all in. If you aren't tilling you can still add compost as a top dressing. |
Soil pH is very low for most all plants, 5.5 instead of the optimal 6.2 to 6.8 pH most all plants like for growing. Your county extension agent should have put on that report how much, and which type, of lime you need to add. Missing here too is organic matter. Phosphorus (P) is high while Potash (K) is very low and micro nutrients are listed as high. Organic matter often will help even those numbers. |
- Posted by toxcrusadr 5 (My Page) on Thu, May 1, 14 at 11:24
The report did suggest 20 lb of limestone per 1000 sq ft. I noticed upon re-checking that Mg is very low, so dolomitic limestone might be a good idea (it has Mg carbonate as well as Ca carbonate). |
Thanks everyone for the replies. I've added limestone as recommended on the test results. I have a local company that makes organic fertilizer in the following types 3-2-3, 6-2-6, 10-2-3 which should I buy. Should I till the lawn or should I wait since I seeded about 2 weeks ago? I had my soil tested in my local university "SFASU" but dint get an organic matter test, should I go back and get one too? |
These simple soil tests can be of some help, 1) Soil test for organic matter. From that soil sample put enough of the rest to make a 4 inch level in a clear 1 quart jar, with a tight fitting lid. Fill that jar with water and replace the lid, tightly. Shake the jar vigorously and then let it stand for 24 hours. Your soil will settle out according to soil particle size and weight. For example, a good loam will have about 1-3/4 inch (about 45%) of sand on the bottom. about 1 inch (about 25%) of silt next, about 1 inch (25%) of clay above that, and about 1/4 inch (about 5%) of organic matter on the top. 2) Drainage. Dig a hole 1 foot square and 1 foot deep and fill that with water. After that water drains away refill the hole with more water and time how long it takes that to drain away. Anything less than 2 hours and your soil drains' too quickly and needs more organic matter to slow that drainage down. Anything over 6 hours and the soil drains too slowly and needs lots of organic matter to speed it up. 3) Tilth. Take a handful of your slightly damp soil and squeeze it tightly. When the pressure is released the soil should hold together in that clump, but when poked with a finger that clump should fall apart. 4) Smell. What does your soil smell like? A pleasant, rich earthy odor? Putrid, offensive, repugnant odor? The more organic matter in your soil the more active the soil bacteria will be and the nicer your soil will smell. 5) Life. How many earthworms per shovel full were there? 5 or more indicates a pretty healthy soil. Fewer than 5, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, indicates a soil that is not healthy. Organic "fertilizers" rely on the Soil Food Web to feed the plants that are trying to grow in that soil so applying a "fertilizer" to soils low in organic matter can be a waste of time, energy, and money. |
- Posted by toxcrusadr 5 (My Page) on Mon, May 5, 14 at 13:00
As I mentioned in your other thread, no need to till up a recently planted lawn just to add organic matter. There are other ways to do that. |
- Posted by Slimy_Okra 2b (My Page) on Mon, May 5, 14 at 13:39
The only change I might make is replacing the 2 lbs of urea with 5 to 6 lbs of calcium nitrate for the first application. Urea is acidifying, while calcium nitrate eventually raises soil pH. Later in the season, once the limestone has had time to work and raise the pH to reasonable levels, I would return to using urea when nitrogen is needed. |
Well I went out today and got the organic matter analysis done. Here are the results. Total N%: 0.019 Total C%: 0.342 C/N Ratio: 17.60 %Organic Matter: 0.684 I guess the organic matter is really LOW, how much compost should I be adding here. |
- Posted by toxcrusadr 5 (My Page) on Mon, May 5, 14 at 17:19
I would evenly spread 1/2-1" of compost in the spring. That's not too much for grass to grow through, especially Bermuda! |
You want between 6 to 8 percent organic matter in the soil so you could apply compost over the existing grass as long as it is not too deep so it smothers that grass. Most of us would recommend applying compost, no thicker than about 1/4 inch at a time, every month during the growing season. There is no real good reason to limit application of compost to spring. |
- Posted by toxcrusadr 5 (My Page) on Tue, May 6, 14 at 12:05
I guess that's true, it's just that a lot of homeowners don't have time to do repeat applications. I should have said spring or anytime during the growing season. Late fall or winter is probably not the best since some of the nutrients can leach away while the lawn is dormant. |
- Posted by Mackel-in-DFW none (My Page) on Tue, May 6, 14 at 13:32
I concur that compost can be laid on top of bermuda anytime, and the sooner the better, and as thick as you want (until the point it interferes with the mower blades). Bermuda wll simply take over the compost. It's a "weed" to some people, known as "devil's grass", because it takes over cropland, causing starvation throughout the world. However, it is but one of only two grasses (st. augustine being the other) that make a practical lawn in many hot summer locales in the U.S. After mowing, it makes for a good looking yard. I am trying to eliminate as much lawn as possible here in Texas with drought tolerant shrubs, plants and small trees, but other than native grasses, which do not stand up to foot-traffic well, it's the most drought/heat tolerant lawn grass available. It is superior in full sun compared to st. augustine, which is a better choice in yards with partly shaded areas. Contrary to what many people advise, professionals as well as homeowners, I mow it at a very high setting after temperatures regularly exceed 90 F. Avoid at all times ever cutting more than a fouth or a third of it's height, as you'll have to water it right away, becuase it will burn the turf, and you'll have to water more than would be otherwise necessary. Water deeply, and infrequently after it is established, which will encourage drought tolerance and deep roots. I encourage you to grow winter rye this fall as a cover crop, which will give you a green lawn throughout the winter, then cut it real low in the spring, in order to hasten the takeover of your bermuda as temperatures warm up. It' a very handsome winter grass with deep roots. M |
- Posted by Mackel-in-DFW (My Page) on Tue, May 6, 14 at 13:38
When first getting a lawn into shape here in Texas, I top-layer the yard with compost, again, when planting rye grass for the winter. It's warm enough here that the soil life stays active pretty much throughout winter, so, that is why I say, any time of the year is a good time to add compost (in Texas). Repeat as many times as you like or can afford, to a height that doesn' bog down the mower. M |
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I really appreciate all the help I have received with my questions. This is my moms house and the front lawn is the worse around. Hopefully the bermuda I seeded 3 weeks ago will take off if not I guess sod will be our option next year. I will include a picture I got from google maps that's a year old. I will be adding compost little by little every month so that the organic matter changes over time. Is there something I should look for when going to order compost? |
- Posted by Mackel-in-DFW none (My Page) on Tue, May 6, 14 at 14:11
That yard will do much better with St. Augustine, due to shade. Sorry, OP. M |
I was of afraid that the bermuda won't take off because of all the shade. I dint know that until I started reading around this forum and after I had already seeded, the good thing is now I'm learning how to correctly do my lawn and that there's great people here to help me overcome my ignorance. |
Back at it. I found a local place that sells Palmetto and Raleigh St. Augustine sod but know nothing about either one. What would be some recommendations to amend my soil before laying down sod, should I till the lawn? Out of the two kinds of sod which would be better for my shaded areas. I really want to do thing right before going out and buying sod. |
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WP: Jordan Triplett 8 IP, 7 K, 2 BB, 6 hits, 1 ER; LP: Katie Jo 8 IP; 2B: J. Triplett; Lily Cuzzort. Highlights: J. Triplett RBI; Lydia Triplett 1-2; Cuzzort RBI, 2-4, run; Hannah Triplett 2-4. Record: Polk County 9-9, District 5-AA 3-0.


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I posted that I am making a Baptism gown out of a wedding gown for the daughter of someone from my church. The gown was quite a challeng because of the hem. It took me 2 1/2 hours just to lay the pattern pieces out and another 2 hours just to cut the pieces. I knew I couldn't make a mistake with it.
I am finished (except for the buttons) and my total time was 8 1/2 hours. Plus, I'm making a bonnet and slip, which I'm just starting. My biggest problem is price. A seamstress told me to start at $200 and go up from there. I also figured approximately 10 hours total and if I charge $20 per hour, that's also $200. I just feel terrible charging that much for the gown. Maybe I'm a cheap person but I would never pay that much. Could someone offer an opinion on price here??? |
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- Posted by laurie_2008 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 24, 10 at 16:48
I can imagine how hard it feels to be in that situation. If you are thinking you are a cheap person, then I am cheap, too. Some people pay $200 for themselves or for their kids and it's not a problem. For me, that would be a lot. Every one has different thresholds of what they are willing to pay for things. It sounds like you did not mention any price before the project began. How well do you know this person from your Church? Do you know the daughter, as well? Maybe you should just let her know how many hours it took and then let her suggest a price. It's akward because if you don't really sew for a business/profession, then it is kind of like doing a favor for a friend. You put a lot of time and care into this project. People who don't sew have little idea of how much time and thought goes into it. Make sure they are aware of the hours you spent....otherwise, they might think you spent an hour instead of 10 hours. Hopefully, someone else will give you some other ideas of how to handle this. I've never been in this situation but just wanted to chime in with my 2 cents. Please let us know how everything works out and post some pictures of the Baptism gown. I bet it's beautiful! -Laurie |
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Thanks so much for responding. I just sent her back an e-mail to set up the day next week to pick up the gown. I told her that I spent 12 hours on the gown/slip/bonnet. Most places I found on the web were charging $250 and up,so I suggested $200 (that's only $16 per hour). I also said that since we didn't talk about price before, I felt bad asking so much but I had no idea how many hours it was going to take. I told her that if the $200 is too high, then we can work out something. I know her mom casually but had never met her before until she brought me the dress. I definately don't sew for a living and I'm not sure I would want to. It's fun when you're doing it for fun but if I HAD to do it all the itme, it might nor be as much fun anymore. |
- Posted by laurie_2008 (My Page) on Fri, Nov 26, 10 at 13:58
Sounds to me like you took a wise and reasonable approach. It's probably also good that you did it through email. This will give them time to think about it before responding. They may even do a little online search and see how much professionals charge for custom baptismal gowns. They will discover that your price is more than fair. However this turns out, you can know that this gown will be cherished and likely used for any of their future children, grandchildren, etc. That's something very special you did for this family : ) |
Ideally you should have given them a price up front - but, of course, you hadn't made one before. $200 is very inexpensive for such a job, and you deserve to be paid for your time. Don't cheat yourself. Your customer should not be shocked at that price. When I was sewing professionally my goal was to make $20/hour - and that was years ago. Of course, some jobs went more easily and some were more difficult, but I did average that. |
- Posted by forensicmom (My Page) on Sat, Nov 27, 10 at 11:57
Thanks. She responded back and was fine with the $200 price. She said that's what she estimated anyway, so we're both pleased. IF I do this in the future, I will at least have an idea of what to tell them. |
- Posted by laurie_2008 (My Page) on Sat, Nov 27, 10 at 12:22
So glad that it all worked out! Also, by posting this experience, you are helping others in similar situations. |
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Cardiff University will mark National Pro Bono Week, with a public debate to increase awareness of miscarriages of justice.
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Julie Price, Cardiff Law School said: "In the true spirit of public debate the event will allow all attendees to voice their thoughts and views concerning the matter and the justice system in general. The event will also serve the purpose of obtaining a true gauge of the sentiment of students, academics and the wider community."
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Now that the next plane set has been decided (Right?), do we know the pilots? As in, do we know the nationalities? Safe to assume on the Stuka and Val, but is one of the Hurricanes the Belgian? Anyone have a line or thought on this?
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Well, I have a Hasegawa 1/72 scale De.520 kit in German markings, and it also has Italian R.S.I. markings. I'd think we'd see two versions in French colors though, and then maybe one of the above two.
Same for the Cane', I'd think two versions in RAF colors, then one Belgium or Russian one maybe. But the Hurricane is such a classic British plane that it wouldn't suprise me to see all three come out in British colors and markings.
I'd also guess the Vals coming out kinda like the Zeros from set one.
On the Stukas, they could throw a curveball at us and make one Italian? Other than that, the obvious guess would be one Battle of Britian colors, one desert, and one winter.
The only Pilot I could possibly think of for this set would be Hans Ulrich Rudel, Stuka Pilot (great book, BTW).
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Cool- I'm hoping for a Belgian pilot to continue my motif from WOW. With my group flies multiples of the same pilot and I always seem to be the only Belgian and like sticking out. Case in point all the Germans are in the Yellow nosed 109 so far. Just like all those White D VII's in our prior games. Oh well its the flying that counts.


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