Morning, I'm the culprit who gave it to Brommad, if anyone can name it I would also appreciate it as I have more of the same Brom waiting to be named. Stunning considering when it was given to me they were in full all day sun but the colour wasn't as near prominent, mine are still currently green and just starting to show some colour.

Hi Dan, I think that's why the person over there suggested I post my inquiry over here and he mentioned you supecifically because of your work with the LSU fig varieties. :) I would like to be able to plant varieties of figs that are good in rainy weather and the heat and humidity, as well, which resist splitting and souring. I don't have much room and as it's going right now, the whole back yard will be taken up with fig trees! I told Mike that he should be happy about that because he'll only have to mow the front and side yards. :) I already have two Celestes, then got what I thought was a Smith and also got a Hunt baby this April. I got an older baby that is supposedly an LSU Purple and it's ripening two figs and the one that's riper is indeed purple and it's a bit older baby than the others. Not sure just when I should pick that fig, but I'm watching it. I also have a young IC, a young BT and a young TX Everbearing. The last three are not good in rainy weather, so I don't know why I got those, but the TX E came from Mark Simon and he said it does pretty well for him and he lives here in this area. I got the Smith from him, as well. I saw a post last night where it said there is more than one variety of Smith, so now I'm hoping that the Smith I think I have will be a good one. I was thinking of the Scott's Black because I was told they are good and ripen in August and that would stretch out the fig season for me and be a different fig, also. I would like to be able to just have a few trees, but a longer season and I really need the advice of someone like you and others who live here because y'all know the weather and I consider that very valuable. All input from people all over the country is very welcome. I'm not getting any younger, so it would be great if I didn't have to muddle around with fig varieties and could just go for the ones that do very well here. Does the Scott's Black drop its figs in hot, dry weather, here if its mother is a Celeste? Marty invited me to go visit him and taste the SB when the figs get ripe and I'm going to take him up on it, gratefully. He lives around here. I only wish I'd found GW and F4F years ago. The people on the sites are so kind and helpful. I appreciate all the input people share here and hate to be a pest, though. Thanks so much, Vivian

Our mortgage, including all taxes and insurance, runs us about $900 a month, and we only put down about $3000 on our house. We could have purchased a nicer (albeit smaller) house just down the street for almost half the price. Two people earning low- to moderate salaries should have no problem owning a house, as long as they realize that they won't be dining out seven nights a week, won't be walking around in Prada shoes, and may not have a 90210 zip code. Anyone who's responsible enough to appropriately manage their finances can be a homeowner. With that being said, one needs to realize when living in an apartment that some noise will be involved. Heck, my first apartment had walls like rice paper; I could hear quiet conversations word-for-word on either side. IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY. I genuinely DO feel for the OP in that she is apparently a light sleeper, but if this situation is so stressful for her that she erupts in fits of bigoted name-calling whenever someone tells her something she doesn't want to hear, then she owes it to her own sanity to just figure out a way to move. No apartment is worth a stress-induced heart attack, you know?

No that is my next stop I guess, it is a real problem, I have a good door it has just gotten old, the tile walls need to be replaced and I hate to put thousands into the shower. I'm going with Swanstone for the walls. I have found some real nice doors 36-38 but no a 42, is tough. Jacuzzi makes a nice one but they want $5,000+ more than I want to spend on just the shower alone. Thanks for your input.