He primed all of them? Yikes! Were it me, I'd say there were two good choices 1) go ahead and paint all of them 2) have him pay for replacement (ouch!!). I say that because I've refinished a lot of wood pieces, and you're correct that unless done diligently and properly he won't get them back to 'virgin wood'. Even if stripper gets most of the primer off, there will still be some residue, like a film, that has absorbed into the wood pores a bit. Some sanding will still be necessary to sand that top layer away where primer absorbed into the pores. Even the slightest film of primer left on the wood will show when stained. Pine is a very soft wood (among the softest), and the problem with that is that if pine is overly sanded it can quickly lose details of it's shape (sharp corners, rounded edges, any routered areas, etc.). That's about all I have to offer, it sounds like a real mess! Maybe one of the other 'pros' here can tell you how they'd handle it as far as financial restitution.

< up the side of the jar (on the inside) to the rim was a jell...> Not clear what you mean? Some clear jell meaning the pectin was not mixed in well and separated? Jam jell up the side rather than level in the jar? Were the jars tipped at some point? There isn't much open space between the top of the jar and the lid anyway if jars are filled correctly (less than 1/4-1/2 inch so what does "up the side of the jar" mean? Outside the jar? Did they boil over during processing? If so then the problem was in the method of processing. Were the jars wiped clean after they cooled? Are you sure it was some form of jell and not mold? You mention "sanitizing" the jars but you don't say if they were actually BWB processed or not. Or did you just do some sort of inversion canning (not approved)? When BWB processed as required for 10 mins the jars only have to be clean, not sterilized or sanitized. Need more details of the step-by-step process you used. Dave

Hard to go wrong with a thinkpad laptop. T series is especially popular. Seem to last years. Have to look around to select one as there are lots of thinkpad models with big price differences. The do have an E economy series ThinkPad but it maybe isn't up to the normal quality. Intels latest is 6th generation cpu's but its really really new. The 5th generation is new too. Newer generation processors have better battery life. There are some newer win10 features that require newer intel processors. i5 and i7 are same processors basically - the i7 is the top of speed line. My laptop with i5 2.5ghz cpu was replaced with a i7 2.7ghz.. tell absolutely no difference. I don't know why give those speed ratings as they really are variable speed cpus depending on whats happening and that published speed is the speed the processor runs when overheating... it slows down to that speed. Actually run around 500ghz or slighly more faster which can heat up if run under load constantly. I've had intel, I've had AMD. Intel generally is cooler running which is nice in a laptop. Intel cpu has a wireless mode which some newer tv's have that amd wont have. I love SSD's - bootime here is under 5 seconds to a working desktop on win10.. even faster if I were to enable win10 FastBoot which is sort of a limited hardware & settings only hibernate type shut down. My laptop main drive is a 128gb ssd. I have a second hard drive internally, its a 250gb ssd & on my Wi-Fi accesspoint another spinner hard drive attacted there on usb3 - with AC Wi-Fi its almost as fast as an internal drive, for storage its ok. Acts just like an internal drive... as a mapped drive. Simple stuff. Was given a Vista laptop, slower than molasses with 3gb ram & about 8 yrs old. Oh so painful to use while cleaning it up. I put in my 128 SSD after I spilled hot cocoa on my regular laptop, which needed a couple days to drain and dry... suddenly this old computer with a SSD its about same feel as my i7 16gb ram laptop. Seems mostly as fast for sure until you hit the memory intensive programs.

I just finished canning up all the Bartlett pears I grew. Years ago we used to cold pack them. They were fine. Then I tried hot packing them. WOW! I would never cold pack again. The hot pack sure allows me to get more in the jar with less shrinkage. When done, I am always amazed how heavy the jar is and how pretty they look so carefully arranged in the jar. My kids keep telling me mine look better than those we see at the county fair. One of these days I will have to enter a jar of pears. I use medium syrup for mine although I suppose sweetness Is a matter of preference.