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That makes no sense... "Yes, let's rename it to a title of a book that already exists and is extremely popular. See if we can confuse people." If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I agree that lifespan has increased, but I think a lot of that is due to modern medicine. There are a lot of illnesses that used to be deadly and aren't anymore so much, like scarlet fever. Sure, if it's not treated, it can definitely still kill you, but in this day and age, death is mostly...

Um. Did they change the title? I read that a few years ago when it was called "wild". (not to be confused with the Wild that was a memoir about a woman who hiked a large trail in California that was made into a movie with Reese Witherspoon and inspired many women to try to "find themselves" on...

I finished To Kill A Mockingbird and it was so so good... Better than I remembered. I remembered liking it in high school, but also not really understanding everything. Time has given me more context and it is just such an amazing story. I love that ending part with him asking her to walk him...

Can you contact usps and ask about it? What were you sending the documents for and to whom? Can you contact the person who was supposed to receive them and check whether they got them? Is there any kind of time guarantee that they have surpassed, like... Guaranteed to arrive in under 30 days or...

Our neighborhood organized trick or treating last Saturday. We got around 35 kids in three groups. Halloween wasn't a thing here when I moved here. You couldn't buy Halloween decorations or costumes. It's still not as big as in the US, but there has been a shift in the last 10 years or so. When...

Yes! It's so awkward! You don't know this person and you have no idea what they might be thinking about anything you share. I do have to say that most people here seem pretty centrist... Like... Our prime minister for the last several years is considered conservative here, but in the US, he'd...

I finished The Reading List. I enjoyed it for the most part. The story is good and I liked the characters. (Fair warning, could be triggering for some readers with issues dealing with depression, mental health, suicide) It's mostly about the two main characters, though there are a lot of side...

Yeah, I don't like erotica, and I don't like horror. I can handle some suspense, but I'm not a fan of real thrillers....I like the cosy mystery genre, like Pumpkin Spice Cafe, In the Company of Witches, etc. And I don't mind some paranormal stuff, like ghosts and witches, but I want it to at...

I finished Penelopiad. It was good...I'm glad I read a summary of the Oddesey first. It helped make sense of a lot of it. I'm now reading The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams and I'm really liking it. I'm not very far in, but it's really good so far. One of E's former teachers recommended it...

Yeah, asking anyone but E to do something usually doesn't work. DH will forget or put it off and put it off until I just end up doing it myself. It took him 6 years to finally put in the light fixture in my laundry closet. He kept telling me he'd do it on the weekend, and he wouldn't do it...

I'm making this year's list for our new tradition. We started this last year and decided to do it every year. It's apparently tradition in Iceland to give each other books on Christmas Eve and then you spend the evening reading them. E's list is: Fahrenheit 451, Circe, and An Absolutely...

Unfortunately, these entitled customers don't restrict their commentary to the store employees, so it can actually cost us business. They'll scream to anyone and everyone, and they will make stuff up to try to pressure the business into complying. If this woman wants to, she can go around...

We have cameras, but the laws are really weird here and you can't actually view the footage. Like, one time a woman came into the store I worked in before and she was looking around and set her phone down somewhere and couldn't remember where. She came and asked if we could look at video...

Oh, no need to be diplomatic. I love him, but we are way past the stage of needing to be diplomatic and trying to keep the peace. At this point, it's just plain laziness on his part and there's no explaining it away. I actually kind of miss the days that I believed asking him to do something...

Unfortunately I think the frying pan might be frowned upon at my job. We do sell them, but I don't think they are meant to be used as weapons against the customers. That's a lot of chicken....what were you making? And you're welcome!

Nothing would ever get done here if I didn't do it. Like....I've literally left the living room trash overflowing for weeks just to see if someone else would empty it. No one ever did. And my husband bought this trash bin with 3 compartments in it for the kitchen, which I HATED. Each...

Rant incoming...feel free to skip. Customers are getting so entitled!! I had a woman come into the store two weeks ago. She bought 2 plastic serving trays. She walked toward the door, dropped them and one broke. I SAW her drop them. She comes and says "This one broke. Can I get a new...

Well, I've mentioned several times when he says things like "We need to be better about cleaning out the fridge. There's a bunch of stuff that's past date." I'll say "Feel free to clean that out!" but then he gets mad and says that I get mad at him when he throws things away. I asked him when...

I just finished The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fford. It was ok, but it's very British, with a lot of references that I didn't understand. It was for book club, which is with a bunch of people in the UK, so they all loved it. There were some good moments, but it definitely wasn't my favorite...