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JULY 4TH 2008

Well, finally a three day week-end. I want Ribs and Chicken !!!
Getting the FIRE going and smoking started early. 5 AM to be exact. I get up early anyway. But to have this ready by twelve
five was the time Yesterday the ribs and chicken were marinated in the refrigerator . I also cut a GREEN limb of
oak wood and cut up several pieces to fit the fire box. I start with a charcoal chimney to get the heat going. Then put
put hot charcoal and dry oak in bottom of box. Then put the green wood on top grate in fire box leaving the box open for fire to get started. I put the meat on and adjusted the dampers to allow good air flow. At first the temperature was 300 degrees. Then has backed down to 200 degrees. After three hours, I wrapped the ribs and chicken in aluminum foil so they would not dry out.

Then just closed the dampers and let the meat cook at 150 for another two hours.



SMOKING!!!!!!!

BLUEBERRIES IN CONTAINERS

Growing blueberries is something new for me. So all this is going to be an experiment As you can tell I have bought these plastic 50 gl plastic drums and cut them in half.

Also, I have drilled hole at the bottom sides of the containers about every six inches for drainage. This is very important so water will not stand in the barrel and drown everything. Because of this irragation is a must.

I used a 50% peat moss and 50% potting soil. This helps also with drainage Using yard dirt gets hard and unusable. Using a wood bit large enough to run the soaker hose through tje top of the container. Then place a thick layer of pine bark and pine straw around the plant. This helps with moisutre control and ph level of the soil.

Also, using compost made with pine straw in the mix is good for acidic soil.

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DELL COMPUTER CUSTOMER SERVICE

I have owned Dell Computers for close to eight years. Two desktops and one notebook. The systems I have gotten usually top of the line and current on up to date components. The first two


years customer service(CS) had always been very helpful. Once, a CS person walked me completely through a reformatting the hard drive. Everything worked. If you have never done one it is NOT for the faint of heart. The biggest problem is setting everything back up. CS took care of every problem and were very knowledgeable.





Then one day a small problem came up and when I called CS they said it was a software problem and it would cost extra to get fixed. I explained that software is what makes the computer RUN.


Still NO help. All my systems have a complete service contract. Still no help. Finally I was able to correct the problem on my own.





The other day I had wifi connectivity problems on one computer. All hardware was purchased
through DELL. Three hours later I was given NO HELP and was transferred to 6 different
people all of them kept saying it was someone else and would transfer me immediately. No help.