Composting toilets

And it's a great scam, lots of official paperwork arrives at homes, especially those belonging to the elderly, claiming all homes must have Title 5 septic by (fill in the date).....

In every possible way actually!

Oops, sorry, that's Portland-speak. Powells is a very large independent bookstore with new and used titles shelved together, so you get to see quite a range on the subject. The main store is such a maze (and several floors) that they give you a map of the store:

Good stuff. Pretty good company. I'd sooner buy books from them than most of the discounters, even if I am paying a bit more. I think that quite a few of us use Powell's as a backup library... if it's not on the shelf at the local library, there's a fair chance you can find it at Powell's right now. Oh, and as a lagniappe: a book I spotted on the shelves yesterday, with some really interesting stuff, including some sanitation:

The message from Kay Lancaster contains these words:

Had to look that up.. what an interesting word thankyou. Has anyonme else noticed that when they hear a new word for the first time, nine times out of ten it turns up again a day or so later?

Janet (Scotland)