Useful things to be on the lookout for, though.

True. But this book was published just a few months after the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. I think that most factories then had pretty much the same conditions.

In good food news, I can't wait to eat Ema Datshi in Bhutan (Thimpu: [link] ). Green chile and cheese! Red rice! [link]

It is so good (had it at the Folklife Fest.)

eta: reviewing info...my flight from Kathmandu to Thimpu should take me past Everest. I'll get to see it!!

sorry to barge into the thread all mememe, but i think i may need some hairpats.

my sister just told me she's pregnant. the same sister i bought a house with. we're 2 1/2 months shy of being in this house a year. yesterday i was worried she was going to lose her job. today it's this. i'm just not sure where this leaves me...

I am starting to get very jealous of you Sara! Dang! I mean, one thing to be all "Ooh, she gets to be somewhere cool", but jealous of even the plane flights and the food? That's not right.

tiggy, I take it this is not a planned and hoped-for sort of pregnancy? Oh dear. Is she just hitting the "oh good lord" at the moment, or has she had some time to think? Is there help in the picture? (Is there still a prospect of losing the job?) Eep! Hairpats indeed!

Did anyone else know that members of the Salvation Army are not allowed to marry outside the group?

[link]

One of their "officers" could lose his job if he goes forward with marrying someone not in the group.

I had no idea they were that hardnosed.

I take it this is not a planned and hoped-for sort of pregnancy?

planned? not at all. hoped for? definitely in that "i want more kids" way, but i don't think now was the ideal time. she just took the test tonight. she's guesstimating at about 3 weeks or so.

Is there help in the picture?

the boyfriend wants to marry her, but she's been burned by the whole marrying because she's pregnant thing.

Is there still a prospect of losing the job?

they let 66 people go yesterday. she thinks she's probably safe at least until the new year. after that, who knows?

tiggy, best of luck? I don't have any concrete advice to offer, but aunthood is fun?

meara, I'm almost jealous of myself. Trips into google are to remind me this is real and what I should explore.

Yikes, tiggy. Although if I were pregnant and not getting married, I'd be pretty happy to be living with my sister, I bet...

A fire alarm just went off in my building, possibly in the hallway. I stuck my head out and didn't smell anything, and now it's stopped, so it's safe to ignore, right?

she wants to move him in here though! i don't want to live with a guy i barely know. *sigh*