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  1. I personally would do them separately since there is such a differing processing time, otherwise most of the contents will be over processed to some degree. However if you are looking for convenience and short storage times, the all-in-one might be acceptable. Try it and compare results.

  2. All the more reason I guess to convert to a "rocker." I'm actually surprised it has taken this long before the volunteer/public service began having a price tag attached to it. They have costs too, even the government greedy types, and I'm finding the friendly desire to be of service to the public/neighbors is eroding badly.

  3. As a personal preference I tend to use pectin since it is a natural ingredient that is already present in the fruit whereas ClearJel is a modified cornstarch that is added. No difference in taste and probably very little difference in texture if done successfully so it falls to the convenience and preference of the person.

  4. I totally agree and is a major frustration in doing geneology research even with computers and ability for phonetic searching. I love it (not) when people are recorded by TITLE only (Henry The Lion Heart), which may change with status over time, names are (mis)spelled or totally changed when immigrating, etc.

  5. I have no factual knowledge, but I anticipate the books are locked into your Amazon account and not to the physical location (reader). You could download/transfer to your new reader but could be a problem if someone else had the old copy since they would be pointing to your account. Of course that would only apply to books that have a 'DRM' lock on them. There are a lot of books out there that don't have a copy restriction on them.

     

    Amazon does have an option to 'share' books to someone else for 2 weeks but I've never looked into it.

  6. I just upgraded from my old Sony reader to the new Kindle PaperWhite 3G +WiFi and I haven't been able to stop reading since. To me it is an awesome improvement in screen display. The Internet access is primarily to communicate with Amazon.com and your free Cloud account though you do have a simple beta browser for limited access elsewhere. I love the ability to download new books in a matter of seconds wirelessly.

     

    It holds approx. 1,100 books but I doubt I will fill it since i have Cloud storage available and I also use Calibre to store and manage my book library on my PC. If you have never used Calibre I strongly recommend it so you don't have keep all you completed books on your Kindle. It also will translate other books (epub etc) to be read on the Kindle.

     

    The recommended cover for the PaperWhite is $40 and probably worth the price but I was lacking such funds and got the one off of eBay for less than $9 from a reputable Hong Kong seller. I found the cover is too soft to stay flat when holding with a warm hand so it does not close flat without some weight on it. Both cases (magnetically) turn off the reader when the cover is closed and turn it back on when opened. I'm very happy with the cheap one despite the one nusance. I may go for the expensive one sometime in the future since I now am totally in love with my PaperWhite 3G.

  7. Did you hear the crash or did you just happen upon it? What were the shelves made of...wood, plastic, other? I need to take a second look at mine now.

    I was standing right in front of it and it was my fault. I was looking for the last jar of Apple Pie Jam for a friend and put my hand on the shelving as I leaned forward. That's all it took for time to slow down horribly and watch the event unfold. Shelving was metal with plastic connectors and the latter appears to have been the breaking point. And to think I was considering reinforcing those areas just days before.

     

    And this was not in a basement, but inside my house along one wall with carpeting and everything. If I could have just scooped it up and tossed I would have, but life is never that easy. I've had to deal with the situation one jar at a time and, as of this morning, I still have about a foot high jumble of jars (50-100) and an odor of pickle juice despite not finding a broken pickle jar....yet.

     

    Enough said. I've hijacked this thread enough already.

  8. I wouldn't know what's worse...the loss or the mess.

    The mess definitely wins out. Amazingly the majority of the jars survived the cascading fall from as high as 5 feet. The result was a volcano-shaped pile of pick-up-stix jars and shelving parts. Moving the wrong item resulted in more jars moving/falling and potentially breaking. So delicate was it that I chose to grab jars bare handed to move them. After cutting myself twice I gave up that luxury and used leather gloves and an extension grabber when I could. Slow process and it will be days or longer to grab and move individual jars. Amazingly not a single jar unsealed. It was all glass breakage and mostly the quart jars.

     

    Afterwards it will be inventorying what is left and what needs to be canned again. Everyone, keep up your canning and brag about it. I need the encouragement in the coming weeks and months. :thumbs:

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