I love using Shears in my Kitchen! I have 3 pairs, and they are constantly in use. I prefer Fiskars. Yeah, they’re supposed to be for sewing, but they are sharp, and will do it all from cutting up cooked chicken to opening packages to snipping herbs. Oh, and I’ve been using shears for cutting my pizza for years. Who…

Don’t you have a “do not call” list in USA?

but I don’t want to have to sit and fiddle with the heat.

We never bought a single jar of baby food. I had a little hand powered food mill, and that pretty much did it all until he could eat bigger food. Just put a teaspoon to a tablespoon of whatever food we had on the table - or in case of spicy/salty food - out of the pot before seasoning, and ground it up Probably saved…

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I might be able to get behind it for journal writing. . . ;-)

OK, I understand the need to focus, but writers don’t work like that. You write, hate it, walk away, have a sandwich, come back, peck at it for a while, get a good direction, write and edit a little more, get stuck, walk away, sleep on it, come back to it, write 2-5 pages, lather, rinse repeat. I’d never use something…

As I previously indicated, I have appreciate the value of a paper map. But, they aren’t as common as they used to be, such as at gas stations and Marts. If I don’t have a paper map, I’m glad that I have my phone with Google Maps. If my signal dies, I’m thrilled if I have a paper map of the area and I need it. I think…

One of the greatest joys I get from books is savoring how they use language to create worlds.

We took a train ride 7 days from Central CA to Ohio and back, and I brought a 6 book ST:TNG omnibus, and finished it just as we pulled into the station in our home town. Added to the interest of the novelty of the train ride and helped to fill in those long pauses when you’re just sitting there.

My husband started reading more once he started using his tablet. the trick here was font size adjustment. Larger fonts made it easier for him to read later in the evenings when he was tired, and he found he breezed through his reading.

While granting that there are some things that need to be read whether you like it or not, either for work or for learning a skill or some other practical usage, I think if you’re making reading a chore, you’re trying too hard. I read every day. I always have a book to read with lunch.

I bought a 14" cast iron pizza pan for about $50 about 2 years ago. It’s been great! I make pizza at least once a month now. Definitely worth the price. If I really have to cook for a larger crowd, I also have a 2 burner cast iron griddle that can double as a rectangular pizza pan.

Go Grandma!!

Women in tech is about where women doctors were in the 1930s. It’s hard. I have some really good colleagues, but it is tough.

I’m a computer geek. My DH is not. There aren’t a whole lot of computer stores around anymore, but back in the day when there were, we’d walk in, and immediately a bunch of salespeople would swarm to him, ready to help him out. He’d always point to me saying: I don’t know anything, you’ll have to talk to her!”

DH & I are 99% non-alcoholic drinkers. We drink about 3 oz. per 2 years each of some kind of alcohol, usually White Zinfindel. Sometimes, we’ll buy a glass in a restaurant and share it. We enjoy the first few sips, but by the time we get to the bottom, we certainly don’t want any more for at least another year.

Yes. Back away from the banana peel, people. I don’t care what you think it does!

We did two things that we think helped our son become a reader. We made sure he knew the mechanics of reading (how to work out pronunciation on his own), and we read aloud to him every day. My husband & I each had our own read-aloud time with him, and while it was important for my son to enjoy the book, we wanted to…

I agree. It’s very important to find out if you can get a decent internet connection. I can’t imagine living in a small town with only dialup or other excessively slow ‘net connection.