The big set I linked had been about $100 on black friday, and $100 on Amazon prime day

I guess I see less differences than other people. My Dad was a Computer Analyst. Our first home computer was the Mac+ when it first came out. It had a hard drive which was external and the size of a Dictionary. It had internet, you put the phone headset on the modem and if you sneezed the connection would be lost. The charge was by the minute. But, I could search journal articles. I was born in '70, and I've never touched a typewriter, or a dial phone.

https://librivox.org/ It has public domain audiobooks. Volunteers reading public domain books. For testing out downloads, that may be a good first start,.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000IXMP6Q/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 With the battery eliminator

Another idea since this is a rotating thing. Let everyone know that there will a Church Picnic on X day and Y time. But, no location. Make a gmail or hotmail address called ChuchNamePicnicRSVP@gmail.com. Then when people RSVP, whoever is the host can respond with the location.

There is also a Shining sequel. Although, it isn't kid friendly.

I'd have no problem with my child reading Stephen King at 13. There are some that are actually pretty tame. Joyland is about a kid that works a summer at an amusement park to earn money for college. No sex that I remember and definitely no violence. There is one woo-woo thing in there, because it is Stephen King. But it would be appropriate for a kid of any age. Dark Tower series is basically a western, written by Stephen King. The main character is like a cross between Clint Eastwood and Stephen King. Truly excellent series. I brought one of the books to listen to when delivering daughter. He wrote the first one when he was in high school. If you can find the audiobook of the first one, he reads it himself which I think adds something. Cujo actually bothered me more when I reread it about a year ago. THE BOY DIES! I was quite young when I first read it, I was so unbothered by that, I'd forgotten. But, now I have a kid and KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE. Drunken Fireworks, a short story I listened to recently that is a hoot. No sex, no violence. Good Marriage, a good story but I'd rather my kid not read it. This one is less than a decade old and I can't say why without a spoiler.

I had a similar experience only not with that movie. I was born in 1970, so a teen in the 80's. A few years ago I had to show a video to one of my classes. It was something every homeroom class saw that day. At one point of the video it showed a bunch of kids in a lecture hall. It looked just like it came from the 80's. Everyone was wearing layered knit clothes. I even said to the kids, "When was this made? It looks like it was made when I was that age." The kids in my class said, No that was current fashion.

My dad wasn't. He is blind in one-eye, so he can read fine but it is tiring. Normally your eyes take turns being primary. My mother must have been, I don't remember ever seeing mom read, but we went to the library weekly and she left me to pick out books while she looked in the adult section, so she must have read. I think my being a voracious reader had more to do with not having anyone to play with outside as a small kid, not really liking the outdoors, and only one TV in the house that was off during most hours. OP, I remember how proud I was of my first library card, and it was based on being able to write your name. I was quite young and I only knew how to write great big letters so my name took up the entire card.

Just being married should make her college cheaper. That is excluding anything related to the military. If she's married her parent's income/assets won't be included in Financial Aid. But, in general I have no problem with early marriage if that is what the couple truly want and are ready for. My parents married in a similar situation including the deployment. They are still married.

I was thinking we could do the jello cells and the egg as a cell on the first day of co-op. This will be my very very first co-op class ever. There will be 7 kids. The class is an hour. Do you think that will be too much?

She wouldn't be alone in a conference booth. She could leave for a bit to go to the bathroom and get a coffee. No one would notice if she took a little longer than normal. Also, it is the norm to wander around and look at what everyone else has. She could step away to do that.

Many kids did (class of '88). They had so many at the rival high school that mine chanted at football games, "Kill them before they kill themselves". DH had the same experience except different high school in a different city. One kid even shot himself in class. I think the difference is that now people will say it was because of bullying and before the reason would have been glossed over.

I suspect that the two day range is when neighbor will be attending a conference in or near the hotel. Her message was telling him the time frame when she'd have a room for a two-day conference Aug 17 -18. if neighbor's company has a booth at the conference, that will be done the late afternoon beforehand. So, 6pm start time is reasonable. 4 pm is a reasonable end time for a business conference, and having delayed checkout for conference attendees is normal. So, if he was able to slip out anywhere in that time frame, she could meet him in the room. I'd be going to a spy store and seeing what I could buy quickly. I don't know that going to the hotel would do any good. Assuming they are cheating, she'll have told him the room#. After the first time, he'll have a key and could go in the back entrance.

I haven't used it. But, I have seen the MIF teacher's guides free online. You register with them. The fields seem to assume you are with a public school, but it didn't reject me. The other parts seem to be dirt cheap on Amazon.

Mine arrived a couple of days ago, and we are reading it. I have a Kindle but I wanted the book-book for this. Although, I wouldn't have minded if it had been on Bookmatch.

On Bulfinch, one thing that is amusing is that this was a sort of Cliff's Notes of Myths. It had been assumed that people would have read the myths in Greek or Latin. That wasn't happening so often anymore. So, this Cliff's Notes version was created for the less well-educated so that they could understand myth references in other works.

Have you seen this ? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0756682347/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Human Body Coloring Book. We just got it yesterday, but it looks super-cool.

I am curious. How well does he digest beans? When I looked into mine it said that not being able to digest beans was a symptom of the gut flora being out-of-whack.

I've had that problem. Probiotics are what helped me. It looks like the diet mentioned is targeting the gut flora

Sometimes I feel personally responsible. Like if I'd kept shopping there, it might have been enough to keep it going.

Socially, I wouldn't be surprised that he does as well, or better than at home. He won't be having the college experience of attending Frat parties and sleeping over in his girlfriend's dorm. But, I can't say that is bad thing. But, he'll probably be more likely to find someone to go geo-caching with, or D&D, or archery, or anime-watching, or sit around and discuss the 4-color map idea expanded to 3-D.

Well, they've been there before to visit family. So, I would guess he'll be living with Grandparents. But, I still think it is cool,.

I am so proud of that girl that win in Air Rifle. She was just cute as a button, and it was interesting hearing her talk about it.

The same song. Yup. Totally relate to that. I got so tired of that song I'd sometimes ask DH to stop singing it because I'd rather listen to the crying. Then, I'd ask him to start singing again, then I'd ask him to stop, repeat. But, only that one song would do. We even named our dog after that song. As a tiny baby, only one song (a different one, Dance Little Baby) would get her to stop crying. I didn't mind that one. We called it the "Torture Daddy" song.