I'm getting one soon!  I'll get it at the Apple store in Huntsville.  I am hoping that they have them in stock.  It's about a 50 mi. trip from our house so I am going to call first.  So far this week has just been too busy to try to make the trip-maybe Thursday.

If I didn't know better I would have sworn that this is my husband's post!

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The Sunshine of your Smile - Frank Sinatra

As a former Federal employee I can assure you a shut down is not the big deal they make it sound like.  The usual resolution is a continuing resolution that continues the existing funding level.  Retroactive payments for services, salaries, etc are made.  Shutdowns  usually are short-lived and have no lasting impact. 

Unbelievable pictures.  Yet there is no looting, no complaining as people stand in long lines for water, stores are REDUCING prices of goods and vendors are giving away items in vending machines.  What a measure of the strength of the people of Japan.  I fear our own country would not come close to measuring up.  I am truly amazed at these people.

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You are my Sunshine - Jimmy Wakely

Where's Dr. Hannibel Lecter when I need him?   He always buys the latest gadgets!

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If you like tomatoes buy a couple of Topsy Turvy Tomato holders and plant your favorite types in them and hang them from a tall bird feeder.  I love the yellow pear tomato so I planted that in a Topsy Turvy so I wouldn't have to bend over.  It had so many tomatoes and the vine got so long I draped it over an ornamental metal stand I had.  I took a sucker from it and planted it in a large pot and let it run up the basketball pole.  It got too high for me to reach.  I picked my tomatoes without bending over while Hedduk planted some in the field that did okay but not as well as mine.  This year we are planting 2 topsy turvy's - reusing ours and one we got from his son's house when he moved.  I plan to dump out the soil and replace it with fresh potting soil.  (I have back trouble too).

Have any of you bought an IPad2 yet?  If so, where did you find it (if you are in the Huntsville area)?  (They are not in the Verizon store in Guntersville yet) What do you think of it?  Did you buy the AT&T or Verizon version if you got 3G?  

This was to be my Christmas present from Hedduk but I wanted to hold out for the IPad2.

I plan to buy a 32 GB + WIFI and 3G.  Only Verizon works in our area - no AT&T 3G but Verizon seems to be better almost everywhere.  My computer is at least 5 years old and I think I can pretty much use the IPad2 as my next computer.  I can still use the Office Suite on my old computer.  I don't expect to use the 3G much and will probably not even turn it on initially.  I just don't want to find and need it and wish I had bought it.

Any comments, suggestions, etc. from all you techies out there?  

P.S.  I have a Sony eReader for my books so I probably won't use it for books except for ones that Sony doesn't carry.