Yes, I'd like to know that too. I'm pretty sure my free Kindle version is one of those early translations. I tried to look it up but I guess it's not as popular a topic as translations of other novels. Usually I can just google "best translations of _____" and get a bunch of hits. Not so with this one. I'd prefer an ebook edition but would go with a print book if that's the only way I can get a really good translation.

Yes. It helps only a little. But if the herb keeper helps only a little then I'll stick with the mason jar. I was hoping to find something that extends their freshness a bit longer.

Don't worry. I have a facebook friend I've never met in person who said something similar when I shared that picture on FB. 😂 I have the free Kindle version and was going to start it but I need to finish another book or two first. Out of curiosity I checked my library. They have it always available as an ebook (there are a number of public domain classics on their always available Overdrive list). There are hard copies available at several branches. Oddly, it's the audio books and dvd's of various movie adaptations that are all checked out and have long hold lists.

There are some herbs I can't grow here because of the heat (they bolt too quickly). Others I don't use enough to make growing them worth it. I prefer to buy them fresh but then I use a small amount and end up with the rest going bad before I can use it all up. I've tried all the tricks and most don't work as well as I'd like them to. I've been looking at fresh herb keepers and saw this one. Anyone have it? Do you like it? Is there another one you have and like? I'm tired of tossing store bought fresh herbs into the compost bin and need to find a way to extend their freshness. https://smile.amazon.com/MASON-Fresh-Keeper-Container-Clear/dp/B019Z2IJX8/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=fresh+herb+keeper&qid=1556728571&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1

That was what I took as your meaning. Since Christians are in the majority in this country over other religions and "nones", they are the ones who can have an impact on laws.

Oh @DawnM I'm so sorry. This kind of thing always happens to other people. Until it doesn't.

It was terrifying for a friend of mine whose son goes to school there. She said it was a weird feeling. It didn't feel real until she got the text from the school. I heard about it from my friend above just before I went to bed last night and came here to see if there was a thread about it. I was surprised there wasn't (yet). And yes, I could have started one myself but since I was going to bed I didn't want to start a thread and then just leave. This morning I was surprised it wasn't a bigger thread.

As a PP said, how can anyone even ask why more women don't report rape and other sexual assaults? Until the victim blaming culture ends women will continue to be afraid to come forward.

This is state specific. Florida has a mix of elected and appointed judges but even our appointed judges come up for a yes-no retainer vote every so many years. I just looked and NY has a similar setup. One difference is in FL they're non-partisan elections and in NY they're partisan. Also, NY judges seem to serve longer terms (I only skimmed the info, didn't read the details).

This. In the U.S. at least it seems you are either pro-Israel in the Israel-Palestine conflict, or you're anti-Semitic. There is a section of the political spectrum that won't allow the two to be separated, thereby making debate always end with those who are pro Palestine being called anti-Semites.

I"m in Central Florida. We have pest control spray around the exterior of the house quarterly and we rarely see any bugs. We get the occasional palmetto bug and some house spiders. What we see in the house more often than bugs are anoles and house geckos. We usually don't know one is here until we see one of the cats trying to catch it. That's when ds comes to its rescue and puts it outside.

I didn't want to put this in with my book update but I also have an Emma update. She's free from the feeding tube! She had been pulling out the ng tube and they were going to have to have a gastric tube (stomach tube) inserted if they couldn't get her to take enough nutritionally from either a bottle or solid food. They had a date scheduled for the tube but the doctors said it could be cancelled as late as the day it was supposed to happen. Thanks to an amazing occupational therapist she's now taking a bottle regularly and they were able to cancel the procedure. She's also beginning to enjoy some tasty, albeit mushy, solid food. This is the first professional photo taken without her tube. All her previous ones had the tube taped to her cheek and going into her nose.

I finished quite a few books since my last update almost a month ago. I keep meaning to post but the week gets away from me. Before I know it, it's Saturday and I decide to just wait for the new thread. This time I decided I'd better jump in at the start of the week's thread so it doesn't happen again. Finished - Buried in the Sky Pachinko The Ghost Map An Old Betrayal The Laws of Murder Richard II The Beautiful and Damned audiobook - which I just finished about an hour ago. I felt like it had been forever since I read a mystery and I was really missing my favorite comfort genre. I decided to read my next Charles Lenox mystery, An Old Betrayal. I must have really missed mysteries because I immediately started the next one, The Laws of Murder. I also could have easily picked up the next one but I had some other books I wanted to get to or finish. Buried in the Sky and The Ghost Map are both non-fiction and each was good in its own way. Richard II was part of my personal Shakespeare challenge plus I had tickets to see it on Friday so although it wasn't necessary, I really wanted to finish it before the play. I finished just in time - Thursday night. I listened to The Beautiful and Damned because I've long been curious about other F. Scott Fitzgerald novels but have only read The Great Gatsby. I wasn't impressed. Bored, immoral rich people were interesting in the short, <200 page Gatsby, but 400+ pages of their empty lives was about 300 pages too many imo. I finished it because I wanted to have read at least one of his other novels (It isn't the only one I tried to read, but is the only one I was able to finish). I think I'm done reading Fitzgerald now. 🙂 Currently reading - Still- Devil in the Grove and The Winter of Our Discontent. Both are good but also easy to put down. I don't think I'd call them sip reads but I'm reading them slowly and will finish when I finish. There, There is for my book club. It took a little while to grab me but now it has and I really like it. If I have any complaints it's that there are a lot of characters. I know from the synopsis that they'll all come together at one specific event but I hope by that time I remember who they all are. It's really quite good. And last, I'm reading the next book in The Saxon Stories, Sword Song.

Jane Austen's wit and social commentary (although she only commented on the class she wrote about) help keep her novels out of the romance category for me. I don't read much romance but I do love Jane Austen. I've only read two Heyer novels - The Grand Sophy and Cotillion. Of those I liked The Grand Sophy better but I'm not really interested in reading any more of her books. It would have to be "I have nothing to read. Oh, here's a Georgette Heyer book, I'll try it." These days though my problem is one of too many books to read, not too few. 🙂 My version of flufferton books are detective (often of the amateur variety) novels and there are some that straddle the fence between mystery and romance. In that kind of story there's often a relationship that develops between a detective and a wrongly accused character. I don't mind the romance aspect in those kinds of books. I liked Jane Eyre but didn't love it. I just don't get the appeal of Rochester and I probably will never understand it. I haven't read The Scarlet Pimpernel but have always thought I might like it. I don't know why I never seem to get around to giving it a try.

That's been happening to me lately too. I'm going to wait until the new thread tomorrow to post my update.

My mom did too, but without any gravy. We put ketchup and mustard on it, and she served it with sliced tomatoes on the side. Basically it was just a hamburger on a plate without the bun. I guess she was ahead of her time though she didn't realize it. People doing low carb diets now order hamburgers without the bun. 🙂

I'm so sorry. It's such a difficult decision to make and the whole process is heartbreaking. (((hugs))) I've made that decision too many times to think about but dogs and cats bring so much to my life that I can't keep from having pets.

There are 2 pregnant women now in NYC who have the measles. I believe they're from the same Orthodox Jewish community where the outbreak is.

Yes to the pudding too. It must have cost more because we had it less often than jello. My mother loved butterscotch while my brother and I preferred chocolate. Gag.

I wasn't aware of a different standard for devices. That's interesting, but also a bit unsettling.

Give me above 80 rather than below 30 any day, all year long!

I agree. She was 19 and a mixed up kid. Now of course there are a lot of mixed up 19 year olds who don't go on to become gruesome murderers, but she probably asked herself that question and has not come up with a good answer. I think what matters is realizing how awful it was to be who she was at 19. She has done that and she has repeatedly shown remorse. It's been 50 years.

I didn't realize she was up for parole again. I do think she should get it this time.

With 57 degrees and 100% humidity I'd be bundled up like I was in the frozen tundra lol. Humidity makes hot feel hotter and cold feel colder.

What do you all consider humid? The past few days, maybe a week, we've had humidity around 35-45%. Everyone was in shock to see it that low in late April. Even today it's only 65% which is also pretty low. We're used to humidity of 70% or higher most of the year. In summer it's not uncommon for the humidity to be higher than the temperature. 90 degrees with 95% humidity is a normal summer day.