The question is, how long did they sit before you bought them? They could already have been old and tough before you got them. If they're pintos, you can tell because in old beans, the "white" of the pinto is brownish or deep pinkish color. The younger the beans are, the whiter the white part will be.

I dunno. Wouldn't soaking pinto beans in salt water make them tough when they cook?

This song talks to me, I've decided to listen when it comes to certain people. . .

I have always loved reading and I always make time for it during my day. I always read at lunch, and, honestly, in the bathroom. I also read in many formats: Dead Tree, digital on my phone, digital on my desktop, and to a lesser extent, audio books, when I can get them.

I usually do this. I'm not a fire-breathing vegetarian that will rant about your steak or hamburger while you're eating it. I don't have an axe to grind, but I've been a veggie (not vegan) for about 20 years, and the idea of eating meat now doesn't sound very good. You grill the beef, I'll bring potato salad or some…

Then use them because they are incredibly useful and efficient.

I also primarily use Nautilus. It's built into Gnome so it's seamless and easy. I keep FileZilla on hand, though.

OK, you've GOT to explain how to do that!

I agree.

I'd make a Public post announcing that I never give my passwords out to anyone.

Postings to my Facebook wall are pretty bland and inoffensive, but even my DH doesn't have my passwords. Passwords are security, and one of the first rules of secure passwords is to not put your passwords under your keyboard, or hand them out to all and sundry.

The credit card scanners are pretty good from what I've heard, but I'd do cash only at a yard sale.

Get yourself some labels and put prices on things ahead of time on as many items as you can. This gives you time to look them over and think about what you want to sell the items for. This saves you time and trouble when you're in a rush and 5 people ask for prices at the same time. It also creates a set point from…

I use my Jack La Lanne juicer. Wash the lemon thoroughly. Cut it in half and juice it into a measuring cup. Pour juice into a 32oz glass with lemon and sugar. Fill the glass the rest of the way up with purified water. Stir and enjoy.

Well said.

Wow. Whoda thunk? Great idea.

Yes, your reading speed will increase the more you read because your vocabulary will increase, and the more you read, the easier it will become. There are speed reading tricks you can use to go faster, but nothing substitutes having a good grounding in simply reading.

I read every day, and I'm a remedial reading teacher.

One of the reasons why you end up having to pick tiny shell piece after tiny shell piece off a boiled egg, is when the eggs are very fresh. Very fresh egg shells will stick like glue making it necessary to peel off half of the white with the shell.

This is the way I do it. Got some boiled eggs in there now to peel, in fact. . .