It’s always been a joke for middle and old age. We are just aging into these jokes

My mother had breast cancer. I couldn’t get a test to see if it was the inheritable one because then I would have to disclose it as pre-existing for the rest of my life. (For the record my mom took the genetic test and it was negative).

This is just one example.

What if in future, your insurance price depended on an inheritable diseases DNA clearance. You could refuse but then it would be $$$$$. What if my life insurance refused to pay upon my death because I had knowledge of a gene that causes cancer when I took out the policy?

PS not American.

She could at least use wired headphones. Or is it one simple trick to stop people from calling you?

I wish they wouldn’t shine light on it

Pets to your kid I can understand. My cats are on the way out (one passed this year and the other is 16 and not in good health).

My kid is already asking for a dog. I know if I gift a dog it’s actually on me to look after it. Gifting to someone who isn’t a minor or outside your household though? That’s a shitty move

The picture is from Cathedral Cove, New Zealand.

It’s a beautiful place to visit

Might be a stupid idea, but maybe a cable that extends 12ft down and releases the object at ground level or close to, then retracts to the drone. Surely they have thought of this though

I assume it’s a fee for early checkin at the beginning and late checkout at the end of the stay.

Is that the origin of devils advocate?

That is super interesting if so

Can’t shop at Cotton On anymore.

Would you like to buy the single use plastic water to provide safe drinking water to people? No. How about make a donation to starving kids? No. How about buying these socks to support shelter for some country? No. Are you a member? No. Would you like to be a member? No.

Would you… “NO. JUST LET ME PAY FOR MY T SHIRT”

Would you like a plastic bag for your shopping?

Refuse: No thanks.

Reduce: I’ll take just 1 bag and stuff it all in there, don’t need 2.

Repurpose: it’s ok because I’ll use this bag as a bin liner.

A typical conversation with my mom starts with: Answerer: hey what’s up Caller: not much, do you want to chat? Then we chat for 10-40mins about whatever, then say bye. It’s nice to feel connected to people in your life.

If either doesn’t want to talk we just say, not a great time. Reply is always no worries, chat another time, bye.

We split an account between 4 households, paying a quarter each. When the crackdown happened, 2 including my house cancelled and the 3rd paid for the extra user. So they halved their users from our account, but increased revenue anyway. Seems like a win for them.

I started voting conservative at 18, because my parents did and I didn’t know who to vote for (we have compulsory voting in my country). Swapped to the other side late 20s and now mid 30s I can’t see it changing anytime soon.

Our pickup, you can push the gear stick left and it becomes basically manual with no clutch. You tell it to change gears and it will except when it says “no” ie high speeds and you ask to change down a gear when it’s high revs in current gear, it beeps at you and won’t change.

We’ve found that more than adequate for towing a 19ft caravan.

Risk free acid trip

Move to the Southern Hemisphere. It’s in the middle of Summer here.

Then you can sing about snow falling and fireplaces while sweating your balls off.

No Cairns is not a high risk area for bush fires (what we call wildfires). The heat this year might be horrible but fires shouldn’t be an issue that far into the tropics on the coastline

Maybe it’s different in the USA, but I’ve travelled a lot and don’t think I ever remember a long haul flight without multiple babies and young children. It’s just a fact of travelling.

I recently did a 16hr flight solo and the other 3 seats in my row of 4 were parents and a toddler.

That’s just part of flying and you should plan for it (noise cancelling headphones, sleeping tablets, ear plugs).